Population growth rate ..............................................................2.57% (2005 est.)
Birth rate....................................................3.11 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate.................................................6.81 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate...............................-1.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Ethnic groups...........Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1% (2001 census)
Guatemala: Economic Migrants Replace Political Refugees Guatemala's long civil war, which spurred large flows of refugees, has given way to high levels of economic
migration to the United States and an economy more dependent on remittances. Also, Guatemala's geography
has made it a prime transit country for migrants headed north, as James Smith of Inforpress Centroamericana reports.
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