Evangelism is the most common religion affiliation in Guatemala. In a survey carried out in 2023, 44.2 percent of Guatemalan respondents claimed to be of evangelic faith, whereas the second most chosen religion was Catholicism, with 42.4 percent of the people interviewed. Up to 11 percent of respondents answered they didn't profess any religion at all.

About this dataset

Context

This list ranks the 4 cities in the Christian County, KY by Guatemalan population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in each city over the past five years.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, including:

• 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

Variables / Data Columns

• Rank by Guatemalan Population: This column displays the rank of city in the Christian County, KY by their Guatemalan population, using the most recent ACS data available.
• City: The City for which the rank is shown in the previous column.
• Guatemalan Population: The Guatemalan population of the city is shown in this column.
• % of Total City Population: This shows what percentage of the total city population identifies as Guatemalan. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• % of Total Christian County Guatemalan Population: This tells us how much of the entire Christian County, KY Guatemalan population lives in that city. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• 5 Year Rank Trend: This column displays the rank trend across the last 5 years.

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Guatemala was the most Christian country among those selected in the Latin America and Caribbean region, with **** percent of its population following Christianity in 2023. The Baháʼí faith, which originates from the Middle East, and preaches the unity of all religions and all people, was present in both Bolivia and Panama. As for agnosticism, it had the most practitioners in Uruguay and Cuba.

Roman Catholic is the most common religious affiliation in Colombia. In a survey carried out in 2023, nearly ** percent of Colombian respondents claimed to be of Catholic faith, whereas the second most chosen religion was Evangelism, with **** percent of the people interviewed. More than ** percent of respondents answered they had no religious affiliation. The advent of evangelicalism in Colombia and LAC The share of Catholics in Colombia is above the average in Latin America and the Caribbean, where about ** percent of adults identify as followers of Catholicism. Nevertheless, even if Colombia stood out historically as one of the countries with the largest share of Catholics in the region, their numbers have been dwindling considerably in the past few decades: in the year 2000, **** of Colombians identified as Catholics, over ** percent points more than two decades later. Meanwhile, Evangelism keeps gaining ground in both the country and the region. While merely *** percent of Colombians were evangelical in 1996, this share had grown almost five-fold by 2020, while atheists and agnostics passed from *** to **** in the same lapse of time. The whole of Latin America is experiencing a similar trend, with evangelists accounting for more than one fifth of the population in countries such as Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Brazil. The success of Evangelical Churches in Latin America is related, among other things, to the creation of social safety nets in poor communities, the rise of conservative political parties and movements, and more flexible standards for ordination.
Religiosity among young Colombians Interestingly, eastern religions such as Buddhism enjoy the same popularity as Evangelism and Protestantism among young Colombians. Religion seems to have a considerable impact on youngsters’ life. More than half of surveyed Colombians aged between 15 and 29 claimed that religious beliefs provided them with inner peace, while another **** and ** percent said that it helped them to quit drugs and gangs, respectively. Only *** percent of the respondents affirmed that religious beliefs had no influence on their lives. As for the religiosity of young Catholic Colombians, very few claimed to be very observant. Around ** percent considered themselves not very observant, while around a third classified as somewhat observant.

Analysis unit

Persons, households, and dwellings

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: yes - Vacant Units: no - Households: yes - Individuals: yes - Group quarters: yes

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: Locations or structural space separate and independent that has been build, made, converted, or designed for permanent or temporary housing of persons, as well as any other class of protection, non-mobile or mobile, occupied as a place of housing on the census date. - Households: A census household is a all groups of persons, with or without family ties, who live together under a family regimen, or for reasons that involve discipline, health, religious life, education, etc. - Group quarters: A collective dwelling is used or designated for use as a place of special housing for a set of persons, among which there are not always family ties, and who establish communal living, for reasons of discipline, healthcare, education, religious life, work, etc. Some examples are reformatories, jails, penitentiaries, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, sanatoriums, children's homes, boarding schools, hospices, work camps, religious congregations, hotels, pensions, boarding houses, barracks, etc.

Universe

All persons residing in the country

Kind of data

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: National Institute of Statistics

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 210079.

SAMPLE DESIGN:

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Single form with sections on individuals and household characteristics

Among those selected, Panama and Costa Rica were the Latin American countries with the largest share of evangelists in 2023, with **** and **** percent, respectively. In Mexico, on the other hand, only *** percent of the respondents identified themselves as evangelicals.

Guatemala: Non religious people as percent of the population: Pour cet indicateur, The Cline Center for Democracy fournit des données pour la Guatemala de à . La valeur moyenne pour Guatemala pendant cette période était de pour cent avec un minimum de pour cent en et un maximum de pour cent en .

Guatemala: Christians as percent of the total population: Pour cet indicateur, The Cline Center for Democracy fournit des données pour la Guatemala de 1960 à 2013. La valeur moyenne pour Guatemala pendant cette période était de 100 pour cent avec un minimum de 100 pour cent en 1960 et un maximum de 100 pour cent en 1960.

Historically, partnerships with community leaders (e.g., religious leaders, teachers) have been critical to building vaccination confidence, but leaders may be increasingly vaccine hesitant. In rural Guatemala, the extent of vaccine hesitancy among community leaders is unclear, as are their perceptions of advocacy for childhood vaccines. We sought to: (i) compare Guatemalan religious leaders’ and community leaders’ attitudes toward childhood vaccines, (ii) describe leaders’ experiences and comfort with vaccination advocacy, and (iii) describe community members’ trust in them as vaccination advocates. In 2019, we surveyed religious leaders, other community leaders, and parents of children under five in rural Guatemala. We recorded participant demographic information and assessed participant vaccine hesitancy regarding childhood vaccines. We analyzed data descriptively and via adjusted regression modeling. Our sample included 50 religious leaders, 50 community leaders, and 150 community members (response rate: 99%); 14% of religious leaders and community leaders were vaccine hesitant, similar to community members (P = 0.71). In the prior year, 47% of leaders had spoken about vaccines in their formal role; 85% felt responsible to do so. Only 28% of parents trusted politicians “a lot” for vaccine advice, versus doctors (72%; P < 0.01), nurses (62%; P < 0.01), religious leaders (49%; P < 0.01), and teachers (48%; P < 0.01). In this study, religious leaders and community leaders were willing but incompletely engaged vaccination advocates. Most community members trusted doctors and nurses a lot for vaccination advice; half trusted teachers and religious leaders similarly. Public health officials in rural Guatemala can complement efforts by doctors and nurses through partnerships with teachers and religious leaders to increase vaccination confidence and delivery.