Guatemala

Population Statistics

14,918,999

Total Population

2,237,850

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

25
jun

Guatemala Congress 2023

2023

07 April 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala (1985, last amended 1993)

Updated: June 2015

Article 136 states:
The following are rights and duties of the citizens:

  • (a) to be included in the Register of Citizens;
  • (b) to vote and be elected;
  • (c) to see to the freedom and effectiveness of the vote and the integrity of the electoral process…

 

Excerpt from the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala (1985, last amended 1993)