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<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | ||
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | ||
===Emigration from Guatemala=== | |||
===Diaspora=== | |||
A significant number of Guatemalans live outside of their country. The majority of the Guatemalan diaspora is located in the United States of America, with estimates ranging from 480,665 to 1,489,426. Emigration to the United States of America has led to the growth of Guatemalan communities in '''California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Rhode Island and elsewhere since the 1970s.''' | |||
Below are estimates of the number of Guatemalans living abroad for certain countries: | |||
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! Country || 2019 | |||
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| {{USA}} || align=right| 1,070,743 | |||
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| {{MEX}} || align=right| 44,178 | |||
|- bgcolor="ffffff" | |||
| {{BLZ}} || align=right| 25,086 | |||
|- bgcolor="efefef" | |||
| {{CAN}} || align=right| 18,398 | |||
|- bgcolor="ffffff" | |||
| {{SLV}} || align=right| 9,005 | |||
|- bgcolor="efefef" | |||
| {{ESP}} || align=right| 7,678 | |||
|- bgcolor="ffffff" | |||
| {{HND}} || align=right| 4,681 | |||
|- bgcolor="efefef" | |||
| {{FRA}} || align=right| 3,296 | |||
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| {{CRI}} || align=right| 2,699 | |||
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| {{ITA}} || align=right| 2,299 | |||
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|colspan=1 style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|'''Total'''|| align=right|'''1,205,644''' | |||
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|colspan=5 style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|<small>Source:DatosMacro.<ref>[https://datosmacro.expansion.com/demografia/migracion/emigracion/guatemala] Guatemala-Emigration 2019. Datosmacro</ref></small> | |||
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==Records of Guatemalan Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Guatemalan Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||