• PEOPLE CLUSTER: MAYA


QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 51

Population: 10,694,800

Unreached people groups: 5

UPG population: 622,500

Unengaged UPGs: 2

UUPG population: 277,100

Number of countries: 6


Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

Overview: The ancient Maya civilization was once the most advanced civilization in the Americas, stretching across what today is southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. Mayan population dramatically declined during the sixteenth century prior to the Spanish conquest and suffered further losses during that colonization era, but the Maya peoples never disappeared. Today, the Maya and their descendants have a sizable presence across Guatemala and in the Chiapas state of Mexico.

Peoples within this cluster: Chol; Chontal, Highland Oaxaca; Chontal, Lowland Oaxaca; Chontal, Tabasco; Chorti; Chuj, San Mateo Ixtatan; Huastec, Tantoyuca; Itza; Jakaltek; Kanjobal, Eastern; Kanjobal, Western; Kekchi; Lacandon; Mam, Central; Mam, Northern; Mam, Southern; Mam, Tacaneco; Mam, Tajumulco; Mam, Todos Santos Cuchumatan; Maya, Mopan; Maya, Yucatan; Mocho; Pocomam, Southern; Pocomchi, Western; Quiche, Central; Sacapulteco; Sipacapense; Tectitec; Tojolabal; Tzeltal; Tzotzil

Countries where they are found: Belize; Canada; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; United States


People groups: 51

Population: 10,694,800

Unreached people groups: 5

UPG population: 622,500

Unengaged UPGs: 2

UUPG population: 277,100

Number of countries: 6