Guatemala
The first exposure of Guatemalan territory to Islam is believed to have been through Muslims brought as slaves from the African continent during the Spanish colonization, though precise data from that period is not available.
Today, the vast majority of Guatemalans are Christians and Protestantism has become increasingly prevalent in the country in recent years. With this conversion, which started in the 1970s and further intensified after the end of the civil war in the 1990s, there has been a significant increase in the proportion of evangelicals and the proportion of Catholics and Protestants in the country has almost become equal. On the other hand, more than 10% of the country's population stated in the last census that either they were not affiliated with any religion or did not disclose their faith. A very small proportion of the population follows Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and local beliefs. There is no precise data on the number of Muslims, but it is estimated to be no more than 5,000. Almost all Muslims in Guatemala are Palestinian Arabs, while a very small numbers are indigenous Muslims or Muslims from other countries.