Nationality:
noun: Guyanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Guyanese
Ethnic groups:
East Indian 43.5%, black (African) 30.2%, mixed 16.7%, Amerindian 9.1%, other 0.5% (2002 census)
Languages:
English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu
Religions:
Protestant 30.5% (Pentecostal 16.9%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%), Hindu 28.4%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, Muslim 7.2%, other Christian 17.7%, other 4.3%, none 4.3% (2002 census)
Demographic profile:
Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America and shares cultural and historical bonds with the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana's two largest ethnic groups are the Afro-Guyanese (descendants of African slaves) and the Indo-Guyanese (descendants of Indian indentured laborers), which together comprise about three quarters of Guyana's population. Tensions periodically have boiled over between the two groups, which back ethnically based political parties and vote along ethnic lines. Poverty reduction has stagnated since the late 1990s. About one-third of the Guyanese population lives below the poverty line; indigenous people are disproportionately affected. Although Guyana's literacy rate is reported to be among the highest in the Western Hemisphere, the level of functional literacy is considerably lower, which has been attributed to poor education quality, teacher training, and infrastructure.
Population: Age structure: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major cities - population: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Guyana on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guyana People 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guyana People 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.
741,908 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163
note:
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 31.1% (male 117,415/female 113,211)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
20.3% (male 77,766/female 73,062)
25-54 years:
36.7% (male 137,511/female 134,822)
55-64 years:
6.9% (male 22,139/female 29,364)
65 years and over:
4.9% (male 15,007/female 21,611) (2012 est.)
total: 24.2 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
23.5 years
female:
25 years (2012 est.)
-0.327% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 212
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16.69 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 122
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7.18 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 124
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-12.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 215
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 29% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
GEORGETOWN (capital) 132,000 (2009)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.69 male(s)/female
total population:
0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
280 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 35.59 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 66
male:
39.74 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
31.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
total population: 67.39 years
country comparison to the world: 160
male:
63.57 years
female:
71.4 years (2012 est.)
2.27 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
6.1% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 102
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.59 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
2.51 beds/1,000 population (2009)
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improved:
unimproved:
1.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 43
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
5,900 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
fewer than 500 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever and malaria
water contact disease:
leptospirosis (2009)
10.8% (2007)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
6.1% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 28
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population:
91.8%
male:
92%
female:
91.6% (2002 Census)
total: 12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years (2009)
youth ages 15-24:, youth ages 15-24:
total: 24.1%
country comparison to the world: 35
male:
20.6%
female:
31.3% (2002)
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b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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