People of Guyana

source: CIA World Fact Book 1997

Population: 706,116 (July 1997 est.)

• 0-14 years: 32% (male 115,120; female 110,741)
• 15-64 years: 63% (male 225,199; female 222,793)
• 65 years and over : 5% (male 14,563; female 17,700) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.78% (1997 est.)

Birth rate: 18.71 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate: 10.02 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate: -16.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

• at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
• total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 51.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

• total population: 59.27 years
• male : 56.93 years
• female: 61.74 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.16 children born/woman (1997 est.)

• noun: Guyanese (singular and plural)
• adjective: Guyanese

Ethnic groups: East Indian 51%, black and mixed 43%, Amerindian 4%, white and Chinese 2%

Religions: Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1%

Languages: English, Amerindian dialects

• definition : age 15 and over has ever attended school
• total population: 98.1%
• male: 98.6%
• female: 97.5% (1995 est.)