Guyana
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Introduction - Guyana: | Location - Guyana: | People - Guyana: | Population | 769,095
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 26.1% (male 102,111/female 98,325)
15-64 years: 68.6% (male 266,288/female 261,620)
65 years and over: 5.3% (male 17,308/female 23,443) (2007 est.) | | Median age | total: 27.8 years
male: 27.3 years
female: 28.3 years (2007 est.) | | Population growth rate | 0.234% (2007 est.) | | Birth rate | 18.09 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Death rate | 8.28 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Net migration rate | -7.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.039 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.018 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.738 male(s)/female
total population: 1.006 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | Infant mortality rate | total: 31.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 27.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 66.17 years
male: 63.52 years
female: 68.95 years (2007 est.) | | Total fertility rate | 2.04 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | 2.5% (2003 est.) | | Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | 11,000 (2003 est.) | | Hiv aids deaths | 1,100 (2003 est.) | | Nationality | noun: Guyanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Guyanese | | Ethnic groups | East Indian 50%, black 36%, Amerindian 7%, white, Chinese, and mixed 7% | | Religions | Christian 50%, Hindu 35%, Muslim 10%, other 5% | | Languages | English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu | | Literacy | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.1%
female: 98.5% (2003 est.) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |