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The People of Guyana

Guyanese People

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Population: 772,298 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 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 25.7% (male 101,319/female 97,505) 15-64 years: 68.7% (male 268,058/female 262,595) 65 years and over: 5.5% (male 17,938/female 24,883) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 28.7 years male: 28.2 years female: 29.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.181% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 8.29 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -7.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 29.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 66.68 years male: 64.09 years female: 69.4 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.03 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 2.5% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 13,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.)

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)

Religions: Hindu 28.4%, Pentecostal 16.9%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%, Jehovah Witness 1.1%, other Christian 17.7%, Muslim 7.2%, other 4.3%, none 4.3% (2002 census)

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.)