Population: 749,508 (July 1991), growth rate - 0.4% (1991)

Birth rate: 23 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 20 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 51 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 61 years male, 68 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 2.6 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Guyanese (sing., pl.); adjective--Guyanese

Ethnic divisions: East Indian 51%, black and mixed 43%, Amerindian 4%, European and Chinese 2%

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

Language: English, Amerindian dialects

Literacy: 95% (male 98%, female 96%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1990 est.)

Labor force: 268,000; industry and commerce 44.5%, agriculture 33.8%, services 21.7%; public-sector employment amounts to 60-80% of the total labor force (1985)

Organized labor: 34% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Guyana on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guyana People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guyana People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.