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    Guyana People 2001

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    SOURCE: 2001 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Population: 697,181
      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 2001 est.)

      Age structure:
      0-14 years: 28.19% (male 100,194; female 96,309)
      15-64 years: 66.89% (male 234,976; female 231,360)
      65 years and over: 4.92% (male 15,324; female 19,018) (2001 est.)

      Population growth rate: 0.07% (2001 est.)

      Birth rate: 17.92 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Death rate: 8.87 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Net migration rate: -8.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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: 0.81 male(s)/female
      total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 38.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:
      total population: 63.31 years
      male: 60.52 years
      female: 66.24 years (2001 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 2.1 children born/woman (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 3.01% (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 15,000 (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: 900 (1999 est.)

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

      Ethnic groups: East Indian 49%, black 32%, mixed 12%, Amerindian 6%, white and Chinese 1%

      Religions: Christian 50%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 8%

      Languages: English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu

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

      NOTE: The information regarding Guyana on this page is re-published from the 2001 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guyana People 2001 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guyana People 2001 should be addressed to the CIA.

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