Editing Demographics of Guyana

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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Guyana]]|image=File:Guyana single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Guyana in 2020|size_of_population=789,683 (2022 est.)|nation=Guyanese|age_0–14_years=23.91%|age_65_years=7.01%|growth=0.24% (2022 est.)|birth=16.72 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)|death=6.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)|net_migration=-7.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)|fertility=2.35 children}}
{{Historical populations
| title = Census population
| percentages = pagr
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Final 2012 Census Compendium|url=https://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/|website=Bureau of Statistics - Guyana|access-date=27 July 2017}}</ref>
|1831 | 98000
|1911 | 296041
|1931 | 310933
|1946 | 375701
|1960 | 560330
|1970 | 701718
|1980 | 759567
|1991 | 723673
|2002 | 751223
|2012 | 746955
}}
This is a [[demographics|demography]] of [[Guyana]] including population density, [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

[[Guyana]]'s population ([[Guyanese people]]) is made up of five main ethnic groups: [[Indo-Guyanese|Indians]], [[Afro-Guyanese|Africans]], [[Indigenous peoples in Guyana|Amerindians]], [[White Caribbeans|Europeans]] (mainly [[Portuguese Guyanese|Portuguese]]), and [[Chinese Guyanese|Chinese]]. Ninety percent of the inhabitants live on the narrow coastal plain, where population density is more than {{convert|115 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. The population density for Guyana as a whole is low: less than {{convert|4|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|1|spell=in}}.

Guyana continues to be influenced by [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British]] and [[Culture of India|Indian culture]]  as well as the cultures of the United States, Europe, Africa, the Islamic world, East and South Asian countries, and Latin America, especially the neighbouring countries of [[Venezuela]] and [[Brazil]]. It is one of two countries and three territories to form [[the Guianas]], such as [[Suriname]] and territories like the [[French Guiana]] and parts of neighbouring countries named for [[Guayana Region|Guayana]] (Venezuela) and [[Amapá]] of Brazil.

==Population==
According to {{UN_Population|source}}, the total population was {{UN_Population|Guyana}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 33.6%, 62.1% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 4.3% was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2010">{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|title=Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision|website=Esa.un.org|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Year
!rowspan=2|Total population<br /> ({{times}}1000)
!colspan=3|Population percentage in age bracket
|-
!aged 0–14
!aged 15–64
!aged 65+
|-
| 1950
| 407
|{{percentage bar|39.9}}
|{{percentage bar|56.0}}
|{{percentage bar|4.1}}
|-
| 1955
| 483
|{{percentage bar|43.6}}
|{{percentage bar|52.8}}
|{{percentage bar|3.6}}
|-
| 1960
| 560
|{{percentage bar|46.3}}
|{{percentage bar|50.4}}
|{{percentage bar|3.3}}
|-
| 1965
| 640
|{{percentage bar|47.7}}
|{{percentage bar|49.0}}
|{{percentage bar|3.4}}
|-
| 1970
| 721
|{{percentage bar|48.7}}
|{{percentage bar|47.9}}
|{{percentage bar|3.4}}
|-
| 1975
| 749
|{{percentage bar|45.5}}
|{{percentage bar|50.9}}
|{{percentage bar|3.6}}
|-
| 1980
| 777
|{{percentage bar|42.5}}
|{{percentage bar|53.7}}
|{{percentage bar|3.8}}
|-
| 1985
| 752
|{{percentage bar|38.6}}
|{{percentage bar|57.0}}
|{{percentage bar|4.4}}
|-
| 1990
| 725
|{{percentage bar|34.4}}
|{{percentage bar|60.6}}
|{{percentage bar|5.0}}
|-
| 1995
| 728
|{{percentage bar|34.6}}
|{{percentage bar|60.4}}
|{{percentage bar|5.0}}
|-
| 2000
| 733
|{{percentage bar|35.5}}
|{{percentage bar|60.0}}
|{{percentage bar|4.5}}
|-
| 2005
| 746
|{{percentage bar|36.9}}
|{{percentage bar|59.3}}
|{{percentage bar|3.8}}
|-
| 2010
| 754
|{{percentage bar|33.6}}
|{{percentage bar|62.1}}
|{{percentage bar|4.3}}
|-
| 2020
| 750
|{{percentage bar|23.9}}
|{{percentage bar|69.1}}
|{{percentage bar|7.0}}
|}

=== Structure of the population ===

{{Hidden begin 
|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 15.IX.2012): <ref>{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>
|titlestyle = background:#EEBC35;
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 371 805
| align="right" | 375 150 
| align="right" | 746 955
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 35 876
| align="right" | 34 564
| align="right" | 70 440
| align="right" | 9.43
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 35 954 
| align="right" | 35 314
| align="right" | 71 268
| align="right" | 9.54
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 42 302
| align="right" | 40 837
| align="right" | 83 139
| align="right" | 11.13
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 42 749
| align="right" | 42 049
| align="right" | 84 798 
| align="right" | 11.35
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 31 350
| align="right" | 31 932
| align="right" | 63 282
| align="right" | 8.47
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 25 487
| align="right" | 26 574
| align="right" | 52 061
| align="right" | 6.97
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 26 103 
| align="right" | 26 996
| align="right" | 53 099
| align="right" | 7.11
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 25 457
| align="right" | 26 022
| align="right" | 51 479
| align="right" | 6.89
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 24 212
| align="right" | 23 743
| align="right" | 47 955
| align="right" | 6.42
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 21 573
| align="right" | 21 542
| align="right" | 43 115
| align="right" | 5.77
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 18 878
| align="right" | 18 566
| align="right" | 37 444
| align="right" | 5.01
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 14 045
| align="right" | 14 998
| align="right" | 29 043
| align="right" | 3.89
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 10 479
| align="right" | 11 034
| align="right" | 21 513
| align="right" | 2.88
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 6 638
| align="right" | 7 197
| align="right" | 13 835
| align="right" | 1.85
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 4 817
| align="right" | 5 522
| align="right" | 10 339
| align="right" | 1.38
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 3 037
| align="right" | 3 871
| align="right" | 6 908
| align="right" | 0.92
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 1 714
| align="right" | 2 365
| align="right" | 4 079
| align="right" | 0.55
|-
| align="right" | 85+
| align="right" | 1 134
| align="right" | 2 024
| align="right" | 3 158
| align="right" | 0.42
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 114 132
| align="right" | 110 715
| align="right" | 224 847
| align="right" | 30.10
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 240 333
| align="right" | 243 456
| align="right" | 483 789
| align="right" | 64.77
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 17 340
| align="right" | 20 979
| align="right" | 38 319
| align="right" | 5.13
|-
|}
{{Hidden end}}

===Age structure===
<br />''0–14 years:''
35.6% (male 135,629; female 131,518; total 267,146)
<br />''15–64 years:''
60.2% (male 226,058; female 226,551; total 452,609)
<br />''65 years and over:''
4.2% (male 14,347; female 17,120; total 31,467) (2002 census)<ref>[http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/pubs/Chapter2_Population_Composition.pdf Guyana Census 2002], population composition, Ch. 2 (p. 44)</ref><ref>
  Total population 751,223, where 15–64 years is 452,609/751,223 ~= 60.2%.
</ref>

==Vital statistics==
===UN estimates===
The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates of vital statistics of [[Guyana]].
<ref name="WPP 2010"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! rowspan=2 width="50pt"|Period
! rowspan=2 width="70pt"|Live births<br />per year
! rowspan=2 width="70pt"|Deaths<br />per year
! rowspan=2 width="70pt"|Natural change<br />per year
! rowspan=2 width="35pt"|CBR*
! rowspan=2 width="35pt"|CDR*
! rowspan=2 width="35pt"|NC*
! rowspan=2 width="35pt"|TFR*
! rowspan=2 width="35pt"|IMR*
! colspan=3|Life expectancy
|-
! width="50pt"|total
! width="50pt"|males
! width="50pt"|females
|-
| 1950–1955 || 20,000|| 8,000|| 12,000||49.4||18.1||31.4||6.68||118||49.2||46.5||52.0
|-
| 1955–1960 || 23,000|| 8,000|| 15,000||47.5||15.8||31.7||6.77||107||51.7||49.4||54.1
|-
| 1960–1965 || 25,000|| 8,000|| 17,000||41.5||13.6||27.9||6.15||98||53.7||51.8||55.6
|-
| 1965–1970 || 27,000|| 8,000|| 19,000||40.0||12.5||27.5||6.11||92||55.1||53.8||56.4
|-
| 1970–1975 || 25,000|| 7,000|| 18,000||34.1||11.0||23.2||4.90||83||57.2||55.9||58.6
|-
| 1975–1980 || 24,000|| 7,000|| 17,000||31.1||10.0||21.0||3.94||77||58.8||57.4||60.3
|-
| 1980–1985 || 23,000|| 7,000|| 16,000||28.7||9.6||19.1||3.26||73||60.0||57.9||62.5
|-
| 1985–1990 || 19,000|| 7,000|| 12,000||26.4||9.8||16.6||2.70||68||60.6||57.9||63.8
|-
| 1990–1995 || 19,000|| 7,000|| 12,000||23.5||9.8||13.7||2.55||63||61.4||58.5||64.9
|-
| 1995–2000 || 18,000|| 7,000|| 11,000||22.0||8.9||13.0||2.50||56||63.1||60.1||66.6
|-
| 2000–2005 || 16,000|| 7,000|| 9,000||20.1||7.6||12.5||2.43||49||65.7||62.7||69.1
|-
| 2005–2010 || 14,000|| 6,000|| 8,000||18.8||5.9||12.9||2.33||42||68.7||65.5||71.9
|-
|align="left" colspan="12" | *<small>CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small>
|}

===Registered births and deaths===
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/GY.pdf|title=DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE: GUYANA|website=Caricomstats.org|access-date=3 October 2017|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175745/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/GY.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="70pt"|Population
! width="70pt"|Live births
! width="70pt"|Deaths
! width="70pt"|Natural change
! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Total fertility rate
! width="70pt"|Infant mortality rate
|-
| 1948
| 
|16 576||5 437||11 139
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1949
| 
|17 137||5 264||11 873
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1950
| 
|16 985||5 938||11 047
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1951
| 
|18 357||5 637||12 720
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1952
| 
|19 555||5 772||13 783
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1953
| 
|20 148||5 876||14 272
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1954
| 
|20 263||5 635||14 628
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1955
| 
|21 073||5 557||15 516
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1956
| 
|21 668||5 380||16 288
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1957
| 
|22 983||5 726||17 257
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1958
| 
|23 661||5 195||18 466
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1959
| 
|24 467||5 313||19 154
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1960
| 
|23 718||5 167||18 551
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1961
| 
|24 323||5 069||19 254
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1962
| 
|25 316||4 664||20 652
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1963
| 
|25 796||4 573||style="color:blue"|21 223
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1964
| 
|25 541||4 748||20 793
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1965
| 
|25 830||4 705||21 125
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1966
| 
|style="color:blue"|26 348||5 234||21 114
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1967
| 
|23 335||5 388||17 947
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1968
| 
|23 467||5 619||17 848
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1969
| 
|22 129||||
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1970
| 
|23 703||4 808||18 895
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1971
| 
|22 933||5 248||17 685
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1972
| 
|25 065||5 962||19 103
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1973
| 
|24 100||5 599||18 501
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1974
| 
|23 100||6 161||16 939
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1975
| 
|23 200||5 924||17 276
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1976
| 
|24 200||style="color:red"|6 251||16 949
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1977
| 
|||5 883||
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1978
| 
|23 200||6 000||17 200
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1984
| 
|||4 781||
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1992
| 712 415
|||||
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1993
| 734 854
|||4 514||
|||6.1||
|
|
|-
| 1994
| 745 994
|||4 304||
|||5.8||
|
|
|-
| 1995
| 760 379
|||||
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1996
| 770 139
|||||
|||||
|
|
|-
| 1997
| style="color:blue"|775 137
|||5 117||
|||6.6||
|
|
|-
| 1998
| 773 432
|||4 977||
|||6.4||
|
|
|-
| 1999
| 770 584
|||style="color:blue"|4 197||
|||5.4||
|
|
|-
| 2000
| 756 395
|||||
|||||
|
|
|-
| 2001
| 753 862
|||4 629||
|||6.1||
|
|
|-
| 2002
| 751 647
|||5 003||
|||6.7||
|
|
|-
| 2003
| 749 739
|||4 986||
|||6.7||
|
|
|-
| 2004
| 748 144
|||5 141||
|||6.9||
|
|
|-
| 2005
| 746 865
|14 860||5 230||9 630
|19.9||7.0||12.9
|
|22.0
|-
| 2006
| 745 898
|14 830||5 020||9 810
|19.9||6.7||13.2
|
|19.2
|-
| 2007
| 745 246
|14 500||5 040||9 460
|19.5||6.8||12.7
|
|20.3
|-
| 2008
| 774 443
|15 240||4 980||10 260
|19.7||6.4||13.2
|
|17.5
|-
| 2009
| 753 227
|14 461||5 270||9 191
|19.2||7.0||12.2
|
|10.8
|-
| 2010
| 752 113
|14 290||5 260||9 030
|19.0||7.0||12.0
|
|14.7
|-
| 2011
| 750 663
|14 110||5 180||8 930
|18.8||6.9||11.9
|
|14.4
|-
| 2012
| 746 724
|13 780||5 160||8 620
|18.5||6.9||11.5
|
|13.8
|-
| 2013
| 749 289
|13 820||4 930||8 890
|18.4||6.6||11.9
|2.6
|12.9
|-
| 2014
| 751 975
|14 800||5 460||9 340
|19.7||7.3||12.4
|
|23.3
|-
| 2015
| 754 803
|13 060||5 050||style="color:red"|8 010
|17.3||6.7||10.6
|
|21.8
|-
| 2016
| 757 759
|||5 109||
|||6.7||
|
|
|-
| 2017
| 760 807
|13 608||4 909||8 699
|17.9||6.5||11.4
|
|
|-
| 2018
| 763 899
|14 659||4 558||10 101
|19.2||6.0||13.2
|
|
|-
| 2019
|766 986
|||5 560||
|||7.2||
|
|
|-
| 2020
|770 026
|||3 503||
|||4.5||
|
|
|-
| 2021
|772 975
|||7 154||
|||9.3||
|
|
|-
| 2022
|
|||6 818||
|||||
|
|
|-
|}

===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1393|title=Guyana - Demographic and Health Survey 2009|website=microdata.worldbank.org|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=3| Total
! colspan=3| Urban
! colspan=3| Rural
|-
! CBR !! TFR !! WFR
! CBR !! TFR !! WFR
! CBR !! TFR !! WFR
|-
| 2005
| 21.3 || 2.6 || {{n/a}}
| 20.3 || 2.4 || {{n/a}}
| 21.7 || 2.8 || {{n/a}}
|-
| 2009
| 23 || 2.8 || 2.1
| 17 || 2.1 || 1.7
| 24 || 3.0 || 2.3
|}

==Ethnic groups==
{{bar box
|title=Ethnic groups of Guyana (2012 Census)
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=Ethnic groups
|right1=percent
|float=right
|bars= 
{{bar percent|[[Indo-Guyanese|Indian]] |Orange|39.83}}
{{bar percent|[[Afro-Guyanese|Black]]|Blue|29.25}}
{{bar percent|[[Multiracial|Mixed]]|Yellow|19.88}}
{{bar percent|[[Indigenous peoples in Guyana|Amerindian]] |Green|10.51}}
{{bar percent|Other (includes [[Chinese Guyanese|Chinese]], [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]]) |Orange| 0.5}}
}}

The present population of Guyana is racially and ethnically heterogeneous, with ethnic groups originating from [[India]], Africa, Europe, and China, as well as [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] or aboriginal peoples.

The largest ethnic group are the [[Indo-Guyanese]], the descendants of indentured labourers from India, who make up 39.8% of the population, according to the 2012 census.<ref name=":0">[https://statisticsguyana.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Final_2012_Census_Compendium2.pdf Compendium 2: Population composition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105002255/https://statisticsguyana.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Final_2012_Census_Compendium2.pdf |date=5 January 2021 }}</ref> They are followed by the [[Afro-Guyanese]], the descendants of enslaved labourers from Africa, who constitute 29.3. Guyanese of mixed heritage make up 19.9%.<ref name=":0" />

Indigenous peoples, known locally as [[Amerindians]], make up 10.5%. The indigenous groups include the [[Arawak]]s, the [[Wai-wai people|Wai Wai]], the [[Kalina people|Caribs]], the [[Akawaio people|Akawaio]], the [[Pemon|Arecuna]], the [[Patamona people|Patamona]], the [[Wapishana|Wapixana]], the [[Macushi]], and the [[Warao people|Warao]].<ref name=":0" /> The two largest groups, the Indo-Guyanese and Afro-Guyanese, have experienced some racial tension.<ref>"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2005/09/050920_guyana_race.shtml Guyana turns attention to racism]". BBC News. 20 September 2005.</ref><ref>"[http://www.guyana.org/features/conflicts_indiansandblacks.html Conflict between East-Indian and Blacks in Trinidad and Guyana Socially, Economically and Politically]". Gabrielle Hookumchand, Professor Moses Seenarine. 18 May 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/265657/20111212/guyana-politics-election-blacks-indians-ramotar-ppp.htm International Business Times: "Guyana: A Study in Polarized Racial Politics"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715075007/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/265657/20111212/guyana-politics-election-blacks-indians-ramotar-ppp.htm |date=15 July 2012 }} 12 December 2011</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/26/ethnic-conflict-democracy-guyana/|title = Ethnic Conflict Threatens Democracy in Guyana| date=18 March 2024 }}</ref>

Most Indo-Guyanese are descended from indentured labourers who migrated from [[North India]], especially the [[Bhojpuri region|Bhojpur]] and [[Awadh]] regions of the [[Hindi Belt]] in the present day states of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/musicofhindutrin00myer |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/musicofhindutrin00myer/page/30 30] |title=Music of Hindu Trinidad |publisher=University of Chicago Press |author=Helen Myers |isbn=9780226554532 |year=1999}}</ref> A significant minority of Indo-Guyanese are also descended from indentured migrants who came from the South Indian states of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter17.pdf |title=Indian Diaspora |website=Indiandiaspora.nic.in |access-date=3 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430175036/http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter17.pdf |archive-date=30 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Among the immigrants there were many labourers from other parts of South Asia such as [[Nepal]], [[Bengal]], [[Chota Nagpur Plateau|Chota Nagpur]], and Northwestern India - the modern states of Punjab, Haryana - which was at the time a part of the state of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

The distribution pattern in the 2002 census was similar to those of the 1980 and 1991 censuses, but the share of the two main groups has declined. Indo-Guyanese made up 51.9% of the total population in 1980, but by 1991 this had fallen to 48.6%, and then to 43.5% in the 2002 census. Those of African descent increased slightly from 30.8% to 32.3% during the first period (1980 and 1991) before falling to 30.2% in the 2002 census. With small growth in the overall population, the decline in the shares of the two larger groups has resulted in the relative increase of shares of the multiracial and Amerindian groups. 

The Amerindian population rose by 22,097 people between 1991 and 2002. This represents an increase of 47.3% or annual growth of 3.5%. Similarly, the multiracial population increased by 37,788 persons, representing a 43.0% increase or annual growth rate of 3.2% from the base period of 1991 census.

The number of [[Chinese Guyanese|Chinese]] is about 0.2% and the [[White people|White]] population (mostly consisting of [[Portuguese Guyanese|Portuguese]]) is about 0.3%.<ref name="CIATONGA">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guyana/|title= South America :: GUYANA|publisher= CIA The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guyana.org/special/portuguese.html|title=Portuguese emigration from Madeira to British Guiana|website=Guyana.org|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Population of Guyana according to ethnic group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/download.php?file=93|title=2012 Census Compendium 2|website=Statisticsguyana.gov.gy|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="UN Demographic Yearbooks"
>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/pubs/Chapter2_Population_Composition.pdf Guyana Census 2002], population composition, Ch. 2 (pp. 27–28)</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" | Census year
! colspan="2" | [[Indo-Guyanese|Indian]]
! colspan="2" | [[Afro-Guyanese|Black]]
! colspan="2" | [[Multiracial|Mixed]]
! colspan="2" | [[Amerindian]]
! colspan="2" | [[White people|White]]
! colspan="2" | [[Chinese people|Chinese]]
! colspan="2" | Other
! rowspan="2" | Total
|-
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
|-
| 1946
| 163,434 || {{percentage bar|width=50|43.5}}
| 143,385 || {{percentage bar|width=50|38.2}}
| 37,685 || {{percentage bar|width=50|10.0}}
| 16,322 || {{percentage bar|width=50|4.3}}
| 8,543 || {{percentage bar|width=50|2.3}}
| 3,567 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.9}}
| 2,765 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.7}}
| 375,701
|-
| 1960
| 267,840 || {{percentage bar|width=50|47.8}}
| 183,980 || {{percentage bar|width=50|32.8}}
| 67,189 || {{percentage bar|width=50|12.0}}
| 25.450 || {{percentage bar|width=50|4.5}}
| 3,218 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.6}}
| 4,074 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.7}}
| 8,655 || {{percentage bar|width=50|1.5}}
| 560,406
|-
| 1980
| 394,417 || {{percentage bar|width=50|51.9}}
| 234,094 || {{percentage bar|width=50|30.8}}
| 84,764 || {{percentage bar|width=50|11.2}}
| 40,343 || {{percentage bar|width=50|5.3}}
| 3,790 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.5}}
| 1,864 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
| 294 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.0}}
| 759,566
|-
| 1991
| 351,939 || {{percentage bar|width=50|48.6}}
| 233,465 || {{percentage bar|width=50|32.3}}
| 87,881 || {{percentage bar|width=50|12.1}}
| 46,722 || {{percentage bar|width=50|6.5}}
| 2,267 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.3}}
| 1,290 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
| 107 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.0}}
| 723,671
|-
| 2002
| 326,277 || {{percentage bar|width=50|43.4}}
| 227,062 || {{percentage bar|width=50|30.2}}
| 125,727 || {{percentage bar|width=50|16.7}}
| 68,675 || {{percentage bar|width=50|9.1}}
| 1,974 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.3}}
| 1,396 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
| 112 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.0}}
| 751,223
|-
| 2012
| 297,493 || {{percentage bar|width=50|39.8}}
| 218,483 || {{percentage bar|width=50|29.3}}
| 148,532 || {{percentage bar|width=50|19.9}}
| 78,492 || {{percentage bar|width=50|10.5}}
| 2,325 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.3}}
| 1,377 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
| 253 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.0}}
| 746,955
|}

==Language==
{{main article|Languages of Guyana}}
English is the official language of [[Guyana]], which is the only South American country with English as the official language.<ref name=Smock>{{cite book|last=Smock|first=Kirk|title=Guyana: The Bradt Travel Guide|year=2008|publisher=Bradt|isbn=978-1-84162-223-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/guyanabradttrave0000smoc/page/19 19]|url=https://archive.org/details/guyanabradttrave0000smoc/page/19}}</ref><ref name=Ali>{{cite book|last=Ali|first=Arif|title=Guyana|year=2008|publisher=Hansib|location=London|isbn=978-1-906190-10-1}}</ref>

[[Guyanese Creole]] (an English-based [[Creole language|creole]] with [[African languages|African]] and [[Languages of  India|Indian]] [[syntax]]) is widely spoken in Guyana.<ref name=Smock />

A number of [[Amerindian language]]s are also spoken by a minority of the population. These include [[Cariban languages]] such as [[Macushi language|Macushi]], [[Akawaio language|Akawaio]] and [[Waiwai language|Wai-Wai]], and [[Arawakan languages]] such as [[Arawak language|Arawak]] (or Lokono) and [[Wapishana language|Wapishana]].<ref name=Smock /><ref name=Ali />

Other languages include [[Chinese language|Chinese]] spoken by some members of the Chinese community, [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] spoken by some [[Portuguese Guyanese]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]] spoken by Surinamese in Guyana, and [[Caribbean Hindustani#Guyanese Hindustani|Guyanese Hindustani]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] spoken by a few older members of the Indian Guyanese community, as well as [[Caribbean Hindustani#Sarnami Hindustani|Sarnami Hindustani]] spoken by [[Indo-Surinamese|Indians from Suriname]].<ref name=Smock /><ref name= Ali />
=== Second and third languages ===
[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] is increasingly widely used as a [[second language]] in Guyana, particularly in the south of the country near the [[Brazil]] border.<ref name= Smock /> [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[French language|French]] are spoken by those who frequently visit neighbouring [[Suriname]] and [[French Guiana]] respectively. French is widely taught in secondary schools along with Spanish as foreign languages. [[Spanish language|Spanish]] is also used by a minority of the population as a second language. Spanish is spoken typically by visitors and residents from [[Venezuela]].<ref>Damoiseau, Robert (2003) ''Eléments de grammaire comparée français-créole guyanais'' Ibis rouge, Guyana, {{ISBN|2-84450-192-3}}</ref>

==Religion==
{{See also|Religion in Guyana}}The religious breakdown of Guyanese people is: Hindu 28.4%, Pentecostal 16.9%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Muslim 7.2%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh-day Adventist 5%, other Christian denominations 20.5%, no religion 4.3%, Rastafarian 0.5%, Bahá’í 0.1%, other faiths 2.2%. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Peoples |url=https://www.embassyofguyana.be/about-peoples.php |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=www.embassyofguyana.be}}</ref>{{clear}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://statisticsguyana.gov.gy/}} &ndash; Bureau of Statistics of Guyana
* [https://caricom.org/country_profiles/guyana/ Guyana profile] &ndash; Caribbean Community Statistics

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