Demographics of Guyana

Religions and Ethnicity

ReligionsProtestant 30.5% (Pentecostal 16.9%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%), Hindu 28.4%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, Muslim 7.2%, other Christian 17.7%, other 4.3%, none 4.3% (2002 census)

Ethnic groupsEast Indian 43.5%, black (African) 30.2%, mixed 16.7%, Amerindian 9.1%, other 0.5% (2002 census)

Demographics

Total fertility rate2.27 children born/woman (2012)

Diabetes prevalence15.9 % of population ages 20 to 79

GINI index44.5 51.6

Intentional homicides17.0 per 100,000 people (2012)16.4 per 100,000 people (2011)17.8 per 100,000 people (2010)

Total Population736 Thousand (2014)800 Thousand (2013)795 Thousand (2012)

Population Growth-0.11 % (2014)-0.21 % (2013)-0.33 % (2012)

Land per Capita0.27 Square kilometer per capita

Population density3.42 capita per square kilometer (2014)3.72 capita per square kilometer (2013)3.70 capita per square kilometer (2012)

Technology and Infrastructure

Vehicles per 1000 people96.9 per 1,000 people (2008)

Mobile cellular subscriptions69.4 per 100 people (2013)68.8 per 100 people (2012)66.9 per 100 people (2011)

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers4.61 per 100 people (2013)3.67 per 100 people (2012)2.53 per 100 people (2011)

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers of Guyana

Internet users33.0 per 100 people (2013)33.0 per 100 people (2012)31.0 per 100 people (2011)