Guyana

GUYANA

AREA

214,969 sq.km. (85^th)

POPULATION

735,554 (July 2014) (165^th)

PLATFORM DATA

National

Demography

0 – 24yrs: 50 %

25 – 64yrs: 44.7 %

65yrs and over: 5.3 %

Life

Expectancy

67.81 yrs

Youth Development Index

31/170 (High)

National

G.D.P

$5.498 billion (2014 est.) (174^th)

Per Capital

Income

$6,900 (2014 est.) (154^th)

Currency

Guyanese dollars (GYD)

Economic

Drivers

sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber, textiles

Official

Languages

English

Other Local

Languages

Guyanese Creole, Amerindian languages (including Caribbean and Arawak languages), Indian languages (including Caribbean Hindustani, a dialect of Hindi), Chinese (2014 est.)

Climatic

Zone

tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to August, November to January)

Religious

Expression

Protestant 30.5% (Pentecostal 16.9%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%), Hindu 28.4%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Muslim 7.2%, Jehovah’s Witnesses 1.1%, other Christian 17.7%, other 1.9%, none 4.3%, unspecified 0.9% (2002 est.)

Christian Umbrella

Organization(s)

N/A

Airports

Aishalton Airport

Awaruwaunau Airport

Cheddi Jagan International Airport

Ogle Airport

Kaieteur International Airport

Karanambo Airport

Kurukabaru Airport

Linden Airport