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- <text id=94CT0602><title>Guyana—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Guyana<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 729,425 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> -0.75% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 19.95 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 7.36 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -20.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 48.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 64.9 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 61.66 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 68.3 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.29 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Guyanese (singular and plural)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Guyanese
- </list>
- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> East Indian 51%, black and mixed 43%, Amerindian 4%, European and Chinese 2%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1%
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> English, Amerindian dialects
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over having ever attended school (1990 est.)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 95%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 98%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 96%
- </list>
- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 268,000
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> industry and commerce 44.5%, agriculture 33.8%, services 21.7%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> public-sector employment amounts to 60-80% of the total labor force (1985)
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