ACOG - Guyana  - IBM

Geography

Location: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela

Area:
total area: 214,970 sq km
land area: 196,850 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Idaho

Land boundaries: total 2,462 km, Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km

Coastline: 459 km


People

Population: 723,774 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 33% (female 118,515; male 123,048)
15-64 years: 62% (female 224,484; male 225,543)
65 years and over: 5% (female 17,540; male 14,644)

Population growth rate: -0.81% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 19.41 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 7.34 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -20.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 47.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 65.1 years
male: 61.86 years
female: 68.5 years

Total fertility rate: 2.23 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: East Indian 51%, black and mixed 43%, Amerindian 4%, European and Chinese 2%

Religions: Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1%

Languages: English, Amerindian dialects

Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1990 est.)
total population: 96%
male: 98%
female: 95%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Co-operative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana

Type: republic

Capital: Georgetown

Independence: 26 May 1966 (from UK)

Constitution: 6 October 1980


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.4 billion

National product real growth rate: 8.5%

National product per capita: $1,950

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15.5%

Unemployment rate: 12%

Electricity:
capacity: 110,000 kW
production: 230 million kWh
consumption per capita: 286 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).