Guyana

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PROFILE
  • Area: 214,969 sq. km (83,000 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 735,909 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.17% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 68.4 years (2016)
  • Languages: English (official), Guyanese Creole, Amerindian languages (including Caribbean and Arawak languages), Indian languages (including Caribbean Hindustani), Chinese
  • Religions: Protestant 30.5% (Pentecostal 16.9%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 5%), Hindu 28.4%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Muslim 7.2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 17.7%, other 1.9%, none 4.3%, unspecified 0.9%
  • Formal name: Cooperative Republic of Guyana
  • Alternate names: British Guiana, Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Guayana
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President David GRANGER; head of government: Prime Minister Moses NAGAMOOTOO
  • Capital: Georgetown
  • Administrative divisions: 10 regions
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $7,500 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber
  • Imports: manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food
  • Currency: Guyanese dollar (GYD)
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