Guyana - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Guyana. The third-smallest country in South America after Suriname and Uruguay; contains some of the largest unspoiled rainforests on the continent. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
Population is heavily concentrated in the northeast in and around Georgetown, with notable concentrations along the Berbice River to the east; the remainder of the country is sparsely populated
People and Society
In Guyana, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: East Indian 39.8%, African descent 29.3%, mixed 19.9%, Indigenous 10.5%, other 0.5% (includes Portuguese, Chinese, White) (2012 est.)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 0.35% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 16.68 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.05 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 2.6 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.04 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 1 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Guyanese | Guyanese (singular and plural) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 23.5% (male 95,223/female 91,272) |
| 15-64 years | 68.4% (male 281,669/female 261,261) |
| 65 years and over | 8.1% (2024 est.) (male 28,352/female 36,322) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 46.3 (2024 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 34.3 (2024 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 11.9 (2024 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 8.4 (2024 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 28.7 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 28.2 years |
| Female | 28.4 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 27.2% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.01% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 110,000 GEORGETOWN (capital) (2018). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.04 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 1.08 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.78 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 1.04 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 20.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 23.9 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 18.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 72.4 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 70.6 years |
| Female | 74.3 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 96% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 95.8% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 95.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 4% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 4.2% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 4.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 98.7% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 99.5% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 99.3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 1.3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0.5% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0.7% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 5.11 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 2.75 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 0.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 2.3 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 9.2% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 16.9% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 1.9% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
| Women married by age 15 | 6.3% (2020) |
| Women married by age 18 | 32.3% (2020) |
| Men married by age 18 | 11.9% (2020) |
Demographic profile
All Important Facts about Guyana
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