Key demographics
- Population
- 951.0K
- Density
- 4.1/km²
- HDI
- 0.776 (High)
- Gini index (1998)
- 45.1
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 70.3 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.40
- Urban population (2025)
- 26.5%
- Literacy rate (2020)
- 85.6%
- Labor force (2025)
- 59.2%
- Gender wage gap (2019)
- 0.3%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 56%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 26.5%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 19.9 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 7.5 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.40
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 23.2 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 11.3%
- Tourism (2020)
- 86.4K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 55.5% |
| Hinduism | 31.0% |
| Islam | 9.5% |
| No religion | 4.2% |
| Others | 3.3% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Indian | 44.4% |
| African | 32.3% |
| Mixed | 20.0% |
| Indigenous | 10.5% |
| European | 0.3% |
| Chinese | 0.2% |
- Demonym (male)
- Guyanese
- Demonym (female)
- Guyanese
- National anthem
- National anthem of Guyana
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 70.3 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 56.8 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 2.5% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 23.2/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 73/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 3.2/1000
- Physicians (2020)
- 1.39/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 3.93/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $505
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 26.3%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2020)
- 85.6%
- Education spending (2018)
- 4.5% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 346
- Internet users (2024)
- 83.0%
- Mobile subscriptions (2022)
- 112.6/100
- Broadband (2022)
- 12.9/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 176/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2022)
- 12.9
Geography and practical
- Area
- 214,969 km²
- Continent
- South America
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- South America
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Left
- Timezones
- UTC-04:00
- Calling codes
- +592
- TLD
- .gy
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Guyana has a green field with two isosceles triangles which share a common base on the hoist end. The smaller black-edged red triangle spanning half the width of the field is superimposed on the larger white-edged yellow triangle which spans the full width of the field.
- National anthem
- National anthem of Guyana