Guyana - Daten & Fakten

geographic coordinates: 6 48 N, 58 09 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: when the British took possession of the town from the Dutch in 1812, they renamed it Georgetown in honor of King GEORGE III (1738-1820)
citizenship by descent only: yes
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: na
land: 196,849 sq km
water: 18,120 sq km
arable land: 2.1% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 6.2% (2018 est.)
forest: 77.4% (2018 est.)
other: 14.2% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 68.49% (male 281,157/female 261,113)
65 years and over: 7.86% (2023 est.) (male 27,269/female 34,941)
male: 70.32 years
female: 74.07 years (2023 est.)
male: 27.2 years
female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29
rate of urbanization: 1.01% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2012)
16.43% (2020 est.)
13.99% (2019 est.)
50.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
0.99% (2020 est.)
2.09% (2019 est.)
$2.799 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$1.805 billion (2019 est.)
$3.756 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$5.025 billion (2019 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 85% (2021 est.)
paved: 799 km (2019)
unpaved: 3,196 km (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 110 (2021 est.)
all of the area west of the Essequibo River is claimed by Venezuela preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters; Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari Rivers in a historic dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne