Guyana - Daten & Fakten

total: 214,969 sq km

land: 196,849 sq km

water: 18,120 sq km

agricultural land: 8.4% (2018 est.)

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.)

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

0-14 years: 23.65% (male 95,605/female 91,654)

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)

16.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

7 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

English (official), Guyanese Creole, Amerindian languages (including Caribbean and Arawak languages), Indian languages (including Caribbean Hindustani, a dialect of Hindi), Chinese (2014 est.)

total population: 72.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 70.3 years

female: 74.1 years

110,000 GEORGETOWN (capital) (2018)

total: 27.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 27.8 years

female: 28 years

20.8 years (2009 est.)

note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29

-7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

population is heavily concentrated in the northeast in and around Georgetown, with noteable concentrations along the Berbice River to the east; the remainder of the country is sparsely populated

0.28% (2023 est.)

2.06 children born/woman (2023 est.)

urban population: 27.2% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 1.01% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

4.5% of GDP (2018 est.)

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 12 years (2012)

-4.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

33.52% (2021 est.)

299,300 (2021 est.)

35% (2006 est.)

16.42% (2021 est.)

16.43% (2020 est.)

13.99% (2019 est.)

52.2% of GDP (2017 est.)

50.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

5.03% (2021 est.)

0.99% (2020 est.)

2.09% (2019 est.)

$4.64 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$2.799 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$1.805 billion (2019 est.)

United States 40%, Singapore 14%, United Arab Emirates 6%, United Kingdom 6%, Barbados 6% (2021)

$6.611 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$3.756 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$5.025 billion (2019 est.)

Singapore 33%, United States 19%, Trinidad and Tobago 12%, China 8%, Brazil 2% (2021)

117 (2021)

total: 95,000 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2020 est.)

total: 680,000 (2021 est.)

percent of population: 85% (2021 est.)

total: 3,995 km (2019)

paved: 799 km (2019)

unpaved: 3,196 km (2019)

total subscriptions: 130,000 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2021 est.)

total subscriptions: 860,000 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 110 (2021 est.)

330 km (2012) (the Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo Rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively)

Guyana-Venezuela: Venezuela claims all of the area west of the Essequibo River and maintains that Guyana does not have jurisdiction to grant concessions in maritime areas off the Essequibo, waters which are potentially rich in hydrocarbon resources; Guyana submitted the dispute to the International Court of Justice in 2018; in December 2023, the Venezuelan Government conducted a public referendum asking its citizens to support establishing a state in the disputed territory, granting citizenship to current and future area residents, and rejecting the jurisdiction of the ICJ

Guyana-Suriname: Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari Rivers in a historic dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne River