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People
748,486
country comparison to the world: 
161
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 33.3% (male 127,818/female 123,261)
15-64 years: 62.1% (male 233,270/female 234,025)
65 years and over: 4.6% (male 14,481/female 20,085) (2010 est.)
total: 23.6 years
male: 22.9 years
female: 24.3 years (2010 est.)
-0.547% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 224
17.61 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
7.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
-15.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 218
urban population: 28% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 37.89 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 70
male: 42.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 33.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 66.74 years
country comparison to the world: 157
male: 62.93 years
female: 70.74 years (2010 est.)
2.4 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 99
2.5% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 26
13,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92
fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 80
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)
noun: Guyanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Guyanese
East Indian 43.5%, black (African) 30.2%, mixed 16.7%, Amerindian 9.1%, other 0.5% (2002 census)
Hindu 28.4%, Pentecostal 16.9%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%, Jehovah Witness 1.1%, other Christian 17.7%, Muslim 7.2%, other 4.3%, none 4.3% (2002 census)
English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 91.8%
male: 92%
female: 91.6% (2002 Census)
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2008)
6.1% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 37
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