Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Capital: Georgetown

Total Area: 83,000.38 sq mi,214,970.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than Idaho)

Population: 697,181 (July 2001 est.),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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

Estimated Population in 2050: 786,846

Languages: English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu

Literacy: 98.1% total, 98.6% male, 97.5% female (1995 est.)

Religions: Christian 50%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 8%

Life Expectancy: 60.52 male, 66.24 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: republic within the Commonwealth

Currency: 1 Guyanese dollar (G$) = 100 cents

GDP (per capita): $4,800 (2000 est.)

Industry: bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, fishing (shrimp), textiles, gold mining

Agriculture: sugar, rice, wheat, vegetable oils; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest and fishery potential not exploited

Arable Land: 2%

Natural Resources: bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish

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