Guyanese people

Guyanese people

"'Ethnic group
group=Guyanese people


poptime = Up to 1 million
popplace= flagicon|Guyana Guyana
flagicon|USA United States
flagicon|UK United Kingdom
flagicon|Canada Canada
flagicon|NED Netherlands
langs=English (including Guyanese Creole, American English, British English and Canadian English), Akawaio, Hindi, Macushi, Wai-Wai, Arawakan, Cariban
rels=Hinduism, Pentecostalism, Roman Catholic, Islam, Anglicanism
related=

Guyanese people are people originating in the South American nation of Guyana. Some 751,000 people recide in Guyana itself, and many more Guyanese nationals and their descendants live abroad.

Demographics

Guyana is a diverse nation, 43.5% of the population is of East Indian origin, 30.2% Black African, 16.7% Multiracial, 9.2% Amerindian and 0.46% other. English (in the form of Guyanese Creole) is the most common language amongst Guyanese people in Guyana and its diaspora. The religious breakdown of Guyanese people is: Hindu 28.4%, Pentecostal 16.9%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Muslim 7.2%, Anglican 6.9%,
Seventh Day Adventist 5%, Other Christian denominations 20.5%, no religion 4.3%, Rastafarian 0.5%, Bahá'í 0.1%, other faiths 2.2%. [ [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gy.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gy.html] ]

Diaspora

Overseas Guyanese communities mainly exist in the United States (86,120 Guyanese born), United Kingdom (20,872 Guyanese born), Canada (14,560 Guyanese born), and the Netherlands (328 Guyanese born), although the total populations (i.e. including people of Guyanese descent born in that country) are much higher. [ [http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls] ]

ee also

* Demographics of Guyana
* Indo-Guyanese
* Afro-Guyanese
* Guyanese British
* Guyanese Canadians


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