Guyana Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Guyana Country Formation Date 1966 Guyana United Kingdom May 26, 1966

Database: Death Rates by Country

Record Name Country Death Rate (per 1000 persons) Source
Death Rate for Guyana Guyana 8.4 Wikipedia

Database: World Gold Mining Production By Country

Record Name Country Metal 1999 (Kilograms) 2000 (Kilograms) 2001 (Kilograms) 2002 (Kilograms) 2003 (Kilograms) Source
Gold production for Guyana Guyana Gold 12,905 13,510 14,183 13,581 14,000 United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country

Record Name Country Source Life Expectancy Rank
Guyana Life Expectancy Guyana World Fact Book 66.17 155

Database: World Oil Production by Country

Record Name Country Year Source Barrels per Day
Guyana Oil Production Guyana 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 0

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in Guyana Guyana 2007 93 CIA World Fact Book

Database: Local Names of World Countries

Record Name Country Local Name
Local Name for Guyana Guyana Guyana

Database: United Nations Presidents

Record Name Origin Year Session
Samuel Insanally Guyana 1993 Forty-eighth

Database: World Literacy Rates

Record Name Country Source Total Men Women Year
Guyana Literacy Rate Guyana UNESCO 99 percent 99.2 percent 98.7 percent 2005

Database: List of countries by train railway track length

Record Name Country Year Reported Transportation Type Railway Length (km) Source
Guyana Railway Length Guyana 2001 est. Train 187 Wikipedia

Database: Internet Country Codes

Record Name Country Internet Code
GY Guyana Guyana GY

Database: Prison Population by Country

Record Name Year Source
Prison population for Guyana 2007 Human Development Reports (UNDP)

Database: World Wide Shortwave Radio Stations

Record Name Language City Country Media kHz
Guyana Broadcasting Service Georgetown Guyana Radio 5950

Database: Sucide Rates By Country

Record Name Country Source Year Male (per 100,000) Female (per 100,000)
GUYANA suicide rate Guyana World Health Organization 03 42.5 12.1

Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country

Record Name Country 1975 (liters per year) 1979 (liters per year) 2003 (liters per year) 2004 (liters per year) Source
Average total alchohol consumption per person for Guyana Guyana n/a n/a 3.84 n/a World Health Organization

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
Guyana Guyana Georgetown 2002 214,970 698,209 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country

Record Name Country Source Thousand Metric Tonnes per Capita (per thousand people)
Guyana CO2 Carbon Emissions Guyana World Resources Institute 1,630.8 2.13098

Database: Coastline of world countries

Record Name Country Coastline (KM)
Guyana Ocean Coastline Length Guyana 459

Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)

Record Name Country Source Rate (2003) Rate (2002) Rate (2001) Rate (2000)
GUYANA Inflation Rate Guyana International Monetary Fund n.a. n.a. 2.4 6.1

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
Co-operativeRepublic of Guyana (Guyana) Guyana Georgetown Co-operativeRepublic of Guyana GY

Database: World Currency List

Record Name Country Symbol Subdivision Name
Guyana Guyana G$ 100 cents dollar

Database: Country GDP (2005)

Record Name Country Year Source GDP GDP per Capita Real Growth Rate Inflation
Guyana GDP Guyana 2005 The World Factbook 2006 3.549 billion 4,600 -2.5 5.5

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