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This is a demography of Guyana including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Guyana's population (Guyanese people) is made up of five main ethnic groups: Indians, Africans, Amerindians, Europeans (mainly Portuguese), and Chinese ...
Religion in Guyana is dominated by various branches of Christianity, with significant minorities of the adherents of Hinduism and Islam. Guyana is a secular state and the nation's constitution guarantees freedom of religion and worship.
According to the 2012 national census, 64% of the population identify as Christian, 25% as Hindu, and 7% as Muslim (mainly Sunni); 3% have no religion and less than 1% belong to other religious groups including Rastafarians, Baha’is, Afro-descendent Faithists, and Areruya. Among Christians, the largest group are Pentecostals (23%). [1]
Guyana's population is racially and ethnically heterogeneous, with ethnic groups originating from India, Africa, Europe, and China, as well as Indigenous peoples. Despite their diverse ethnic backgrounds, most groups share a common language of English and its Guyanese English Creole vernacular.
Total population; c. 1,250,000 Regions with significant populations Guyana 816,800 United States 323,052 [1] Canada 84,275 [2] United Kingdom 40,872 [1] Netherlands ...
Hinduism in Guyana is the religion of about 31% of the population in 2020. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This makes Guyana the country with the highest percentage of Hindu residents in the Western Hemisphere . [ 3 ]
Islam is the third largest religion in Guyana, after Christianity and Hinduism, respectively. According to the 2012 census, 7% of the country’s population is Muslim. [ 1 ] However, a Pew Research survey from 2010 estimates that 6.4% of the country is Muslim. [ 2 ]
Guyana is home to people of many different national, ethnic and religious origins. As of 2019, there are 231,649 Guyanese Americans currently living in the United States. The majority of Guyanese live in New York City – some 140,000 – making them the fifth-largest foreign-born population in the city.