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Guyana

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Guyana is a country. The capital city is Georgetown, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 196,850 km², a population of 826,353 people and uses the currency Guyana dollar. The President is David A. Granger.

Key facts

currency: Guyana dollar
capital city: Georgetown
region: South America
continent: Americas
land area: 196,850 km²
population: 826,353 people
political leader: David A. Granger (President)

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GDP: 17,159,509,565.47 current US$
inflation: 2.82 annual %
self-employed workers: 31.93 % of total employment
unemployment: 12.03 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 26.21 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 3,000 people
democracy score: 6.67
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 81.70 % of population
military expenditure: 0.59 % of GDP
net migration: -6,161 people
press freedom: 2.94
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 36.62 %
birth rate: 19.90 per 1,000 people
death rate: 9.76 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 470.57 current US$
health expenditure: 4.94 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.62 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.59 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 66
suicide mortality rate: 40.30 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 10,430.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 3.30 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 93.00 % of population
fertility rate: 2.37 births per woman
forest area: 183,969 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 8.19 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 21.70
methane emissions: 3.45 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 1.47 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 423,896 people
male population: 402,457 people
renewable energy consumption: 12.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 209,904.14 km²
rural population: 601,899 people
urban land area: 165.73 km²
urban population: 224,454 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 51.99 % of total population

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Distribution of companies in Guyana by foundation year

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