Summary
- Politics
- Name: Guyana
- Capital: Georgetown
- 2 Letter Code: GY
- 3 Letter Code: GUY
- Land
- Contenent: The Americas
- Region: South America
- Total Land: 214,969 (83,000)
- Land: 196,849 (76,004)
- Water: 18,120 (7,000)
- People
- Population: 767,245
- Birth Rate: 18.28 per 1,000
- Death Rate: 8.28 per 1,000
- Infant Mortality: 33.26 per 1,000
- Literacy: 85.00%
- Economy
- Agriculture: 37%%
- Industry: 20.3%%
- Service: 42.7%%
Guyana is officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. It is a country in South America.
History
Coming soon.
Modern Times
The population of Guyana is over 700 thousand with a population density of approximately 115 inhabitants per square kilometer.
This country’s population is made up of six main ethnic groups, Indians (39.8%), African black (29.3%), mixed (19.9%), Amerindian (10.5%), other (0.5%).
The top two religions are Protestant (34.8%) and Hindu (24.8%). Others include Roman Catholic (7.1%), Muslim (6.8%), Jehovah’s Witness (1.3%), Rastafarian (0.5%), other Christian (20.8%), and none (3.1%).
The official language is English. People also commonly speak Guyanese Creole, Amerindian languages, Indian languages, and Chinese.
Genetics
This section is under development.
mtDNA
Genographic ProjectGeno 2.0 Data
Data from Geno 2.0 is derived from the The National Geographic Society’s Genographic Project — the DAR. The Hg ID is specific to this site and is used to protect the identities of those who take part in Genographic research. Birth Country, Mother's Birth Country, and Maternal Grandmother's Birth Country have been normalized from DAR database fields. The Maternal Origin is determined based on the three previous fields.
Note: Geno 2.0 results currently use Phylotree build 16. I am working on changing results over to build 17.
| Hg ID | Hg Build 16 | Birth Country | Mother's Birth Country | Maternal Grandmother's Birth Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hap10009079 | H3 | United States | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10028674 | H14b | Guyana | Guyana | Unspecified |
| Hap10043079 | B2 | Canada | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10043080 | B2 | Guyana | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10064825 | K2a | United States | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10066459 | L0a1a2 | United States | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10067737 | L2a1c4a | Guyana | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10068334 | L2c | United States | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10069447 | L3e3b | United Kingdom | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10069920 | M14 | Guyana | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10070263 | M30c | United States | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10072876 | R5a2 | Guyana | Guyana | Unspecified |
| Hap10082327 | U2a1a | Guyana | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10082367 | U2b1a | Canada | Guyana | Guyana |
| Hap10082386 | U2b2 | Guyana | Guyana | Unspecified |
| Hap10082417 | U2c | Canada | Guyana | Guyana |
Sources and Resources
Background
Coming soon.
Journal Articles
Coming soon.