- Guyanese people
"'Ethnic group
group=Guyanese people
poptime = Up to 1 million
popplace= flagicon|GuyanaGuyana
flagicon|USAUnited States
flagicon|UKUnited Kingdom
flagicon|CanadaCanada
flagicon|NEDNetherlands
langs=English (includingGuyanese Creole ,American English ,British English andCanadian 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 ofGuyana . 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 ofGuyanese 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%, OtherChristian 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 theNetherlands (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
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Demographics of Guyana
*Indo-Guyanese
*Afro-Guyanese
*Guyanese British
*Guyanese Canadians
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