[quote author=ketchim link=topic=100386.msg656405#msg656405 date=1442849235]
Is there any other Afro Guyanese who can substantiate this ?
I thought these folks were of ZULU origin .
[/quote] Yesterday you were ignorant on the geographical origins of slaves to the Western Hemisphere .
Today you are an expert. How did you ever survive without Google?
]Population[/t]735,554 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.)Age structure0-14 years: 29% (male 108,703/female 104,793) 15-24 years: 21% (male 79,354/female 74,921) 25-54 years: 37.2% (male 142,348/female 131,108) 55-64 years: 7.5% (male 24,677/female 30,562) 65 years and over: 5.3% (male 16,318/female 22,770) (2014 est.)[/color][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Dependency ratios[/t]total dependency ratio: 63.5 % youth dependency ratio: 57.7 % elderly dependency ratio: 5.7 % potential support ratio: 17.5 (2014 est.)Median agetotal: 25 years male: 24.6 years female: 25.4 years (2014 est.)[/color][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Population growth rate[/t]-0.11% (2014 est.)Birth rate15.9 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)[/color][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Death rate[/t]7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)Net migration rate-9.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)[/color][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Urbanization[/t]urban population: 28.4% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 0.53% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)Major cities - populationGEORGETOWN (capital) 127,000 (2011)[/color][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][/size][table][tr][td][size=1.5em][font=arial][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Sex ratio[/t]at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2014 est.)[/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table]
[color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Mother's mean age at first birth20.8 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)[/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Infant mortality rate[/t]total: 33.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 37.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 29.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 67.81 years male: 64.82 years female: 70.96 years (2014 est.)[/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Total fertility rate[/t]2.14 children born/woman (2014 est.)Contraceptive prevalence rate42.5% (2009)[/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate[/t]1.3% (2012 est.)HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS7,200 (2012 est.)[/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]HIV/AIDS - deaths[/t]100 (2012 est.)Drinking water sourceimproved:
urban: 96.6% of population
rural: 97.9% of population
total: 97.6% of population unimproved:
urban: 3.4% of population
rural: 2.1% of population
total: 2.4% of population (2012 est.)[/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Sanitation facility access[/t]improved:
urban: 87.9% of population
rural: 82% of population
total: 83.6% of population unimproved:
urban: 12.1% of population
rural: 18% of population
total: 16.4% of population (2012 est.)[/color][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table]
[color=rgb(0, 0, 0)][/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Languages[/t]English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), UrduLiteracydefinition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 91.8% male: 92% female: 91.6% (2002 Census)[/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)[/t]total: 10 years male: 9 years female: 11 years (2012)Child labor - children ages 5-14total number: 30,255 percentage: 16 % (2006 est.)[/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Education expenditures[/t]3.2% of GDP (2012)Maternal mortality rate280 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)[/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Children under the age of 5 years underweight[/t]11.1% (2009)Health expenditures5.9% of GDP (2011)[/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Physicians density[/t]0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2010)Hospital bed density2 beds/1,000 population (2009)[/color][table][tr][td][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Obesity - adult prevalence rate[/t]17.2% (2[/color][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table]