amilitary force

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 222,371; 126,797 fit for
military service

_#_Defense expenditures: $5 million, 3.2% of GDP (1987)
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_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 214,970 km2; land area: 196,850 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Idaho

_#_Land boundaries: 2,462 km total; Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km,
Venezuela 743 km

_#_Coastline: 459 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Continental shelf: outer edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 12 nm

_#_Disputes: all of the area west of the Essequibo river claimed by
Venezuela; Suriname claims area between New (Upper Courantyne) and
Courantyne/Kutari Rivers (all headwaters of the Courantyne)

_#_Climate: tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds;
two rainy seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January)

_#_Terrain: mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in
south

_#_Natural resources: bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber,
shrimp, fish

_#_Land use: arable land 3%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and
pastures 6%; forest and woodland 83%; other 8%; includes irrigated 1%

_#_Environment: flash floods a constant threat during rainy seasons;
water pollution

_*_People
_#_Population: 749,508 (July 1991), growth rate - 0.4% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 23 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: - 20 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 51 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 61 years male, 68 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 2.6 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Guyanese (sing., pl.); adjective--Guyanese

_#_Ethnic divisions: East Indian 51%, black and mixed 43%, Amerindian
4%, European and Chinese 2%

_#_Religion: Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1%

_#_Language: English, Amerindian dialects

_#_Literacy: 95% (male 98%, female 96%) age 15 and over having ever
attended school (1990 est.)

_#_Labor force: 268,000; industry and commerce 44.5%, agriculture
33.8%, services 21.7%; public-sector employment amounts to 60-80%
of the total labor force (1985)

_#_Organized labor: 34% of labor force

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana

_#_Type: republic

_#_Capital: Georgetown

_#_Administ