        
Census 2002
Background
This was the sixth Census conducted in Guyana since 1945. Guyana’s history of decennial Census taking goes back to 1831 under the then Colonial Administrations, with breaks during the two (2) great wars. From a more current historical perspective in the post World-War II era, Guyana with the rest of the English speaking Caribbean, conducted its previous Censuses in the years 1946, 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1991. Accordingly, Guyana’s current Census should ideally have been executed in year 2001, but it would have been impractical to hold it in an election year, thus the deferment to year 2002.
Census 2002 was part of the global round of Censuses, and more importantly it was an integral part of the regionally coordinated round of Censuses under the aegis of the CARICOM Secretariat. The post World-War II Censuses have all been conducted on a regional basis, and with the advent of CARICOM, a Regional Census Coordinating Committee had been established since the 1970 Census to help plan and coordinate all Census activities of member countries.
By Ministerial Order made under Cap: 19:09 of the Statistics Act of the Laws of Guyana, Census day was set at 15th September 2002. Field enumeration of the population and housing commenced thereafter, except for Region 9 which historically has been done earlier in March/April, to avoid the onset of the rainy season, which makes communication in that area for Census taking virtually impossible.
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| Population |
751,223 (Census 2002) |
| Size |
214,970 square km |
| Location |
Between 1o & 9o North Latitude and 57o & 61o West Longitude |
| Time Zone |
GMT - 04:00 |
| Currency |
Guyana Dollar (G$) |
| Per capita GDP 2009 (rebased series) |
US$2,308.50 |
| Nominal GDP 2009 (rebased series) |
G$359,549 million |
| Real GDP 2009 (rebased series) |
G$296,419 million |
| Inflation Rate |
Dec '09-Mar '10:
0.5
Aug '09: 3.1
Sept '09: 3.4
Dec '09: 3.6 |
| Average Exchange Rate (Mid Rate)
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Mar '10:
G$ 203.84 to US $1
Apr '10:
G$202.29 to US $1
May '10:
G$203.86 to US $1
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