This department is responsible for producing Social and Demographic Statistics and its activities include the following:
Compilation of vital statistics (births, deaths and marriages) using data collected
from General Registrar's Office.
Annual birth, death and marriage rates are computed.
Compilation of health statistics
using data from the Ministry of Health. These include immunization,
chronic illness, reproduction, nutrition and child survival and
development.
Compilation of education statistics
using data from the Ministry of Education's Education Digest.
Compilation of migration statistics
using data entered from passengers'
Embarkation / Disembarkation (E/D) cards
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made available to the Bureau by
the immigration department.
Generation of
Population and other demographic data.
Compilation of labour force statistics and calculation of employment rates
using data from household
surveys undertaken by BOS periodically.
Please refer to the Demography section in the Statistical Bulletin for publications by this Department. Below are two extracted tables from the Bulletin.
Downloads available hereEstimated end of Year Population Major Cause of Deaths
For further requests Please contact us at: demography@statisticsguyana.gov.gy
