Table:
ethnic group
census 1946
census 1960
census 1980
census 1991
census 2002
census 2012

number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%

east indian
163,434
43.5
267,840
47.8
394,417
51.9
351,939
48.6
326,277
43.4
297,493
39.8

african / black
143,385
38.2
183,980
32.8
234,094
30.8
233,465
32.3
227,062
30.2
218,483
29.3

mixed
37,685
10.0
67,189
12.0
84,764
11.2
87,881
12.1
125,727
16.7
148,532
19.9

amerindian
16,322
4.3
25.450
4.5
40,343
5.3
46,722
6.5
68,675
9.1
78,492
10.5

white
8,543
2.3
3,218
0.6
3,790
0.5
2,267
0.3
1,974
0.3
2,325
0.3

chinese
3,567
0.9
4,074
0.7
1,864
0.2
1,290
0.2
1,396
0.2
1,377
0.2

other
2,765
0.7
8,655
1.5
294
0.0
107
0.0
112
0.0
253
0.0

total
375,701
560,406
759,566
723,671
751,223
746,955

Statement: the guyanese was 51.9% of the population in 1980.
Question: what percent of the population was guyanese in 1980.
Answer: [51.9]