Demographics of Guyana
Ethnic groups

Demographics of Guyana

Section Title: Ethnic groups
Table Section Text: None

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

Sentence(s)

The Guyanese was 51.9% of the population in 1980 and by the 1991 census this had fallen to 48.6%.

final_sentence: The Guyanese was 51.9% of the population in 1980 and by the 1991 census this had fallen to 48.6%.