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Country profile · Guyana

People from abroad in Guyana, and Guyana's people abroad

compatriots.net finds 2,198 people from abroad holding company roles, research posts or other documented positions in Guyana, from 116 countries of origin; 40 of them are recorded by an official register.

The largest groups come from United States, United Kingdom, India.

2,198
people from abroad
116
countries of origin
40
recorded by a register
5,524
people from Guyana abroad

Find Guyana's people abroad

Where they come from

  1. United States804
  2. United Kingdom307
  3. India206
  4. Trinidad and Tobago199
  5. Germany141
  6. Canada112
  7. Jamaica80
  8. Ireland46
  9. Myanmar40
  10. Cuba33
  11. France31
  12. Barbados31
  13. Other463
Show the table (41 rows)
Country of originPeople
United States804
United Kingdom307
India206
Trinidad and Tobago199
Germany141
Canada112
Jamaica80
Ireland46
Myanmar40
Cuba33
France31
Barbados31
Nigeria24
Ghana23
Zambia21
Russian Federation17
Australia16
Philippines16
Spain15
Namibia14
Dominican Republic12
Bahamas12
Netherlands12
Singapore12
South Africa11
China11
Argentina11
Isle of Man10
Belgium10
Chile10
Switzerland10
Saint Lucia8
Uganda7
Brazil7
Italy7
Venezuela7
Mexico7
Türkiye6
Portugal5
Costa Rica5
Other137

Industries

Industry comes from company registers and is not available here.

Guyana's people abroad

Abroad, 5,524 people from Guyana are documented in 123 other countries.

  1. United States2,830
  2. United Kingdom1,545
  3. Canada910
  4. Spain219
  5. Trinidad and Tobago147
  6. Jamaica117
  7. Australia115
  8. France103
  9. Sri Lanka93
  10. Switzerland86
  11. Germany78
  12. Netherlands69
  13. Other866
Show the table (41 rows)
Host countryPeople
United States2,830
United Kingdom1,545
Canada910
Spain219
Trinidad and Tobago147
Jamaica117
Australia115
France103
Sri Lanka93
Switzerland86
Germany78
Netherlands69
India67
Brazil49
Barbados36
Italy33
Ireland33
Belgium32
South Africa30
China30
Malaysia29
Grenada28
United Arab Emirates23
Sweden22
Japan19
Denmark18
Qatar14
Finland14
Chile13
Norway12
Hong Kong12
Nigeria11
Singapore11
New Zealand10
Antigua and Barbuda10
Israel10
Türkiye9
Saint Lucia9
Russian Federation8
Poland8
Other266

There is no company register for Guyana in the current build. Arrivals here come from dated study-then-work moves and from research and reference records (ORCID, VIAF, Wikidata), so company roles are undercounted.

Counts are people with a documented cross-border move: an official register's nationality or birthplace, ORCID/VIAF/Wikidata records, or a dated study-then-work transition. Name-based estimates and heritage (ancestral) readings are not included in these counts. Groups under 5 people are folded into "Other".

Names from Guyana in other registers (estimate)

How many company officers abroad carry names that a name-origin model places in Guyana. This includes people whose families left generations ago, which the documented counts above cannot see. These are expected counts, not people, and no individual is labelled by them.

Host countryExpected people
United States †1,800
Canada †1,500
South Africa730
New Zealand †30
Peru6
Colombia6
Other10

Registers where the estimate fails, or cannot take, a check against recorded nationality are left out, among them United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, India, Brazil, France. † marks a host where most names point abroad; read its figure as ancestry, not migration. How this is estimated.