Guyana

Population Statistics

735,554

Total Population

110,333

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

10 September 2014

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana (1980, last amended 1996)

Updated: June 2015

Article 59 states:

Subject to the provisions of article 159, every person may vote at an election if he is of the age of eighteen years or upwards and is either a citizen of Guyana or a Commonwealth citizen domiciled and resident in Guyana.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana (1980, last amended 1996)