An analysis of population trends since the 1980s by chartered accountant Christopher Ram suggests that Guyana’s population would have been between 1.2 million and 1.5 million by now but he says nothing is being done to counter migration.
“If Guyana had maintained growth rates experienced during the decade of the turbulent 60s, or even at the lower rates of growth per decade of 20% and 15%, our population would have been in the range of 1,200,000 and 1,500,000, in other words our population would have doubled, we would have had
