Preliminary census data shows `significant’ population shifts – Chief Statistician

An enumerator takes information from a hinterland resident (Bureau of Statistics photo)

Preliminary data from the concluding Census 2022 have revealed significant shifts in the population, Guyana’s Chief Statistician, Errol La Cruez said while cautioning  that data collected to date is in the analysis and verification process.

“We have seen important and significant changes in the population, some expected, some not expected… but the information collected is a rich source of data that will influence development planning at all levels,” La Cruez, who heads the Guyana Bureau of Statistics related in a recent interview with Stabroek News. He could not expand on the preliminary findings of changes in the population due to the ongoing analysis.