THE Bureau of Statistics has announced the publications of Compendiums One and Two, further detailing the findings of the 2012 Census.In accordance with its commitment to disseminate the report from June, the Methodological Note on the final census count and Compendium One were disseminated on the Bureau’s Website in May and June 2016 respectively.

This recent publication, Compendium Two was disseminated earlier in the current month and provides further information about the country’s population composition in terms of ethnicity, age structure, dependency ratios and religion.

Additionally, new information about the population trends such as national population size by region and population growth patterns are also detailed in this latest publication.

The findings of the census highlight a continued proportionate decline in the populations of the main ethnic groups and a compensatory increase among the Mixed-race and Amerindians\Indigenous populations.

The final population count stands at 746,955 persons.

Nevertheless, the distribution pattern of the ethnic groups has still remained unaffected since the 2002 Census with Indo-Guyanese remaining as the largest group followed by those of African Heritage, the Mixed Race, the Amerindians\Indigenous peoples and the Portuguese respectively.

The Final Report for the 2012 Census will be disseminated in four main compendiums. The upcoming Compendium Three analyses the important economic activity profile of the population and will be disseminated by the end of August.

The final compendium which will address the remaining key topics such as education, fertility, mortality and housing will be disseminated by end November.

Additionally, a table module with data from other interesting topic areas will also be disseminated with Compendium Four.

A plethora of information with accompanying tables is now available for all types of users. The compendiums are available for free download on the Bureau’s web site http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/.

A media brief will be held shortly to highlight the main findings so far.