Guyana
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Guyana (GY, GUY) is a country in South America, with Georgetown as its capital. The currency is the Guyanaese Dollar (GYD, GYD). The international dialling code is +592; mobile numbers are written like 609 1234. The time zone is America/Guyana. Official language: English.
CurrencyGYDGYD
Dial code+592e.g. 609 1234
Time zoneGuyanaUTC−04:00
LanguageEnglish
CapitalGeorgetown
Population794.1K215K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- Native name
- Guyana
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- GY
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- GUY
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 328
- IOC code
- GUY
- Demonym
- Guyanese
- Capital
- Georgetown
- Region
- Americas › South America
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- South America
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .gy
- Coordinates
- 5, -59
- Area
- 214,969 km²
- Population
- 794,099
- GDP
- $40.5B ($51.1K per person)
- Literacy
- 91.8%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Guyanaese Dollar GYD
- Symbol
- GYD narrow $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Cash rounding
- 0 decimals, increment 0
- Example
- $1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| English en | Official | 100% (794.1K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/Guyana | UTC−04:00 | none | Guyana Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +592
- Dial-out prefix
- 001
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 7 digits
- Emergency number
- 911 pattern 91[1-3]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 220 1234 | +592 220 1234 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
| Mobile | 609 1234 | +592 609 1234 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
| Toll free | 289 1234 | +592 289 1234 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
| Premium rate | 900 8123 | +592 900 8123 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
| VoIP | 515 1234 | +592 515 1234 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
Show the 1 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [2-9] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hb, H, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Guyana) locale (en-GY), amounts in GYD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (GYD)
- $1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- ($1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Guyanaese dollars
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 pm
- Time, short
- 3:04 pm
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C