Govt. to release 2012 population census on Monday

Guyana’s last census was conducted in 2002 when a population of 751,023 was recorded.

Will it be up or down this time around?

QUOTE: "The preliminary report of the 2012 census will reflect the situation as at December 2012."

According to KN, the report includes some specific info like total head count, regional population growth and density, and gender distribution.

MISSING: Population breakdown by race/ethnicity. This is the main interest of political people.

Like CaribJ and Redux, for sure.  Race matters.

Lemme put it this way, Base. Political peeps want to know if the Indo population shrink and by what percentage compared to the 2002 count.

That will indicate the state of the PPP electoral base. Then the exciting part of the race will start.

i heard you fly in to guyana just to make sure you get count,keep the indian race at the top,but do not forget most of the indian people want nothing to do with the ppp.maybe you can ask back for your airfare,it was a trip lost in vain  

dem bais done set up 20 jumbos

Baseman why don't Indians vote PNC, or have never voted for an Afro Guyanese?

that not true RODNEY had lot of indian followers i was one.but then again baseman is a collie not a indian

Carib, I'll take you up on this one. Give me a little time and I'll open a new thread for your consideration.

Race matters but the PPP will not be able to hide the significance of the drop in the East Indian Population.  It is surely below 40%.  Now 39%

Cant gauge that as he never contested an election.  The question might be how many might have liked him, but still voted PPP out of the ethnic paranoia towards the PNC?

Baseman was a youth running down Water Street and squatting in front GSL tekking lash from PNC and Green/HoI goons and was ready to vote for Rodney.

i take that @ face value

suh, when did u turn into a bigot . . . was it after u 'refugeed' to NA?

Baseman is a tolerant individual, never a bigot.

Base, if you were there that day when the police arrested Gordon Todd, I was in the melee too.

Yes, I witnessed that arrest and then later the arrest of Dr Gunraj Kumar, leader of Libertor.

Yes a man who screamed that but for Indians Guyana would be Haiti.  That blacks have to be grateful that Indians "rescued" them.  That blacks are lazy, illiterate and criminal and have made no contribution to Guyana.  That the diet of Africans revolves around ants.

You are now ashamed to express these views publicly.

Yeah dat baseman nearly make Iman get beat up. I go in dis here african store an I say a man name baseman say dat black peoples dem does have recipes for ants and I want some fo try it.

I man nearly dead when dem people done with me yeh.

What a bunch of lies.  BTW, large ants are the delicacy of several societies, I think even Europe and Asia more than Africa.

With regards to the "criminal" elements within sections of Guyana society, well there are many words to describe and it transcends Afros.

If you have regional population growth one can extrapolate the ethnic breakdown.

 If there is a population it will be in Afro and Amerind areas. Indian head count will definitely be down. If there is a lower total population count it will definitely mean another minority government for the PPP at minimum.

We are fighting for 40 thousand votes. The ethnic breakdown that 40K votes will tell us a lot. We can also calculate with a high degree of certainty what that would be.

Now now, I know that you have realized how backward your attitude about blacks makes you think now that bigotry towards blacks is no longer PC among Indo Guyanese.

Now apologize to Cain who almost get beat up by some Africans when he went to an African restaurant and asked for "stewed ants".   You gave him the impression that this was the base of their diet.  You also didn't restrict the region of Africa where ants are consumed so the poor man probably went to Nigerians asking for ants, and they thought that he was claiming that they are usually naked savages.

Not really.  In 2002 Region 4 was around 42% African, and 38% Indian.  The strong gains in APNU votes in Region 3 suggest that many blacks/mixed are probably moving there from Region 4.  Also increased populations in the interior not only suggest larger Amerindian populations, but a shift in population as gold has become the largest industry, and a major source of direct and indirect employment.

Even Region 5 has the highest % of blacks behind Regions 4 and 10.  Region 6 has as many as Region 3 (21%).

Also the mixed population is fluid and with increased hostility towards blacks it is probably than some who would have self identified as "black" in 1980 might select "mixed" now.

2002 Census

Chapter 2 -- Population Composition

Extract:

"2.1.1 Ethnic Composition
The largest nationality sub-group is that of East Indians comprising 43.5 percent of the population in 2002. They are followed by persons of African heritage (30.2 percent). The third in rank are those of Mixed Heritage (16.7 percent), while the Amerindians are fourth with 9.2 percent. The smallest groups are the Whites (0.06 percent or 476 persons), the Portuguese (0.20 percent or 1497) and the Chinese (0.19 percent or 1396). A small group (0.01 percent or 112 persons) did not identify their race/ethnic background."

Cain, you rass stupid, if you want eat fried ants, I could have sent you to the Champs Elysee in Paris, it's really good there, but the meal will run you $200 easy.

they are usually naked savages.

Cain, you rass stupid, if you want eat fried ants, I could have sent you to the Champs Elysee in Paris, it's really good there, but the meal will run you $200 easy.

BTW when you said that Africans only eat ants it wasn't because you were praising this dish as a delicacy. It was because you wanted to show how primitive they were.  You proceeded to regale us about Congo and pretend as if all of Africa is like that.

Originally Posted by baseman:

they are usually naked savages.

Cain, you rass stupid, if you want eat fried ants, I could have sent you to the Champs Elysee in Paris, it's really good there, but the meal will run you $200 easy.

BTW when you said that Africans only eat ants it wasn't because you were praising this dish as a delicacy. It was because you wanted to show how primitive they were.  You proceeded to regale us about Congo and pretend as if all of Africa is like that.

Banna, you ever ate ants, nothing beats a good ant-kebab.

We have the historic ethnic breakdown from the regions to the voting district level. There is a definite pattern of ethnic breakdown  consistency  in these areas. If there is a population increase in a particular area, it will be unlikely that it will be an increase other than the breakdown of the ethnic groups who historically lived there.

Most mixed population do not self identify as Indian. They do not because historically they are not accepted and treated as "other"  by the Indian community. Since the mixing will be predominantly Indian/Black the ethnic self identification will also most likely map to black voting patterns.

East Indian will be 39%, just got the news and that was a booster number.  PPP scared sh!T.

Africans are now 28% of the population. The country saw increases in the population of Brazilians and Chinese.. Birth rates is highest amongst Indians

KAIETEUR NEWS, JUNE 30 ---

Dear Editor,
I wish to ask President Ramotar, Why are thousands of Chinese nationals being granted special privileges (tax exemptions, duty free concessions, land deals etc.) and easy access to becoming citizens of Guyana?
Is there a sinister motive behind all these sweetheart deals with the Chinese Government, or is it a deceitful plan by your corrupt PPP regime to pad the voters list with thousands of Chinese nationals in order to regain a majority in parliament?
Mind you, do not jump to the conclusion that I’m being anti Chinese. In fact, the agenda of the PPP regime is quite obvious, and my sole intention is to simply highlight to you that Guyanese nationals ought to be treated with respect and dignity.
I end with a quote from Edmund Burke, and hoping you’ll actually take note: “Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.”
Mark A. Benschop

Mark is 100 percent anti Chinese. Mark is a racist, one poster here calls him BensH*t.

I see him as a humanist who was victimized by Jagdeo and his PPP/C.

Dude, the PPP did not let refugees from Haiti trying to avoid th e disease and misery to follow these things come. That they have facilitate the Chinese with these special privileges stink of sinister motives beyond selling citizenship etc. The President and his crooked cabal has openly given the Chinese preference than destitute Haitians.

I see all of this differently.

The opposition are scaring the Chinese population with their anti Chinese propaganda. Chinese are one of the six races of Guyana. Are we now a land of five races ?

How would Guyanese immigrants in Canada and US feel if some white person starts an anti Guyanese propaganda campaign ?

Let us call a spade a spade.

Chinese dont vote.

If that is true then why is Bensh*t claiming that Chinese are part of the vote buying process ?

Bensh*t is trying to conceal his racist anti Chinese views.

As citizens they can and will vote. It is only our country and those crooks in office who afford these privileges. Even the Africans do not give them citizenship that easily.

Originally Posted by caribny:

Originally Posted by baseman:

they are usually naked savages.

Cain, you rass stupid, if you want eat fried ants, I could have sent you to the Champs Elysee in Paris, it's really good there, but the meal will run you $200 easy.

BTW when you said that Africans only eat ants it wasn't because you were praising this dish as a delicacy. It was because you wanted to show how primitive they were.  You proceeded to regale us about Congo and pretend as if all of Africa is like that.

Banna, you ever ate ants, nothing beats a good ant-kebab.

So if eating ants is so wonderful why did you cite the consumption of ants in parts of Africa (regions where alternate food supplies are limited) as a indication of the backwardness of Africans in particular, and blacks in general?