<page_title> Demographics of Guyana </page_title> <section_title> Ethnic groups </section_title> <table> <cell> 51.9 <col_header> Census 1980 </col_header> <col_header> Number </col_header> </cell> <cell> 48.6 <col_header> Census 1991 </col_header> <col_header> Number </col_header> </cell> </table>
The Guyanese was 51.9% of the population in 1980 and by the 1991 census this had fallen to 48.6%.