Size: Approximately 215,000 square kilometers. Land area about 197,000 square kilometers.

Topography: Three major regions: the coastal plain comprising only 5 percent of land area but with 90 percent of population the white sand belt inland from coastal plain with hardwood forest and most of Guyana's mineral deposits and interior highlands, largest and southernmost of three regions consisting of mountains, high plateaus, and savannahs.

Climate: Tropical with uniformly high temperatures and humidity, modified slightly by trade winds along coast. Summer rainy season countrywide and second rainy season in coastal areas.

Data as of January 1992