Country Code 592 (Guyana)

Calling to Guyana

• A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
• Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
• Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.

… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)

Use the same call sequence.

When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.

… to a VoIP phone

Use the same call sequence.

When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.

… to a satellite phone

Guyana does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.

Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their own call sequence.

… sending a fax

Use the same call sequence.

Calling within Guyana (domestic dialing)

There is no trunk prefix used when calling within Guyana.

Guyanese phone numbers explained

Number details

Guyanese phone numbers are seven digits.

An example of a Guyanese phone number

The Guyana Chronicle Newspaper lists its phone number in Georgetown as (592) 2275204.

Number explanation

Local example – calling from another location in Georgetown, Guyana

Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Guyana.

Long distance example – calling from Linden, Guyana (on the other side of the country)

Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Guyana.

International example – calling from outside Guyana

To call from outside Guyana, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Guyana’s country code of ‘592’, followed by the local phone number.

Calling from Guyana

‘001’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Guyana.

Sources and more resources

• Guyana Public Utilities Commission – Guyana’s telephone systems regulator.
• ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
• International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
• International Telecommunications Union – Guyana (country code +592) National Numbering Plan – Details of Guyana’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
• Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Guyana – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Guyana. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
• BT – The Phonebook – Guyana – Entry for Guyana in the British Telecom international directory.