 Many Indo-Guyanese are also Tamil-speaking Tamils from Tamil Nadu, and Telugus of Andhra Pradesh in South India.The distribution pattern in the 2002 census was similar to those of the 1980 and 1991 censuses, but the share of the two main groups has declined.Indo-Guyanese made up 51.9% of the total population in 1980, but by 1991 this had fallen to 48.6%, and then to 43.5% in the 2002 census.