Demographics of Guyana

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Guyana is projected at 0.79 million, up by 0.48% compared with 0.79 million in 2020. Guyana is ranked 164th in terms of population and 157th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 15.19 thousand births in Guyana in 2021. That is 42 per day, which is ranked 161st. The crude birth rate is 19.21 per 1000 people. There are 6.12 thousand deaths in Guyana in 2021. That is 17 per day, which is ranked 162nd. The crude death rate is 7.75 per 1000 people.

0.21 million people are living in urban areas, which is 26.9% of Guyana population. Guyana is ranked 208th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Guyana in 2021 is 101.34 males per 100 females. There are 0.40 million males and 0.39 million females in Guyana. The percentage of female population is 49.67% compare to 50.33% male population. Guyana has 5.28 thousand more males than females. Guyana is at 150th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Guyana population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950406,559-
1955482,5623.74
1960571,8133.2
1965651,8652.2
1970704,9301.32
1975745,8471.08
1980780,1530.5
1985770,439-0.62
1990743,306-0.31
1995761,2980.32
2000746,718-0.39
2005746,1560.06
2010749,4300.23
2015767,4330.53
2016771,3630.51
2017775,2180.5
2018779,0070.49
2019782,7750.48
2020786,5590.48
2021790,3290.48
  • Total
  • Crude

Guyana death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19504,83817,77711.7443.63
19555,35722,23611.0245.62
19605,74524,51810.0743.02
19655,99225,1089.2438.72
19706,18225,4158.7736.05
19756,32124,5038.4632.82
19806,51023,9888.4131.00
19856,52022,8418.5029.75
19906,24321,2658.2928.24
19956,05620,9898.0427.87
20005,73119,2897.6425.70
20055,42816,8997.2822.66
20105,36915,9217.1421.18
20155,53415,8247.2120.63
20206,01615,3167.6519.47
20216,12415,1867.7519.21
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Guyana

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950113,930292,629-28.023
1955137,627344,9284.1028.521
1960165,880405,9393.5129.009
1965190,403461,4652.3429.209
1970207,428497,5061.5129.425
1975223,507522,3341.4529.967
1980237,849542,3040.7830.488
1985231,388539,047-0.9230.033
1990219,893523,416-0.6229.583
1995221,814539,4770.0829.137
2000216,152537,149-0.5728.694
2005208,931542,015-0.9527.822
2010198,836547,720-0.7626.634
2015203,204565,3100.7826.441
2020211,821578,9610.9126.786
2021213,839581,1830.9526.897
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  • Gender ratio

Guyana population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 37,311 35,496 72,807 9.21 105.113
05-09 38,247 35,970 74,217 9.39 106.330
10-14 35,860 34,278 70,138 8.87 104.615
15-19 36,669 36,065 72,734 9.20 101.675
20-24 39,814 36,646 76,460 9.67 108.645
25-29 36,377 34,146 70,523 8.92 106.534
30-34 23,328 22,925 46,253 5.85 101.758
35-39 23,731 23,822 47,553 6.02 99.618
40-44 22,741 22,837 45,578 5.77 99.580
45-49 22,173 22,633 44,806 5.67 97.968
50-54 21,627 21,413 43,040 5.45 100.999
55-59 18,298 18,993 37,291 4.72 96.341
60-64 15,379 15,748 31,127 3.94 97.657
65-69 10,054 12,147 22,201 2.81 82.769
70-74 7,449 8,281 15,730 1.99 89.953
75-79 3,802 4,651 8,453 1.07 81.746
80-84 3,002 3,686 6,688 0.85 81.443
85-89 1,147 1,539 2,686 0.34 74.529
90-94 450 764 1,214 0.15 58.901
95-99 276 399 675 0.09 69.173
100+ 68 87 155 0.02 78.161
Total 397,803 392,526 790,329 101.344