Demographics of Guyana

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	19 Dec 2024

As of 2024, the population of Guyana is projected at 831k, compared to 826k in 2023. It ranks 165th in the world by population and 11th in South America. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 0.59 percent, the 138th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 405k males and 427k females in Guyana. The percentage of the male population is 48.68%, compared to 51.32% of the female population. Guyana has 22k more females than males. The sex ratio in Guyana in 2024 will be 94.861 males per 100 females. Guyana is in the 57th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Guyana population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	207,725	210,313	418,038	2.53	98.769
1955	241,010	243,354	484,363	3.27	99.037
1960	284,021	285,123	569,143	2.47	99.614
1965	316,905	318,223	635,128	2.12	99.586
1970	350,209	352,495	702,705	1.53	99.351
1975	371,108	374,285	745,393	0.95	99.151
1980	384,901	389,466	774,367	0.43	98.828
1985	382,743	388,735	771,477	-0.39	98.459
1990	371,135	378,759	749,894	-0.67	97.987
1995	376,409	381,978	758,388	0.31	98.542
2000	381,302	383,530	764,832	0.01	99.419
2005	379,600	381,314	760,914	-0.24	99.551
2010	372,894	376,362	749,256	-0.40	99.079
2015	372,499	386,282	758,781	0.62	96.432
2020	394,212	413,269	807,481	1.06	95.389
2021	397,649	417,833	815,482	0.91	95.169
2022	400,371	421,266	821,637	0.59	95.040
2023	402,457	423,896	826,353	0.55	94.942
2024	404,584	426,503	831,087	0.59	94.861
2025	406,822	429,163	835,986	0.58	94.794

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	49.208	18.602	5.834
1955	54.119	16.906	6.218
1960	57.510	15.594	6.331
1965	59.137	14.964	6.135
1970	59.961	15.337	5.411
1975	60.375	16.056	4.450
1980	60.808	17.087	3.770
1985	61.379	18.588	3.470
1990	62.254	19.864	3.181
1995	62.668	20.621	3.238
2000	64.075	21.211	3.057
2005	64.392	22.132	2.648
2010	66.204	23.161	2.684
2015	67.719	23.694	2.667
2020	67.751	24.829	2.491
2021	64.323	25.054	2.462
2022	69.888	25.304	2.437
2023	70.180	25.607	2.412
2024	70.319	25.918	2.395
2025	70.447	26.230	2.370

Total
Crude

Guyana death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	7,771	18,137	18.590	43.386
1955	6,693	21,264	13.817	43.901
1960	6,438	24,305	11.312	42.705
1965	6,542	25,334	10.301	39.888
1970	6,736	25,969	9.586	36.956
1975	6,912	25,229	9.273	33.847
1980	7,007	24,306	9.049	31.388
1985	6,908	24,200	8.955	31.369
1990	6,460	22,376	8.614	29.839
1995	6,411	22,402	8.454	29.539
2000	5,935	20,062	7.759	26.231
2005	6,029	16,485	7.924	21.664
2010	5,876	16,527	7.842	22.058
2015	5,886	17,084	7.757	22.516
2020	6,856	17,163	8.490	21.254
2021	8,969	17,093	10.998	20.961
2022	6,006	17,047	7.309	20.748
2023	6,049	16,764	7.320	20.287
2024	6,214	16,525	7.477	19.883
2025	6,313	16,301	7.552	19.499

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Guyana

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	113,930	292,629	28.023
1955	137,627	344,928	28.521
1960	165,880	405,939	29.009
1965	190,403	461,465	29.209
1970	207,428	497,506	29.425
1975	223,507	522,334	29.967
1980	237,849	542,304	30.488
1985	231,388	539,047	30.033
1990	219,893	523,416	29.583
1995	221,814	539,477	29.137
2000	216,152	537,149	28.694
2005	208,931	542,015	27.822
2010	198,836	547,720	26.634
2015	203,204	565,310	26.441
2020	211,821	578,961	26.786
2021	213,839	581,183	26.897
2022	215,949	583,197	27.022
2023	218,143	584,976	27.162
2024	220,416	586,498	27.316

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Guyana population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	41,660	40,417	82,078	9.88	103.075
05-09	41,499	40,310	81,809	9.84	102.950
10-14	39,816	38,646	78,462	9.44	103.027
15-19	36,666	35,434	72,100	8.68	103.477
20-24	36,391	35,281	71,671	8.62	103.146
25-29	37,565	37,980	75,546	9.09	98.907
30-34	30,610	33,250	63,859	7.68	92.060
35-39	22,779	25,890	48,669	5.86	87.984
40-44	21,040	23,951	44,992	5.41	87.846
45-49	21,048	23,828	44,877	5.40	88.333
50-54	19,725	22,300	42,025	5.06	88.453
55-59	17,556	20,032	37,589	4.52	87.640
60-64	14,566	16,870	31,437	3.78	86.343
65-69	10,323	12,831	23,154	2.79	80.454
70-74	6,347	8,612	14,959	1.80	73.699
75-79	3,931	5,514	9,445	1.14	71.291
80-84	1,929	2,998	4,926	0.59	64.343
85-89	835	1,569	2,405	0.29	53.219
90-94	235	580	816	0.10	40.517
95-99	53	168	221	0.03	31.548
100+	7	40	47	0.01	17.500
Total	404,581	426,501	831,087		94.861