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Cameroon vs Guyana statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 831K in Guyana (ranked 161/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 81,522 sq mi for Guyana (ranked 52nd vs. 82nd).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884).

Main facts and rankings

Cameroon Guyana
Population
30491011
839919
Population rank 51/197 162/197
GDP
$51.3B
2024
$24.8B
2024
GDP rank 92/197 119/197
GDP per capita
$1,762
2024
$29,884
2024
GDP per capita rank 159/197 42/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$5,591
2024
$79,906
2024
Government debt
$21.9B
2024
$6.03B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
39.9%
2025
27.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$752
2024
$7,252
2024
Government debt per person rank 152/185 67/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,492
2025
$13,265
2025
Land area
182,514 sq mi
2025
81,522 sq mi
2025
Population density
159.6 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.32
2023
2.41
2023
Median age
19 years
2024
26.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
64.2 years
2025
70.4 years
2025

Cameroon and Guyana: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Guyana economies compared

GDP
Cameroon

Guyana
Year GDP
Cameroon Guyana
1960 $614,206,068 $170,216,241
1961 $652,777,608 $185,849,535
1962 $694,247,864 $194,949,513
1963 $718,320,845 $175,757,894
1964 $776,650,177 $194,774,513
1965 $814,083,266 $213,235,294
1966 $851,112,535 $228,705,882
1967 $936,175,260 $250,176,471
1968 $1,046,191,218 $229,750,000
1969 $1,100,551,489 $249,300,000
1970 $1,151,216,993 $267,800,000
1971 $1,236,941,394 $282,050,000
1972 $1,498,251,890 $285,380,952
1973 $1,901,393,361 $307,047,619
1974 $2,157,415,533 $433,954,545
1975 $2,857,037,371 $494,791,667
1976 $2,898,090,002 $454,440,000
1977 $3,394,664,024 $449,880,000
1978 $4,662,852,583 $507,080,000
1979 $5,919,002,983 $530,440,000
1980 $6,674,569,047 $603,200,000
1981 $6,610,938,617 $570,357,107
1982 $6,611,255,964 $482,000,000
1983 $6,870,200,010 $489,333,333
1984 $7,311,938,026 $437,631,605
1985 $8,544,810,498 $453,488,372
1986 $11,857,056,199 $504,651,140
1987 $13,049,659,981 $354,591,847
1988 $12,236,057,362 $413,799,990
1989 $11,012,566,195 $379,779,390
1990 $12,314,482,628 $396,582,263
1991 $11,840,192,296 $348,533,095
1992 $12,071,775,335 $373,573,141
1993 $16,181,814,713 $454,101,382
1994 $8,902,446,252 $540,874,934
1995 $10,864,772,471 $621,626,786
1996 $11,093,538,846 $705,406,001
1997 $10,789,458,433 $749,138,010
1998 $11,298,144,990 $717,530,683
1999 $11,565,826,465 $694,754,988
2000 $10,566,579,295 $712,667,897
2001 $10,953,485,349 $712,167,450
2002 $12,417,251,350 $726,131,435
2003 $15,970,315,035 $743,063,950
2004 $18,826,214,136 $787,814,379
2005 $19,509,852,207 $824,880,550
2006 $20,910,512,975 $2,379,817,991
2007 $23,928,250,433 $2,730,971,595
2008 $27,715,142,033 $3,025,187,433
2009 $27,932,970,317 $3,165,663,153
2010 $27,507,501,821 $3,432,912,517
2011 $30,630,910,495 $3,691,384,318
2012 $30,155,062,329 $4,063,088,536
2013 $33,728,621,180 $4,167,800,929
2014 $36,386,544,706 $4,127,660,152
2015 $32,210,233,020 $4,279,840,194
2016 $33,814,337,044 $4,482,697,337
2017 $36,098,547,033 $4,748,174,334
2018 $39,955,552,190 $4,787,636,998
2019 $39,667,757,528 $5,173,760,192
2020 $40,773,241,177 $5,471,256,595
2021 $45,011,937,347 $8,041,362,110
2022 $44,347,206,073 $14,718,388,489
2023 $49,279,410,983 $16,918,503,597
2024 $51,326,764,685 $24,835,899,826

Cameroon and Guyana economies compared

GDP per capita
Cameroon

Guyana
Year GDP per capita
Cameroon Guyana
1960 $119.1 $299.1
1961 $124.6 $319
1962 $130 $327
1963 $131.6 $288.8
1964 $139.2 $313
1965 $142.7 $336
1966 $145.8 $353
1967 $156.6 $378
1968 $170.8 $340
1969 $175.2 $361
1970 $178.5 $381
1971 $186.7 $396
1972 $220.1 $395
1973 $271.8 $421
1974 $299.9 $588
1975 $386 $664
1976 $381 $604
1977 $435 $593
1978 $582 $663
1979 $718 $689
1980 $784 $779
1981 $750 $735
1982 $732 $621
1983 $746 $631
1984 $772 $565
1985 $875 $588
1986 $1,179 $657
1987 $1,258 $464
1988 $1,145 $545
1989 $1,001 $503
1990 $1,087 $529
1991 $1,015 $466
1992 $1,005 $498
1993 $1,310 $603
1994 $701 $716
1995 $832 $820
1996 $827 $928
1997 $783 $983
1998 $799 $940
1999 $796 $909
2000 $709 $932
2001 $715 $932
2002 $790 $951
2003 $988 $974
2004 $1,133 $1,033
2005 $1,143 $1,084
2006 $1,191 $3,136
2007 $1,326 $3,608
2008 $1,492 $4,009
2009 $1,461 $4,209
2010 $1,399 $4,582
2011 $1,514 $4,947
2012 $1,449 $5,444
2013 $1,576 $5,557
2014 $1,649 $5,473
2015 $1,415 $5,640
2016 $1,442 $5,871
2017 $1,496 $6,179
2018 $1,611 $6,048
2019 $1,555 $6,406
2020 $1,556 $6,776
2021 $1,672 $9,861
2022 $1,605 $17,913
2023 $1,737 $20,474
2024 $1,762 $29,884

Cameroon vs. Guyana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cameroon

Guyana
Year Life expectancy, years
Cameroon Guyana
1950 33.1 49.2
1951 33.9 50.2
1952 34.6 51.3
1953 35.5 52.4
1954 36.5 53.3
1955 37.5 54.1
1956 38.4 55.2
1957 38.3 56.1
1958 39.1 56.4
1959 39.8 57
1960 34.7 57.5
1961 35.2 57.9
1962 42.6 58.3
1963 43.1 58.6
1964 43.6 59
1965 44.2 59.1
1966 44.8 59.3
1967 45.6 59.5
1968 46.4 59.7
1969 47.2 59.8
1970 48 60
1971 48.6 60.1
1972 49.1 60.1
1973 49.5 60.2
1974 49.7 60.3
1975 49.9 60.4
1976 50 60.4
1977 50.1 60.6
1978 50.3 60.6
1979 50.5 60.7
1980 50.9 60.8
1981 51.2 60.9
1982 51.8 61
1983 52.4 61.2
1984 52.9 61.3
1985 53.5 61.4
1986 53.6 61.5
1987 54.2 61.7
1988 54.4 61.8
1989 54.4 62.1
1990 54.3 62.3
1991 54.2 62.5
1992 54.1 62.8
1993 53.9 63
1994 53.5 63
1995 53.3 62.7
1996 53.2 62.7
1997 53.1 62.9
1998 53 63.4
1999 53.2 63.8
2000 53.3 64.1
2001 53.6 64.4
2002 53.9 64.2
2003 54.3 64.1
2004 54.6 64.2
2005 54.9 64.4
2006 55.3 64.8
2007 55.7 65.5
2008 56.1 65.7
2009 56.5 66
2010 57 66.2
2011 57.5 66.5
2012 58.2 66.4
2013 58.7 66.7
2014 59.1 67.3
2015 59.7 67.7
2016 60.3 68.1
2017 60.8 68.5
2018 61.2 68.8
2019 61.7 69.1
2020 61.7 67.8
2021 61.1 64.3
2022 62.4 69.9
2023 63.7 70.2
2024 64 70.3
2025 64.2 70.4

Cameroon and Guyana population clocks and comparison

Population
Cameroon

Guyana
Year Population
Cameroon Guyana
1960 5,159,057 569,143
1961 5,239,273 582,568
1962 5,338,620 595,461
1963 5,456,623 608,537
1964 5,578,257 621,764
1965 5,704,686 635,128
1966 5,837,295 648,646
1967 5,977,318 662,311
1968 6,125,863 676,160
1969 6,283,462 690,223
1970 6,449,793 702,705
1971 6,624,408 712,662
1972 6,806,872 721,617
1973 6,996,660 730,138
1974 7,193,583 738,057
1975 7,397,120 745,393
1976 7,597,962 752,253
1977 7,796,501 758,654
1978 8,011,921 764,586
1979 8,239,641 770,062
1980 8,512,219 774,367
1981 8,816,377 776,453
1982 9,028,678 776,712
1983 9,215,397 775,891
1984 9,475,078 774,111
1985 9,761,730 771,477
1986 10,060,342 768,098
1987 10,370,749 764,120
1988 10,684,968 759,663
1989 11,002,745 754,865
1990 11,331,821 749,894
1991 11,667,180 747,861
1992 12,006,353 749,911
1993 12,353,131 752,965
1994 12,704,903 755,822
1995 13,058,516 758,388
1996 13,414,757 760,526
1997 13,775,214 762,245
1998 14,144,860 763,586
1999 14,525,140 764,483
2000 14,912,631 764,832
2001 15,309,490 764,477
2002 15,725,528 763,652
2003 16,160,340 763,101
2004 16,610,487 762,418
2005 17,074,594 760,914
2006 17,550,407 758,966
2007 18,049,896 756,861
2008 18,574,056 754,606
2009 19,113,974 752,094
2010 19,668,066 749,256
2011 20,232,304 746,153
2012 20,809,529 746,288
2013 21,402,376 750,021
2014 22,059,893 754,229
2015 22,763,414 758,781
2016 23,454,161 763,548
2017 24,128,601 768,479
2018 24,806,383 791,556
2019 25,506,095 807,665
2020 26,210,558 807,481
2021 26,915,758 815,482
2022 27,632,771 821,637
2023 28,372,687 826,353
2024 29,123,744 831,087

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Guyana

Fertility rate
Cameroon

Guyana
Year Fertility rate
Cameroon Guyana
1960 5.73 6.33
1961 5.73 6.34
1962 5.73 6.33
1963 5.73 6.31
1964 5.74 6.23
1965 5.8 6.14
1966 5.85 6.02
1967 5.95 5.89
1968 6.04 5.75
1969 6.14 5.58
1970 6.2 5.41
1971 6.26 5.26
1972 6.29 5.08
1973 6.33 4.87
1974 6.36 4.64
1975 6.4 4.45
1976 6.45 4.28
1977 6.51 4.12
1978 6.55 3.97
1979 6.58 3.86
1980 6.61 3.77
1981 6.61 3.72
1982 6.59 3.68
1983 6.58 3.64
1984 6.56 3.54
1985 6.56 3.47
1986 6.57 3.38
1987 6.54 3.31
1988 6.48 3.23
1989 6.41 3.19
1990 6.36 3.18
1991 6.32 3.18
1992 6.26 3.19
1993 6.16 3.2
1994 6.04 3.23
1995 5.92 3.24
1996 5.8 3.23
1997 5.71 3.22
1998 5.66 3.18
1999 5.6 3.13
2000 5.51 3.06
2001 5.44 2.96
2002 5.44 2.84
2003 5.43 2.75
2004 5.44 2.68
2005 5.42 2.65
2006 5.37 2.66
2007 5.34 2.68
2008 5.29 2.7
2009 5.24 2.69
2010 5.15 2.68
2011 5.05 2.69
2012 4.98 2.7
2013 4.91 2.71
2014 4.84 2.7
2015 4.84 2.67
2016 4.84 2.63
2017 4.8 2.59
2018 4.74 2.55
2019 4.65 2.52
2020 4.56 2.49
2021 4.47 2.46
2022 4.4 2.44
2023 4.32 2.41

Cameroon and Guyana demographics compared

Median age
Cameroon

Guyana
Year Median age, years
Cameroon Guyana
1960 20.5 16.7
1961 20.3 16.6
1962 20.1 16.4
1963 20.1 16.3
1964 20 16.2
1965 19.9 16.1
1966 19.8 16.1
1967 19.7 16.2
1968 19.5 16.2
1969 19.4 16.4
1970 19.2 16.5
1971 19 16.6
1972 18.9 16.7
1973 18.8 16.8
1974 18.6 17
1975 18.5 17.2
1976 18.3 17.4
1977 18.2 17.6
1978 18 17.8
1979 17.9 18
1980 17.8 18.2
1981 17.8 18.4
1982 17.5 18.7
1983 17.3 19
1984 17.1 19.3
1985 17.1 19.6
1986 17 19.9
1987 16.9 20.2
1988 16.9 20.5
1989 16.8 20.7
1990 16.8 20.9
1991 16.8 21.1
1992 16.8 21.3
1993 16.8 21.4
1994 16.9 21.5
1995 16.9 21.7
1996 17 21.8
1997 17.1 21.9
1998 17.1 22
1999 17.2 22.1
2000 17.3 22.2
2001 17.4 22.4
2002 17.5 22.5
2003 17.5 22.7
2004 17.6 22.9
2005 17.6 23.2
2006 17.7 23.4
2007 17.7 23.6
2008 17.8 23.8
2009 17.8 24
2010 17.9 24.2
2011 17.9 24.4
2012 18 24.5
2013 18.1 24.6
2014 18.2 24.6
2015 18.3 24.7
2016 18.3 24.9
2017 18.4 25
2018 18.4 25.4
2019 18.5 25.7
2020 18.5 25.9
2021 18.6 26.1
2022 18.7 26.4
2023 18.8 26.7
2024 19 26.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cameroon Guyana
GNI, Atlas method
$49B
2024
$16.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
16.3%
2025
24.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.84%
2023
4.45%
2018
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.93%
2023
0.59%
2023
Armed forces personnel
34,000
2020
3,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.84%
2025
-4.95%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.28%
2021
13.2%
2019
Services, % of GDP
49.9%
2024
15.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.6%
2024
74.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
52.1
2025
58.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.1%
2021
34.4%
1998
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2021
1.1%
1998
Total reserves including gold
$4.88B
2023
$1.01B
2024
Personal remittances received
$630M
2024
$600M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,021,000
2019
86,400
2020
International tourism as share of exports
7.14%
2020
4.21%
2003
Banked people share
60.9%
2024
n/a

Energy

Cameroon Guyana
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
384 kg
2022
661 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.5
2022
$12.3
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
10.8 megatons
2023
3.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.38 tons
2023
4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
22.9%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
79.2%
2021
12.1%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
5.73%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-28.7%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
283.7 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
53.9%
2021
7.11%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.5%
2022
0.0008%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
72%
2023
98.9%
2023

Society

Cameroon Guyana
% of world population
0.36%
2024
0.01%
2024
Annual migration change
-13,892
2024
-5,407
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
27.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.26 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
20.7
2025
49.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
39
2024
Higher education index
34
2025
26
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.54
2020
16.2
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
30.2
2019
22.3
2019
Visa free countries
60
2025
98
2025
Adult literacy rate
78.2%
2020
90%
2022
English speaking
38%
2023
90.5%
2023
People using the Internet
41.9%
2023
81.7%
2023

Health

Cameroon Guyana
Government health expenditure per capita
$72
2022
$532
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$48.7
2022
$122.6
2022
Life expectancy
64.2 years
2025
70.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
14.4%
2022
3.25%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
1.41
2020
Age at first childbirth
20.1 years
2025
20.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
258
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
67.2
2023
25.7
2023
Obesity rate
15.5%
2022
29%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
16.4%
2024
Air quality index
7
2025
46
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
6.5%
2022
11.1%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.6 liters
2020
5.04 liters
2020

Territory

Cameroon Guyana
% of world land
0.32%
2025
0.14%
2025
Land area per capita
6,267 sq mi
2024
98,090 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38,212 sq mi
2025
2,780 sq mi
2025
Forest area
77,886 sq mi
2025
70,995 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
2,482 mi
2019

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