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Colombia vs Guyana statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Colombia has a population of 52.9M (ranked 28/197), compared with 831K in Guyana (ranked 161/197). Colombia's land area is 428,380 sq mi versus 81,522 sq mi for Guyana (ranked 26th vs. 82nd).

By GDP, Colombia ranks 40/197 ($419B) and Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B). By GDP per capita, Colombia ranks 97/197 ($7,914), while Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884).

Main facts and rankings

Colombia Guyana
Population
53835787
839919
Population rank 28/197 162/197
GDP
$419B
2024
$24.8B
2024
GDP rank 40/197 119/197
GDP per capita
$7,914
2024
$29,884
2024
GDP per capita rank 97/197 42/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$21,495
2024
$79,906
2024
Government debt
$256B
2024
$6.03B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.7%
2025
27.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,849
2024
$7,252
2024
Government debt per person rank 81/185 67/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,346
2025
$13,265
2025
Land area
428,380 sq mi
2025
81,522 sq mi
2025
Population density
123.5 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.65
2023
2.41
2023
Median age
33.1 years
2024
26.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.1 years
2025
70.4 years
2025

Colombia and Guyana: Comparison Charts

Colombia and Guyana economies compared

GDP
Colombia

Guyana
Year GDP
Colombia Guyana
1960 $4,031,152,977 $170,216,241
1961 $4,540,447,761 $185,849,535
1962 $4,955,538,219 $194,949,513
1963 $4,836,166,667 $175,757,894
1964 $5,973,366,667 $194,774,513
1965 $5,760,761,905 $213,235,294
1966 $5,428,518,519 $228,705,882
1967 $5,825,170,438 $250,176,471
1968 $5,960,212,869 $229,750,000
1969 $6,450,175,214 $249,300,000
1970 $7,198,360,460 $267,800,000
1971 $7,820,380,971 $282,050,000
1972 $8,671,358,733 $285,380,952
1973 $10,315,760,000 $307,047,619
1974 $12,370,029,584 $433,954,545
1975 $13,098,633,902 $494,791,667
1976 $15,341,403,660 $454,440,000
1977 $19,470,960,619 $449,880,000
1978 $23,263,511,958 $507,080,000
1979 $27,940,411,250 $530,440,000
1980 $33,400,735,644 $603,200,000
1981 $36,388,366,869 $570,357,107
1982 $38,968,039,722 $482,000,000
1983 $38,729,822,782 $489,333,333
1984 $38,253,120,738 $437,631,605
1985 $34,894,419,443 $453,488,372
1986 $34,942,489,684 $504,651,140
1987 $36,373,307,085 $354,591,847
1988 $39,212,550,050 $413,799,990
1989 $39,540,080,200 $379,779,390
1990 $47,844,090,710 $396,582,263
1991 $49,637,993,949 $348,533,095
1992 $58,394,443,378 $373,573,141
1993 $66,474,101,301 $454,101,382
1994 $81,705,497,617 $540,874,934
1995 $92,495,970,511 $621,626,786
1996 $97,153,389,011 $705,406,001
1997 $106,656,492,294 $749,138,010
1998 $98,486,358,581 $717,530,683
1999 $86,278,947,637 $694,754,988
2000 $99,875,074,951 $712,667,897
2001 $98,200,641,203 $712,167,450
2002 $97,945,812,803 $726,131,435
2003 $94,644,969,157 $743,063,950
2004 $117,092,416,666 $787,814,379
2005 $145,600,529,606 $824,880,550
2006 $161,792,958,905 $2,379,817,991
2007 $206,229,540,926 $2,730,971,595
2008 $242,504,150,473 $3,025,187,433
2009 $232,468,663,110 $3,165,663,153
2010 $286,498,534,095 $3,432,912,517
2011 $334,966,134,805 $3,691,384,318
2012 $370,691,143,018 $4,063,088,536
2013 $382,093,697,078 $4,167,800,929
2014 $381,240,864,422 $4,127,660,152
2015 $293,492,370,193 $4,279,840,194
2016 $282,720,100,286 $4,482,697,337
2017 $311,866,875,157 $4,748,174,334
2018 $334,198,218,098 $4,787,636,998
2019 $323,031,701,193 $5,173,760,192
2020 $270,348,342,541 $5,471,256,595
2021 $318,524,633,225 $8,041,362,110
2022 $345,632,492,851 $14,718,388,489
2023 $366,291,836,138 $16,918,503,597
2024 $418,542,042,920 $24,835,899,826

Colombia and Guyana economies compared

GDP per capita
Colombia

Guyana
Year GDP per capita
Colombia Guyana
1960 $258.3 $299.1
1961 $282.1 $319
1962 $298.5 $327
1963 $282.6 $288.8
1964 $339 $313
1965 $317 $336
1966 $290.3 $353
1967 $303 $378
1968 $302 $340
1969 $318 $361
1970 $346 $381
1971 $367 $396
1972 $397 $395
1973 $462 $421
1974 $542 $588
1975 $561 $664
1976 $643 $604
1977 $798 $593
1978 $932 $663
1979 $1,095 $689
1980 $1,280 $779
1981 $1,362 $735
1982 $1,425 $621
1983 $1,384 $631
1984 $1,336 $565
1985 $1,192 $588
1986 $1,169 $657
1987 $1,193 $464
1988 $1,260 $545
1989 $1,244 $503
1990 $1,475 $529
1991 $1,500 $466
1992 $1,730 $498
1993 $1,930 $603
1994 $2,326 $716
1995 $2,583 $820
1996 $2,664 $928
1997 $2,873 $983
1998 $2,606 $940
1999 $2,244 $909
2000 $2,555 $932
2001 $2,473 $932
2002 $2,429 $951
2003 $2,312 $974
2004 $2,819 $1,033
2005 $3,456 $1,084
2006 $3,790 $3,136
2007 $4,770 $3,608
2008 $5,542 $4,009
2009 $5,251 $4,209
2010 $6,398 $4,582
2011 $7,401 $4,947
2012 $8,109 $5,444
2013 $8,279 $5,557
2014 $8,187 $5,473
2015 $6,249 $5,640
2016 $5,960 $5,871
2017 $6,480 $6,179
2018 $6,817 $6,048
2019 $6,473 $6,406
2020 $5,340 $6,776
2021 $6,223 $9,861
2022 $6,680 $17,913
2023 $7,001 $20,474
2024 $7,914 $29,884

Colombia vs. Guyana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Colombia

Guyana
Year Life expectancy, years
Colombia Guyana
1950 48.3 49.2
1951 49 50.2
1952 49.8 51.3
1953 50.6 52.4
1954 51.3 53.3
1955 51.9 54.1
1956 52.5 55.2
1957 54.1 56.1
1958 54.7 56.4
1959 55.9 57
1960 56.6 57.5
1961 57.2 57.9
1962 57.7 58.3
1963 58.3 58.6
1964 58.8 59
1965 59.2 59.1
1966 59.7 59.3
1967 60.1 59.5
1968 60.6 59.7
1969 61 59.8
1970 61.5 60
1971 62 60.1
1972 62.5 60.1
1973 63 60.2
1974 63.5 60.3
1975 64 60.4
1976 64.6 60.4
1977 65.2 60.6
1978 65.8 60.6
1979 66.2 60.7
1980 66.7 60.8
1981 67.2 60.9
1982 67.9 61
1983 68.1 61.2
1984 68.3 61.3
1985 65.4 61.4
1986 68.3 61.5
1987 68.2 61.7
1988 68.3 61.8
1989 68.6 62.1
1990 68.7 62.3
1991 68.8 62.5
1992 68.8 62.8
1993 69.1 63
1994 69.4 63
1995 69.8 62.7
1996 70.2 62.7
1997 70.6 62.9
1998 70.9 63.4
1999 70.9 63.8
2000 70.9 64.1
2001 71.2 64.4
2002 71.5 64.2
2003 72.3 64.1
2004 72.8 64.2
2005 73.2 64.4
2006 73.5 64.8
2007 73.8 65.5
2008 74.2 65.7
2009 74.5 66
2010 74.9 66.2
2011 75.2 66.5
2012 75.6 66.4
2013 75.8 66.7
2014 75.9 67.3
2015 76.1 67.7
2016 76.2 68.1
2017 76.4 68.5
2018 76.6 68.8
2019 76.8 69.1
2020 74.8 67.8
2021 72.7 64.3
2022 76.5 69.9
2023 77.7 70.2
2024 77.9 70.3
2025 78.1 70.4

Colombia and Guyana population clocks and comparison

Population
Colombia

Guyana
Year Population
Colombia Guyana
1960 15,606,209 569,143
1961 16,095,203 582,568
1962 16,599,029 595,461
1963 17,113,823 608,537
1964 17,637,411 621,764
1965 18,169,050 635,128
1966 18,702,688 648,646
1967 19,235,618 662,311
1968 19,766,796 676,160
1969 20,291,942 690,223
1970 20,811,782 702,705
1971 21,319,096 712,662
1972 21,819,563 721,617
1973 22,325,374 730,138
1974 22,833,469 738,057
1975 23,344,644 745,393
1976 23,858,810 752,253
1977 24,393,494 758,654
1978 24,950,337 764,586
1979 25,515,626 770,062
1980 26,104,498 774,367
1981 26,713,267 776,453
1982 27,338,331 776,712
1983 27,988,173 775,891
1984 28,642,690 774,111
1985 29,268,470 771,477
1986 29,879,112 768,098
1987 30,499,467 764,120
1988 31,130,524 759,663
1989 31,776,279 754,865
1990 32,440,069 749,894
1991 33,098,372 747,861
1992 33,760,571 749,911
1993 34,441,473 752,965
1994 35,127,410 755,822
1995 35,804,662 758,388
1996 36,462,745 760,526
1997 37,121,149 762,245
1998 37,792,165 763,586
1999 38,454,863 764,483
2000 39,089,934 764,832
2001 39,709,262 764,477
2002 40,324,680 763,652
2003 40,937,429 763,101
2004 41,543,171 762,418
2005 42,128,977 760,914
2006 42,691,084 758,966
2007 43,235,374 756,861
2008 43,758,808 754,606
2009 44,271,541 752,094
2010 44,777,319 749,256
2011 45,259,614 746,153
2012 45,715,810 746,288
2013 46,151,584 750,021
2014 46,565,429 754,229
2015 46,969,940 758,781
2016 47,437,512 763,548
2017 48,131,078 768,479
2018 49,024,465 791,556
2019 49,907,985 807,665
2020 50,629,997 807,481
2021 51,188,173 815,482
2022 51,737,944 821,637
2023 52,321,152 826,353
2024 52,886,363 831,087

Fertility rates in Colombia and Guyana

Fertility rate
Colombia

Guyana
Year Fertility rate
Colombia Guyana
1960 6.74 6.33
1961 6.71 6.34
1962 6.66 6.33
1963 6.58 6.31
1964 6.48 6.23
1965 6.33 6.14
1966 6.16 6.02
1967 5.96 5.89
1968 5.74 5.75
1969 5.51 5.58
1970 5.28 5.41
1971 5.06 5.26
1972 4.86 5.08
1973 4.68 4.87
1974 4.53 4.64
1975 4.4 4.45
1976 4.29 4.28
1977 4.16 4.12
1978 4 3.97
1979 3.89 3.86
1980 3.8 3.77
1981 3.71 3.72
1982 3.62 3.68
1983 3.5 3.64
1984 3.35 3.54
1985 3.23 3.47
1986 3.15 3.38
1987 3.09 3.31
1988 3.04 3.23
1989 3.01 3.19
1990 3 3.18
1991 2.98 3.18
1992 2.98 3.19
1993 2.98 3.2
1994 2.94 3.23
1995 2.85 3.24
1996 2.77 3.23
1997 2.74 3.22
1998 2.72 3.18
1999 2.64 3.13
2000 2.57 3.06
2001 2.52 2.96
2002 2.49 2.84
2003 2.45 2.75
2004 2.38 2.68
2005 2.31 2.65
2006 2.24 2.66
2007 2.19 2.68
2008 2.15 2.7
2009 2.1 2.69
2010 2.01 2.68
2011 1.94 2.69
2012 1.9 2.7
2013 1.86 2.71
2014 1.82 2.7
2015 1.77 2.67
2016 1.72 2.63
2017 1.72 2.59
2018 1.72 2.55
2019 1.71 2.52
2020 1.69 2.49
2021 1.68 2.46
2022 1.66 2.44
2023 1.65 2.41

Colombia and Guyana demographics compared

Median age
Colombia

Guyana
Year Median age, years
Colombia Guyana
1960 16.6 16.7
1961 16.5 16.6
1962 16.4 16.4
1963 16.4 16.3
1964 16.3 16.2
1965 16.3 16.1
1966 16.4 16.1
1967 16.4 16.2
1968 16.5 16.2
1969 16.6 16.4
1970 16.8 16.5
1971 16.9 16.6
1972 17.1 16.7
1973 17.3 16.8
1974 17.6 17
1975 17.8 17.2
1976 18 17.4
1977 18.2 17.6
1978 18.5 17.8
1979 18.7 18
1980 19 18.2
1981 19.2 18.4
1982 19.5 18.7
1983 19.8 19
1984 20.1 19.3
1985 20.4 19.6
1986 20.7 19.9
1987 21 20.2
1988 21.3 20.5
1989 21.6 20.7
1990 21.8 20.9
1991 22.1 21.1
1992 22.3 21.3
1993 22.5 21.4
1994 22.8 21.5
1995 23 21.7
1996 23.2 21.8
1997 23.5 21.9
1998 23.7 22
1999 23.9 22.1
2000 24.2 22.2
2001 24.5 22.4
2002 24.7 22.5
2003 25 22.7
2004 25.3 22.9
2005 25.6 23.2
2006 26 23.4
2007 26.4 23.6
2008 26.7 23.8
2009 27.1 24
2010 27.5 24.2
2011 27.9 24.4
2012 28.3 24.5
2013 28.7 24.6
2014 29.2 24.6
2015 29.6 24.7
2016 30 24.9
2017 30.4 25
2018 30.7 25.4
2019 31.1 25.7
2020 31.5 25.9
2021 31.9 26.1
2022 32.2 26.4
2023 32.7 26.7
2024 33.1 26.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Colombia Guyana
GNI, Atlas method
$373B
2024
$16.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
32.5%
2025
24.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.26%
2020
4.45%
2018
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
0.59%
2023
Armed forces personnel
428,000
2020
3,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.44%
2025
-4.95%
2025
Unemployment rate
9.62%
2024
13.2%
2019
Services, % of GDP
58.2%
2024
15.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
23.1%
2024
74.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
59.8
2025
58.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
42.7%
2023
34.4%
1998
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
2023
1.1%
1998
Number of billionaires
4
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
60
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$72.6B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$61.9B
2024
$1.01B
2024
Personal remittances received
$11.9B
2024
$600M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,396,000
2020
86,400
2020
International tourism as share of exports
5.13%
2020
4.21%
2003
Banked people share
57.1%
2024
n/a

Energy

Colombia Guyana
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
863 kg
2023
661 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$24.3
2023
$12.3
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
100.9 megatons
2023
3.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.93 tons
2023
4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
75.3%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
29.7%
2021
12.1%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.3%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-142%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
1,553 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
75.1%
2021
7.11%
2021
Hydroelectric share
64.8%
2023
0.0008%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.7%
2023
98.9%
2023

Society

Colombia Guyana
% of world population
0.65%
2024
0.01%
2024
Annual migration change
+141,643
2024
-5,407
2024
Urban population
82.7%
2024
27.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.64 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.18 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
44.5
2025
49.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
39
2024
Higher education index
75
2025
26
2025
Homicides per 100K people
25.3
2022
16.2
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
15.4
2019
22.3
2019
Visa free countries
135
2025
98
2025
Adult literacy rate
95.3%
2024
90%
2022
English speaking
4.22%
2023
90.5%
2023
People using the Internet
77.3%
2023
81.7%
2023

Health

Colombia Guyana
Government health expenditure per capita
$534
2023
$532
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$78.1
2023
$122.6
2022
Life expectancy
78.1 years
2025
70.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.53%
2012
3.25%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.45
2021
1.41
2020
Age at first childbirth
21.7 years
2025
20.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
59
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
12
2023
25.7
2023
Obesity rate
24.3%
2022
29%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.4%
2024
16.4%
2024
Air quality index
59
2025
46
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
8.2%
2022
11.1%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.24 liters
2020
5.04 liters
2020

Territory

Colombia Guyana
% of world land
0.74%
2025
0.14%
2025
Land area per capita
8,100 sq mi
2024
98,090 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
156,306 sq mi
2025
2,780 sq mi
2025
Forest area
226,040 sq mi
2025
70,995 sq mi
2025
Roads length
127,001 mi
2021
2,482 mi
2019

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