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Congo vs Guyana statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 831K in Guyana (ranked 161/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 81,522 sq mi for Guyana (ranked 64th vs. 82nd).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884).

Main facts and rankings

Congo Guyana
Population
6607609
839919
Population rank 109/197 162/197
GDP
$15.7B
2024
$24.8B
2024
GDP rank 141/197 119/197
GDP per capita
$2,482
2024
$29,884
2024
GDP per capita rank 148/197 42/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,026
2024
$79,906
2024
Government debt
$15B
2024
$6.03B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
91.4%
2025
27.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,369
2024
$7,252
2024
Government debt per person rank 113/185 67/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,263
2025
$13,265
2025
Land area
131,854 sq mi
2025
81,522 sq mi
2025
Population density
48 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.16
2023
2.41
2023
Median age
19.5 years
2024
26.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.2 years
2025
70.4 years
2025

Congo and Guyana: Comparison Charts

Congo and Guyana economies compared

GDP
Congo

Guyana
Year GDP
Congo Guyana
1960 $131,731,863 $170,216,241
1961 $151,675,739 $185,849,535
1962 $166,521,240 $194,949,513
1963 $172,233,431 $175,757,894
1964 $185,693,725 $194,774,513
1965 $198,318,064 $213,235,294
1966 $220,613,582 $228,705,882
1967 $237,397,428 $250,176,471
1968 $251,247,458 $229,750,000
1969 $265,040,036 $249,300,000
1970 $274,960,700 $267,800,000
1971 $322,128,019 $282,050,000
1972 $410,669,264 $285,380,952
1973 $541,973,363 $307,047,619
1974 $585,364,634 $433,954,545
1975 $767,102,680 $494,791,667
1976 $754,549,601 $454,440,000
1977 $765,224,029 $449,880,000
1978 $878,771,772 $507,080,000
1979 $1,198,749,667 $530,440,000
1980 $1,705,796,853 $603,200,000
1981 $1,993,512,323 $570,357,107
1982 $2,160,640,565 $482,000,000
1983 $2,097,274,290 $489,333,333
1984 $2,193,581,365 $437,631,605
1985 $2,160,872,540 $453,488,372
1986 $1,849,268,212 $504,651,140
1987 $2,297,753,652 $354,591,847
1988 $2,212,536,312 $413,799,990
1989 $2,389,593,026 $379,779,390
1990 $2,798,746,050 $396,582,263
1991 $2,724,853,506 $348,533,095
1992 $2,933,222,703 $373,573,141
1993 $2,684,323,623 $454,101,382
1994 $1,769,365,438 $540,874,934
1995 $2,116,003,868 $621,626,786
1996 $2,540,697,539 $705,406,001
1997 $2,322,719,103 $749,138,010
1998 $1,949,481,379 $717,530,683
1999 $2,354,772,960 $694,754,988
2000 $3,227,927,698 $712,667,897
2001 $2,796,704,604 $712,167,450
2002 $3,034,250,924 $726,131,435
2003 $3,503,723,088 $743,063,950
2004 $4,656,974,940 $787,814,379
2005 $6,650,001,680 $824,880,550
2006 $8,072,305,029 $2,379,817,991
2007 $8,782,703,437 $2,730,971,595
2008 $11,649,857,673 $3,025,187,433
2009 $9,723,299,915 $3,165,663,153
2010 $13,148,396,212 $3,432,912,517
2011 $15,655,383,577 $3,691,384,318
2012 $17,692,911,296 $4,063,088,536
2013 $17,958,720,699 $4,167,800,929
2014 $17,919,321,078 $4,127,660,152
2015 $12,434,793,867 $4,279,840,194
2016 $10,931,328,151 $4,482,697,337
2017 $11,834,473,039 $4,748,174,334
2018 $14,773,900,289 $4,787,636,998
2019 $13,976,637,780 $5,173,760,192
2020 $11,468,687,464 $5,471,256,595
2021 $14,825,690,211 $8,041,362,110
2022 $15,817,030,157 $14,718,388,489
2023 $15,321,055,818 $16,918,503,597
2024 $15,719,985,776 $24,835,899,826

Congo and Guyana economies compared

GDP per capita
Congo

Guyana
Year GDP per capita
Congo Guyana
1960 $124.7 $299.1
1961 $139.9 $319
1962 $149.6 $327
1963 $150.7 $288.8
1964 $158.1 $313
1965 $164.2 $336
1966 $177.6 $353
1967 $185.7 $378
1968 $190.8 $340
1969 $195.4 $361
1970 $196.7 $381
1971 $223.5 $396
1972 $276.3 $395
1973 $353 $421
1974 $370 $588
1975 $471 $664
1976 $453 $604
1977 $448 $593
1978 $503 $663
1979 $670 $689
1980 $933 $779
1981 $1,066 $735
1982 $1,131 $621
1983 $1,075 $631
1984 $1,097 $565
1985 $1,049 $588
1986 $872 $657
1987 $1,052 $464
1988 $984 $545
1989 $1,033 $503
1990 $1,176 $529
1991 $1,113 $466
1992 $1,164 $498
1993 $1,034 $603
1994 $662 $716
1995 $770 $820
1996 $899 $928
1997 $804 $983
1998 $660 $940
1999 $776 $909
2000 $1,024 $932
2001 $855 $932
2002 $906 $951
2003 $1,017 $974
2004 $1,306 $1,033
2005 $1,799 $1,084
2006 $2,104 $3,136
2007 $2,206 $3,608
2008 $2,832 $4,009
2009 $2,271 $4,209
2010 $2,947 $4,582
2011 $3,396 $4,947
2012 $3,732 $5,444
2013 $3,697 $5,557
2014 $3,601 $5,473
2015 $2,439 $5,640
2016 $2,093 $5,871
2017 $2,212 $6,179
2018 $2,694 $6,048
2019 $2,488 $6,406
2020 $1,994 $6,776
2021 $2,516 $9,861
2022 $2,621 $17,913
2023 $2,478 $20,474
2024 $2,482 $29,884

Congo vs. Guyana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Congo

Guyana
Year Life expectancy, years
Congo Guyana
1950 39.6 49.2
1951 40.3 50.2
1952 41.1 51.3
1953 41.9 52.4
1954 42.6 53.3
1955 43.4 54.1
1956 44.3 55.2
1957 45.1 56.1
1958 46 56.4
1959 46.8 57
1960 47.6 57.5
1961 48.4 57.9
1962 49 58.3
1963 49.7 58.6
1964 50.4 59
1965 51 59.1
1966 51.6 59.3
1967 51.9 59.5
1968 52.6 59.7
1969 53.1 59.8
1970 53.6 60
1971 54 60.1
1972 54.4 60.1
1973 54.7 60.2
1974 55.1 60.3
1975 55.4 60.4
1976 55.7 60.4
1977 56 60.6
1978 56.2 60.6
1979 56.5 60.7
1980 56.8 60.8
1981 57.1 60.9
1982 57.2 61
1983 57.4 61.2
1984 57.5 61.3
1985 57.6 61.4
1986 57.6 61.5
1987 57.6 61.7
1988 57.5 61.8
1989 57.3 62.1
1990 57.1 62.3
1991 56.8 62.5
1992 56.5 62.8
1993 56 63
1994 55.6 63
1995 55.5 62.7
1996 55.2 62.7
1997 48.6 62.9
1998 52.6 63.4
1999 54.4 63.8
2000 55.4 64.1
2001 55.9 64.4
2002 56.4 64.2
2003 57.1 64.1
2004 58 64.2
2005 58.7 64.4
2006 59.5 64.8
2007 60.1 65.5
2008 60.8 65.7
2009 61.2 66
2010 61.7 66.2
2011 62.3 66.5
2012 62.7 66.4
2013 63 66.7
2014 63.3 67.3
2015 63.7 67.7
2016 63.9 68.1
2017 64.2 68.5
2018 64.5 68.8
2019 63.2 69.1
2020 64.4 67.8
2021 64.2 64.3
2022 65 69.9
2023 65.8 70.2
2024 66 70.3
2025 66.2 70.4

Congo and Guyana population clocks and comparison

Population
Congo

Guyana
Year Population
Congo Guyana
1960 1,056,732 569,143
1961 1,084,389 582,568
1962 1,113,175 595,461
1963 1,143,263 608,537
1964 1,174,816 621,764
1965 1,207,880 635,128
1966 1,242,534 648,646
1967 1,278,691 662,311
1968 1,316,519 676,160
1969 1,356,182 690,223
1970 1,397,638 702,705
1971 1,441,039 712,662
1972 1,486,468 721,617
1973 1,533,680 730,138
1974 1,582,301 738,057
1975 1,627,032 745,393
1976 1,667,225 752,253
1977 1,707,568 758,654
1978 1,748,089 764,586
1979 1,788,524 770,062
1980 1,828,985 774,367
1981 1,869,759 776,453
1982 1,910,430 776,712
1983 1,950,321 775,891
1984 1,999,528 774,111
1985 2,059,311 771,477
1986 2,120,602 768,098
1987 2,183,473 764,120
1988 2,247,653 759,663
1989 2,313,558 754,865
1990 2,380,560 749,894
1991 2,449,229 747,861
1992 2,519,465 749,911
1993 2,595,124 752,965
1994 2,673,144 755,822
1995 2,749,461 758,388
1996 2,826,785 760,526
1997 2,887,862 762,245
1998 2,952,061 763,586
1999 3,032,874 764,483
2000 3,151,345 764,832
2001 3,272,537 764,477
2002 3,350,771 763,652
2003 3,445,753 763,101
2004 3,565,554 762,418
2005 3,696,393 760,914
2006 3,837,409 758,966
2007 3,980,430 756,861
2008 4,113,517 754,606
2009 4,281,219 752,094
2010 4,462,290 749,256
2011 4,609,724 746,153
2012 4,740,450 746,288
2013 4,857,099 750,021
2014 4,975,880 754,229
2015 5,097,581 758,781
2016 5,222,536 763,548
2017 5,351,011 768,479
2018 5,483,118 791,556
2019 5,616,661 807,665
2020 5,752,791 807,481
2021 5,892,183 815,482
2022 6,035,104 821,637
2023 6,182,885 826,353
2024 6,332,961 831,087

Fertility rates in Congo and Guyana

Fertility rate
Congo

Guyana
Year Fertility rate
Congo Guyana
1960 6.09 6.33
1961 6.09 6.34
1962 6.1 6.33
1963 6.15 6.31
1964 6.18 6.23
1965 6.23 6.14
1966 6.27 6.02
1967 6.29 5.89
1968 6.33 5.75
1969 6.35 5.58
1970 6.38 5.41
1971 6.42 5.26
1972 6.44 5.08
1973 6.42 4.87
1974 6.39 4.64
1975 6.36 4.45
1976 6.32 4.28
1977 6.27 4.12
1978 6.21 3.97
1979 6.14 3.86
1980 6.07 3.77
1981 5.98 3.72
1982 5.85 3.68
1983 5.76 3.64
1984 5.66 3.54
1985 5.59 3.47
1986 5.51 3.38
1987 5.46 3.31
1988 5.39 3.23
1989 5.33 3.19
1990 5.27 3.18
1991 5.22 3.18
1992 5.18 3.19
1993 5.13 3.2
1994 5.1 3.23
1995 5.07 3.24
1996 5.03 3.23
1997 5 3.22
1998 4.91 3.18
1999 4.81 3.13
2000 4.72 3.06
2001 4.67 2.96
2002 4.7 2.84
2003 4.7 2.75
2004 4.69 2.68
2005 4.67 2.65
2006 4.65 2.66
2007 4.65 2.68
2008 4.73 2.7
2009 4.81 2.69
2010 4.85 2.68
2011 4.83 2.69
2012 4.79 2.7
2013 4.73 2.71
2014 4.67 2.7
2015 4.61 2.67
2016 4.55 2.63
2017 4.5 2.59
2018 4.44 2.55
2019 4.38 2.52
2020 4.33 2.49
2021 4.28 2.46
2022 4.22 2.44
2023 4.16 2.41

Congo and Guyana demographics compared

Median age
Congo

Guyana
Year Median age, years
Congo Guyana
1960 18.8 16.7
1961 18.7 16.6
1962 18.6 16.4
1963 18.4 16.3
1964 18.3 16.2
1965 18.2 16.1
1966 18.1 16.1
1967 17.9 16.2
1968 17.8 16.2
1969 17.7 16.4
1970 17.6 16.5
1971 17.5 16.6
1972 17.4 16.7
1973 17.4 16.8
1974 17.3 17
1975 17.2 17.2
1976 17.1 17.4
1977 17 17.6
1978 17 17.8
1979 17 18
1980 17 18.2
1981 17 18.4
1982 17.1 18.7
1983 17.2 19
1984 17.2 19.3
1985 17.3 19.6
1986 17.4 19.9
1987 17.4 20.2
1988 17.5 20.5
1989 17.6 20.7
1990 17.7 20.9
1991 17.7 21.1
1992 17.8 21.3
1993 17.9 21.4
1994 18 21.5
1995 18.1 21.7
1996 18.1 21.8
1997 18.1 21.9
1998 18.1 22
1999 18.2 22.1
2000 18.5 22.2
2001 18.8 22.4
2002 18.8 22.5
2003 18.9 22.7
2004 19 22.9
2005 19.2 23.2
2006 19.3 23.4
2007 19.5 23.6
2008 19.5 23.8
2009 19.7 24
2010 19.8 24.2
2011 19.7 24.4
2012 19.6 24.5
2013 19.5 24.6
2014 19.4 24.6
2015 19.3 24.7
2016 19.2 24.9
2017 19.2 25
2018 19.1 25.4
2019 19.1 25.7
2020 19.2 25.9
2021 19.2 26.1
2022 19.3 26.4
2023 19.4 26.7
2024 19.5 26.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Congo Guyana
GNI, Atlas method
$15.2B
2024
$16.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
21.9%
2025
24.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.34%
2023
4.45%
2018
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2%
2023
0.59%
2023
Armed forces personnel
12,000
2020
3,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+3.54%
2025
-4.95%
2025
Unemployment rate
10%
2012
13.2%
2019
Services, % of GDP
45%
2024
15.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
40.1%
2024
74.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.6
2025
58.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
37.9%
2011
34.4%
1998
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2011
1.1%
1998
Total reserves including gold
$715M
2023
$1.01B
2024
Personal remittances received
$44M
2024
$600M
2024
International tourist arrivals
158,000
2018
86,400
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.93%
2016
4.21%
2003
Banked people share
55.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Congo Guyana
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
628 kg
2022
661 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.6
2022
$12.3
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
7.25 megatons
2023
3.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.17 tons
2023
4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
51.8%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
71.4%
2021
12.1%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.56%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-347%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
459 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
26.3%
2021
7.11%
2021
Hydroelectric share
22.3%
2022
0.0008%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
51.3%
2023
98.9%
2023

Society

Congo Guyana
% of world population
0.08%
2024
0.01%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,491
2024
-5,407
2024
Urban population
69.6%
2024
27.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.62 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
17.1
2025
49.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
23
2024
39
2024
Higher education index
19
2025
26
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.32
2015
16.2
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.7
2019
22.3
2019
Visa free countries
56
2025
98
2025
Adult literacy rate
80.6%
2021
90%
2022
English speaking
0%
2025
90.5%
2023
People using the Internet
38.4%
2023
81.7%
2023

Health

Congo Guyana
Government health expenditure per capita
$50.6
2022
$532
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$12.9
2022
$122.6
2022
Life expectancy
66.2 years
2025
70.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15.1%
2022
3.25%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.18
2022
1.41
2020
Age at first childbirth
19.6 years
2025
20.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
241
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40.5
2023
25.7
2023
Obesity rate
8.84%
2022
29%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.1%
2024
16.4%
2024
Air quality index
3
2025
46
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
15.4%
2022
11.1%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.05 liters
2020
5.04 liters
2020

Territory

Congo Guyana
% of world land
0.23%
2025
0.14%
2025
Land area per capita
20,820 sq mi
2024
98,090 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
41,125 sq mi
2025
2,780 sq mi
2025
Forest area
84,560 sq mi
2025
70,995 sq mi
2025
Roads length
14,493 mi
2017
2,482 mi
2019

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