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Dominican Republic vs Guyana statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Dominican Republic has a population of 11.4M (ranked 85/197), compared with 831K in Guyana (ranked 161/197). The Dominican Republic's land area is 18,609 sq mi versus 81,522 sq mi for Guyana (ranked 127th vs. 82nd).

By GDP, The Dominican Republic ranks 65/197 ($124B) and Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B). By GDP per capita, The Dominican Republic ranks 83/197 ($10,876), while Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884).

Main facts and rankings

Dominican Republic Guyana
Population
11591984
839919
Population rank 84/197 162/197
GDP
$124B
2024
$24.8B
2024
GDP rank 65/197 119/197
GDP per capita
$10,876
2024
$29,884
2024
GDP per capita rank 83/197 42/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$27,541
2024
$79,906
2024
Government debt
$73.1B
2024
$6.03B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
58.2%
2025
27.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$6,394
2024
$7,252
2024
Government debt per person rank 72/185 67/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,703
2025
$13,265
2025
Land area
18,609 sq mi
2025
81,522 sq mi
2025
Population density
614 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.24
2023
2.41
2023
Median age
29 years
2024
26.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
74 years
2025
70.4 years
2025

Dominican Republic and Guyana: Comparison Charts

Dominican Republic and Guyana economies compared

GDP
Dominican Republic

Guyana
Year GDP
Dominican Republic Guyana
1960 $672,399,700 $170,216,241
1961 $654,100,200 $185,849,535
1962 $824,100,000 $194,949,513
1963 $940,799,900 $175,757,894
1964 $1,025,599,900 $194,774,513
1965 $888,100,000 $213,235,294
1966 $983,900,000 $228,705,882
1967 $1,034,800,000 $250,176,471
1968 $1,079,100,000 $229,750,000
1969 $1,230,500,000 $249,300,000
1970 $1,485,500,000 $267,800,000
1971 $1,666,500,000 $282,050,000
1972 $1,987,400,000 $285,380,952
1973 $2,344,800,000 $307,047,619
1974 $2,925,700,000 $433,954,545
1975 $3,599,200,000 $494,791,667
1976 $3,951,500,000 $454,440,000
1977 $4,587,100,000 $449,880,000
1978 $4,734,400,000 $507,080,000
1979 $5,498,800,000 $530,440,000
1980 $6,761,300,000 $603,200,000
1981 $7,561,300,000 $570,357,107
1982 $8,267,400,000 $482,000,000
1983 $9,220,600,000 $489,333,333
1984 $11,594,000,000 $437,631,605
1985 $5,044,579,979 $453,488,372
1986 $6,122,128,558 $504,651,140
1987 $5,827,050,753 $354,591,847
1988 $5,374,299,981 $413,799,990
1989 $6,686,593,060 $379,779,390
1990 $7,073,675,545 $396,582,263
1991 $9,824,483,340 $348,533,095
1992 $11,605,382,504 $373,573,141
1993 $13,081,042,400 $454,101,382
1994 $14,644,734,599 $540,874,934
1995 $16,637,370,839 $621,626,786
1996 $18,241,622,548 $705,406,001
1997 $20,017,450,041 $749,138,010
1998 $21,672,215,547 $717,530,683
1999 $22,136,579,397 $694,754,988
2000 $24,305,780,629 $712,667,897
2001 $25,601,823,688 $712,167,450
2002 $27,137,440,786 $726,131,435
2003 $21,403,167,848 $743,063,950
2004 $22,322,387,382 $787,814,379
2005 $35,777,560,684 $824,880,550
2006 $37,879,830,084 $2,379,817,991
2007 $43,965,458,509 $2,730,971,595
2008 $48,091,433,554 $3,025,187,433
2009 $48,223,781,477 $3,165,663,153
2010 $53,801,053,353 $3,432,912,517
2011 $57,948,261,616 $3,691,384,318
2012 $60,561,635,556 $4,063,088,536
2013 $62,555,417,415 $4,167,800,929
2014 $67,014,329,100 $4,127,660,152
2015 $70,966,782,572 $4,279,840,194
2016 $75,552,902,636 $4,482,697,337
2017 $79,070,274,743 $4,748,174,334
2018 $84,994,732,049 $4,787,636,998
2019 $89,146,130,745 $5,173,760,192
2020 $78,546,672,407 $5,471,256,595
2021 $94,850,719,517 $8,041,362,110
2022 $113,478,087,135 $14,718,388,489
2023 $120,456,239,154 $16,918,503,597
2024 $124,282,245,639 $24,835,899,826

Dominican Republic and Guyana economies compared

GDP per capita
Dominican Republic

Guyana
Year GDP per capita
Dominican Republic Guyana
1960 $205.7 $299.1
1961 $193.9 $319
1962 $236.8 $327
1963 $262.2 $288.8
1964 $277.3 $313
1965 $233.2 $336
1966 $250.9 $353
1967 $256.2 $378
1968 $259.6 $340
1969 $287.7 $361
1970 $338 $381
1971 $368 $396
1972 $427 $395
1973 $490 $421
1974 $595 $588
1975 $713 $664
1976 $763 $604
1977 $863 $593
1978 $868 $663
1979 $984 $689
1980 $1,180 $779
1981 $1,288 $735
1982 $1,376 $621
1983 $1,500 $631
1984 $1,844 $565
1985 $784 $588
1986 $932 $657
1987 $868 $464
1988 $784 $545
1989 $955 $503
1990 $989 $529
1991 $1,346 $466
1992 $1,558 $498
1993 $1,722 $603
1994 $1,892 $716
1995 $2,109 $820
1996 $2,271 $928
1997 $2,449 $983
1998 $2,608 $940
1999 $2,621 $909
2000 $2,831 $932
2001 $2,936 $932
2002 $3,066 $951
2003 $2,383 $974
2004 $2,452 $1,033
2005 $3,878 $1,084
2006 $4,055 $3,136
2007 $4,650 $3,608
2008 $5,024 $4,009
2009 $4,974 $4,209
2010 $5,479 $4,582
2011 $5,827 $4,947
2012 $6,014 $5,444
2013 $6,137 $5,557
2014 $6,496 $5,473
2015 $6,801 $5,640
2016 $7,160 $5,871
2017 $7,413 $6,179
2018 $7,883 $6,048
2019 $8,183 $6,406
2020 $7,135 $6,776
2021 $8,527 $9,861
2022 $10,104 $17,913
2023 $10,630 $20,474
2024 $10,876 $29,884

Dominican Republic vs. Guyana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Dominican Republic

Guyana
Year Life expectancy, years
Dominican Republic Guyana
1950 44.1 49.2
1951 44.8 50.2
1952 45.6 51.3
1953 46.3 52.4
1954 47.1 53.3
1955 47.9 54.1
1956 48.7 55.2
1957 49.5 56.1
1958 50.2 56.4
1959 51 57
1960 51.7 57.5
1961 52.4 57.9
1962 53.2 58.3
1963 53.8 58.6
1964 54.7 59
1965 52.8 59.1
1966 56 59.3
1967 56.6 59.5
1968 57.3 59.7
1969 57.9 59.8
1970 58.5 60
1971 59.1 60.1
1972 59.7 60.1
1973 60.2 60.2
1974 60.8 60.3
1975 61.3 60.4
1976 61.7 60.4
1977 62.2 60.6
1978 62.6 60.6
1979 62.4 60.7
1980 63.4 60.8
1981 63.8 60.9
1982 64.2 61
1983 64.6 61.2
1984 65.1 61.3
1985 65.6 61.4
1986 66.1 61.5
1987 66.5 61.7
1988 66.9 61.8
1989 67.3 62.1
1990 67.7 62.3
1991 68.2 62.5
1992 68.5 62.8
1993 68.9 63
1994 69.2 63
1995 69.4 62.7
1996 69.6 62.7
1997 69.8 62.9
1998 69.9 63.4
1999 70.2 63.8
2000 70.4 64.1
2001 70.6 64.4
2002 70.7 64.2
2003 70.9 64.1
2004 70.7 64.2
2005 71 64.4
2006 71.1 64.8
2007 71.1 65.5
2008 71.3 65.7
2009 71.6 66
2010 72 66.2
2011 72.5 66.5
2012 72.8 66.4
2013 73 66.7
2014 73.1 67.3
2015 73 67.7
2016 72.9 68.1
2017 73.4 68.5
2018 73.6 68.8
2019 73.1 69.1
2020 72.6 67.8
2021 71.8 64.3
2022 74.2 69.9
2023 73.7 70.2
2024 73.9 70.3
2025 74 70.4

Dominican Republic and Guyana population clocks and comparison

Population
Dominican Republic

Guyana
Year Population
Dominican Republic Guyana
1960 3,268,336 569,143
1961 3,373,233 582,568
1962 3,479,936 595,461
1963 3,588,287 608,537
1964 3,698,559 621,764
1965 3,808,963 635,128
1966 3,921,847 648,646
1967 4,038,928 662,311
1968 4,157,189 676,160
1969 4,277,035 690,223
1970 4,399,290 702,705
1971 4,524,234 712,662
1972 4,651,883 721,617
1973 4,782,227 730,138
1974 4,914,197 738,057
1975 5,046,776 745,393
1976 5,180,404 752,253
1977 5,315,443 758,654
1978 5,451,882 764,586
1979 5,589,690 770,062
1980 5,729,037 774,367
1981 5,868,453 776,453
1982 6,007,114 776,712
1983 6,147,248 775,891
1984 6,289,040 774,111
1985 6,430,404 771,477
1986 6,571,208 768,098
1987 6,712,515 764,120
1988 6,855,734 759,663
1989 7,002,295 754,865
1990 7,151,166 749,894
1991 7,299,853 747,861
1992 7,447,474 749,911
1993 7,594,572 752,965
1994 7,741,694 755,822
1995 7,888,115 758,388
1996 8,032,894 760,526
1997 8,174,078 762,245
1998 8,310,362 763,586
1999 8,446,208 764,483
2000 8,584,190 764,832
2001 8,720,283 764,477
2002 8,852,235 763,652
2003 8,980,620 763,101
2004 9,104,892 762,418
2005 9,225,034 760,914
2006 9,341,183 758,966
2007 9,455,658 756,861
2008 9,573,130 754,606
2009 9,695,265 752,094
2010 9,820,175 749,256
2011 9,945,621 746,153
2012 10,070,411 746,288
2013 10,193,833 750,021
2014 10,315,528 754,229
2015 10,434,829 758,781
2016 10,551,430 763,548
2017 10,666,843 768,479
2018 10,782,053 791,556
2019 10,894,043 807,665
2020 11,008,300 807,481
2021 11,123,476 815,482
2022 11,230,734 821,637
2023 11,331,265 826,353
2024 11,427,557 831,087

Fertility rates in Dominican Republic and Guyana

Fertility rate
Dominican Republic

Guyana
Year Fertility rate
Dominican Republic Guyana
1960 7.56 6.33
1961 7.49 6.34
1962 7.4 6.33
1963 7.3 6.31
1964 7.19 6.23
1965 7.05 6.14
1966 6.95 6.02
1967 6.76 5.89
1968 6.55 5.75
1969 6.37 5.58
1970 6.18 5.41
1971 6.01 5.26
1972 5.84 5.08
1973 5.67 4.87
1974 5.44 4.64
1975 5.24 4.45
1976 5.05 4.28
1977 4.84 4.12
1978 4.64 3.97
1979 4.47 3.86
1980 4.3 3.77
1981 4.15 3.72
1982 4.01 3.68
1983 3.95 3.64
1984 3.82 3.54
1985 3.69 3.47
1986 3.6 3.38
1987 3.53 3.31
1988 3.5 3.23
1989 3.48 3.19
1990 3.41 3.18
1991 3.35 3.18
1992 3.29 3.19
1993 3.23 3.2
1994 3.16 3.23
1995 3.1 3.24
1996 3.04 3.23
1997 2.92 3.22
1998 2.84 3.18
1999 2.85 3.13
2000 2.87 3.06
2001 2.83 2.96
2002 2.76 2.84
2003 2.7 2.75
2004 2.64 2.68
2005 2.57 2.65
2006 2.51 2.66
2007 2.51 2.68
2008 2.55 2.7
2009 2.57 2.69
2010 2.56 2.68
2011 2.53 2.69
2012 2.5 2.7
2013 2.47 2.71
2014 2.45 2.7
2015 2.43 2.67
2016 2.41 2.63
2017 2.4 2.59
2018 2.4 2.55
2019 2.37 2.52
2020 2.33 2.49
2021 2.29 2.46
2022 2.27 2.44
2023 2.24 2.41

Dominican Republic and Guyana demographics compared

Median age
Dominican Republic

Guyana
Year Median age, years
Dominican Republic Guyana
1960 15.7 16.7
1961 15.6 16.6
1962 15.5 16.4
1963 15.4 16.3
1964 15.3 16.2
1965 15.3 16.1
1966 15.3 16.1
1967 15.4 16.2
1968 15.5 16.2
1969 15.6 16.4
1970 15.8 16.5
1971 16 16.6
1972 16.2 16.7
1973 16.4 16.8
1974 16.5 17
1975 16.8 17.2
1976 17 17.4
1977 17.2 17.6
1978 17.4 17.8
1979 17.6 18
1980 17.8 18.2
1981 18 18.4
1982 18.3 18.7
1983 18.5 19
1984 18.7 19.3
1985 18.9 19.6
1986 19.1 19.9
1987 19.3 20.2
1988 19.5 20.5
1989 19.7 20.7
1990 19.9 20.9
1991 20.1 21.1
1992 20.3 21.3
1993 20.5 21.4
1994 20.7 21.5
1995 20.9 21.7
1996 21.1 21.8
1997 21.4 21.9
1998 21.6 22
1999 21.9 22.1
2000 22.1 22.2
2001 22.4 22.4
2002 22.6 22.5
2003 22.9 22.7
2004 23.1 22.9
2005 23.4 23.2
2006 23.7 23.4
2007 24 23.6
2008 24.2 23.8
2009 24.5 24
2010 24.7 24.2
2011 25 24.4
2012 25.3 24.5
2013 25.6 24.6
2014 25.9 24.6
2015 26.2 24.7
2016 26.5 24.9
2017 26.8 25
2018 27.1 25.4
2019 27.4 25.7
2020 27.7 25.9
2021 28 26.1
2022 28.3 26.4
2023 28.7 26.7
2024 29 26.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Dominican Republic Guyana
GNI, Atlas method
$117B
2024
$16.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.5%
2025
24.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.76%
2023
4.45%
2018
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.74%
2023
0.59%
2023
Armed forces personnel
71,000
2020
3,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.16%
2025
-4.95%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.31%
2024
13.2%
2019
Services, % of GDP
59.8%
2024
15.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
28.7%
2024
74.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
64.3
2025
58.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.5%
2024
34.4%
1998
Income share by poorest 10%
2.3%
2024
1.1%
1998
Total reserves including gold
$13.5B
2024
$1.01B
2024
Personal remittances received
$11.2B
2024
$600M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,748,000
2020
86,400
2020
International tourism as share of exports
37.7%
2018
4.21%
2003
Banked people share
64.8%
2024
n/a

Energy

Dominican Republic Guyana
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
950 kg
2022
661 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$25.9
2022
$12.3
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
31.4 megatons
2023
3.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.77 tons
2023
4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
89.4%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
14.8%
2021
12.1%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.51%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
94.4%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
1,717 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
18.5%
2021
7.11%
2021
Hydroelectric share
6.06%
2022
0.0008%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
99.6%
2023
98.9%
2023

Society

Dominican Republic Guyana
% of world population
0.14%
2024
0.01%
2024
Annual migration change
-34,806
2024
-5,407
2024
Urban population
85%
2024
27.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.73 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.29 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
42.5
2025
49.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
36
2024
39
2024
Higher education index
33
2025
26
2025
Homicides per 100K people
12.4
2022
16.2
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
64.6
2019
22.3
2019
Visa free countries
85
2025
98
2025
Adult literacy rate
94%
2024
90%
2022
English speaking
0.15%
2025
90.5%
2023
People using the Internet
91%
2024
81.7%
2023

Health

Dominican Republic Guyana
Government health expenditure per capita
$462
2022
$532
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$127.5
2022
$122.6
2022
Life expectancy
74 years
2025
70.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
5.33%
2022
3.25%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.24
2022
1.41
2020
Age at first childbirth
20.9 years
2025
20.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
124
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
31.4
2023
25.7
2023
Obesity rate
30.3%
2022
29%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
17.6%
2024
16.4%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
46
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
10.5%
2022
11.1%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.5 liters
2020
5.04 liters
2020

Territory

Dominican Republic Guyana
% of world land
0.03%
2025
0.14%
2025
Land area per capita
1,628 sq mi
2024
98,090 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
10,301 sq mi
2025
2,780 sq mi
2025
Forest area
8,372 sq mi
2025
70,995 sq mi
2025
Roads length
12,244 mi
2002
2,482 mi
2019

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