Guyana vs Jamaica statistics compared

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 2.84M in Jamaica (ranked 139/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 4,181 sq mi for Jamaica (ranked 82nd vs. 159th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020).

Guyana and Jamaica: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Jamaica economies compared

GDP

Guyana

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP
	Guyana	Jamaica
1960	$170,216,241	$699,064,380
1961	$185,849,535	$748,043,501
1962	$194,949,513	$777,727,689
1963	$175,757,894	$826,706,669
1964	$194,774,513	$897,949,001
1965	$213,235,294	$972,159,611
1966	$228,705,882	$1,096,759,561
1967	$250,176,471	$1,148,014,311
1968	$229,750,000	$1,083,839,133
1969	$249,300,000	$1,191,239,047
1970	$267,800,000	$1,404,720,442
1971	$282,050,000	$1,539,861,816
1972	$285,380,952	$1,875,146,587
1973	$307,047,619	$1,905,917,553
1974	$433,954,545	$2,375,122,375
1975	$494,791,667	$2,860,442,750
1976	$454,440,000	$2,966,042,856
1977	$449,880,000	$3,249,733,140
1978	$507,080,000	$2,644,527,822
1979	$530,440,000	$2,425,064,229
1980	$603,200,000	$2,679,379,372
1981	$570,357,107	$2,979,027,966
1982	$482,000,000	$3,293,496,312
1983	$489,333,333	$3,619,262,277
1984	$437,631,605	$2,373,564,549
1985	$453,488,372	$2,100,239,019
1986	$504,651,140	$2,754,549,582
1987	$354,591,847	$3,287,007,322
1988	$413,799,990	$3,828,342,820
1989	$379,779,390	$4,404,937,853
1990	$396,582,263	$4,592,208,087
1991	$348,533,095	$4,106,207,649
1992	$373,573,141	$3,535,460,090
1993	$454,101,382	$5,440,075,676
1994	$540,874,934	$5,452,558,947
1995	$621,626,786	$6,577,520,643
1996	$705,406,001	$7,393,891,921
1997	$749,138,010	$8,400,041,724
1998	$717,530,683	$8,787,195,622
1999	$694,754,988	$8,887,057,997
2000	$712,667,897	$9,005,064,475
2001	$712,167,450	$9,194,727,831
2002	$726,131,435	$9,719,009,495
2003	$743,063,950	$9,430,234,811
2004	$787,814,379	$10,174,664,854
2005	$824,880,550	$11,243,865,778
2006	$2,379,817,991	$11,930,179,090
2007	$2,730,971,595	$12,799,600,047
2008	$3,025,187,433	$13,709,401,520
2009	$3,165,663,153	$12,120,458,115
2010	$3,432,912,517	$13,220,549,908
2011	$3,691,384,318	$14,444,661,522
2012	$4,063,088,536	$14,807,086,556
2013	$4,167,800,929	$14,264,205,153
2014	$4,127,660,152	$13,899,217,680
2015	$4,279,840,194	$14,188,936,918
2016	$4,482,697,337	$14,077,096,677
2017	$4,748,174,334	$14,808,985,133
2018	$4,787,636,998	$15,730,792,876
2019	$5,173,760,192	$15,830,766,531
2020	$5,471,256,595	$13,812,421,836
2021	$8,041,362,110	$14,657,586,159
2022	$14,718,388,489	$17,097,760,687
2023	$16,918,503,597	$19,423,355,367
2024	$24,835,899,826	$19,930,288,337

Guyana and Jamaica economies compared

GDP per capita

Guyana

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Guyana	Jamaica
1960	$299.1	$424
1961	$319	$447
1962	$327	$458
1963	$288.8	$480
1964	$313	$514
1965	$336	$549
1966	$353	$612
1967	$378	$633
1968	$340	$591
1969	$361	$642
1970	$381	$748
1971	$396	$809
1972	$395	$971
1973	$421	$972
1974	$588	$1,193
1975	$664	$1,417
1976	$604	$1,450
1977	$593	$1,569
1978	$663	$1,262
1979	$689	$1,144
1980	$779	$1,249
1981	$735	$1,370
1982	$621	$1,494
1983	$631	$1,619
1984	$565	$1,048
1985	$588	$917
1986	$657	$1,191
1987	$464	$1,411
1988	$545	$1,632
1989	$503	$1,865
1990	$529	$1,930
1991	$466	$1,710
1992	$498	$1,458
1993	$603	$2,221
1994	$716	$2,203
1995	$820	$2,631
1996	$928	$2,929
1997	$983	$3,297
1998	$940	$3,419
1999	$909	$3,432
2000	$932	$3,453
2001	$932	$3,504
2002	$951	$3,681
2003	$974	$3,550
2004	$1,033	$3,808
2005	$1,084	$4,184
2006	$3,136	$4,417
2007	$3,608	$4,716
2008	$4,009	$5,030
2009	$4,209	$4,428
2010	$4,582	$4,810
2011	$4,947	$5,233
2012	$5,444	$5,341
2013	$5,557	$5,124
2014	$5,473	$4,975
2015	$5,640	$5,063
2016	$5,871	$5,010
2017	$6,179	$5,259
2018	$6,048	$5,578
2019	$6,406	$5,607
2020	$6,776	$4,879
2021	$9,861	$5,165
2022	$17,913	$6,022
2023	$20,474	$6,840
2024	$29,884	$7,020

Guyana vs. Jamaica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Guyana

Jamaica

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Guyana	Jamaica
1950	49.2	56.6
1951	50.2	57.1
1952	51.3	58.1
1953	52.4	58.9
1954	53.3	59.6
1955	54.1	60.4
1956	55.2	61.2
1957	56.1	61.9
1958	56.4	62.6
1959	57	63.2
1960	57.5	63.8
1961	57.9	64.3
1962	58.3	64.6
1963	58.6	65
1964	59	65.3
1965	59.1	65.7
1966	59.3	65.9
1967	59.5	66.1
1968	59.7	66.3
1969	59.8	66.5
1970	60	66.7
1971	60.1	67
1972	60.1	67.3
1973	60.2	67.6
1974	60.3	67.9
1975	60.4	68.2
1976	60.4	68.4
1977	60.6	68.6
1978	60.6	68.7
1979	60.7	68.8
1980	60.8	69
1981	60.9	69.1
1982	61	69.3
1983	61.2	69.5
1984	61.3	69.8
1985	61.4	70.1
1986	61.5	70.4
1987	61.7	70.9
1988	61.8	71.2
1989	62.1	71.5
1990	62.3	71.7
1991	62.5	71.8
1992	62.8	71.8
1993	63	71.8
1994	63	71.6
1995	62.7	71.5
1996	62.7	71.3
1997	62.9	71.2
1998	63.4	71.2
1999	63.8	71.2
2000	64.1	71.3
2001	64.4	71.3
2002	64.2	71.5
2003	64.1	71.6
2004	64.2	71.5
2005	64.4	71.5
2006	64.8	71.4
2007	65.5	71.4
2008	65.7	71.5
2009	66	71.7
2010	66.2	72
2011	66.5	72.2
2012	66.4	72.4
2013	66.7	72.4
2014	67.3	72.4
2015	67.7	72.2
2016	68.1	72.1
2017	68.5	71.9
2018	68.8	71.6
2019	69.1	71.5
2020	67.8	71.5
2021	64.3	69.1
2022	69.9	71.5
2023	70.2	71.5
2024	70.3	71.6
2025	70.4	71.7

Guyana and Jamaica population clocks and comparison

Population

Guyana

Jamaica

Table

Year	Population
	Guyana	Jamaica
1960	569,143	1,650,005
1961	582,568	1,673,261
1962	595,461	1,696,932
1963	608,537	1,721,099
1964	621,764	1,745,568
1965	635,128	1,769,192
1966	648,646	1,791,475
1967	662,311	1,812,865
1968	676,160	1,833,765
1969	690,223	1,855,127
1970	702,705	1,878,196
1971	712,662	1,903,728
1972	721,617	1,931,542
1973	730,138	1,961,219
1974	738,057	1,990,906
1975	745,393	2,018,981
1976	752,253	2,045,578
1977	758,654	2,070,657
1978	764,586	2,094,836
1979	770,062	2,119,486
1980	774,367	2,145,658
1981	776,453	2,173,818
1982	776,712	2,203,889
1983	775,891	2,234,832
1984	774,111	2,264,562
1985	771,477	2,290,656
1986	768,098	2,312,125
1987	764,120	2,329,813
1988	759,663	2,345,777
1989	754,865	2,361,916
1990	749,894	2,379,877
1991	747,861	2,400,869
1992	749,911	2,424,701
1993	752,965	2,449,916
1994	755,822	2,475,220
1995	758,388	2,500,151
1996	760,526	2,524,463
1997	762,245	2,547,848
1998	763,586	2,569,736
1999	764,483	2,589,795
2000	764,832	2,607,826
2001	764,477	2,624,403
2002	763,652	2,640,572
2003	763,101	2,656,623
2004	762,418	2,672,225
2005	760,914	2,687,066
2006	758,966	2,700,968
2007	756,861	2,713,800
2008	754,606	2,725,635
2009	752,094	2,736,995
2010	749,256	2,748,568
2011	746,153	2,760,494
2012	746,288	2,772,430
2013	750,021	2,783,687
2014	754,229	2,793,749
2015	758,781	2,802,534
2016	763,548	2,809,915
2017	768,479	2,815,764
2018	791,556	2,820,097
2019	807,665	2,823,271
2020	807,481	2,830,739
2021	815,482	2,837,682
2022	821,637	2,839,144
2023	826,353	2,839,786
2024	831,087	2,839,175

Fertility rates in Guyana and Jamaica

Fertility rate

Guyana

Jamaica

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guyana	Jamaica
1960	6.33	5.54
1961	6.34	5.6
1962	6.33	5.64
1963	6.31	5.73
1964	6.23	5.79
1965	6.14	5.72
1966	6.02	5.69
1967	5.89	5.67
1968	5.75	5.58
1969	5.58	5.47
1970	5.41	5.35
1971	5.26	5.21
1972	5.08	5.06
1973	4.87	5
1974	4.64	4.67
1975	4.45	4.44
1976	4.28	4.21
1977	4.12	4
1978	3.97	3.84
1979	3.86	3.72
1980	3.77	3.59
1981	3.72	3.51
1982	3.68	3.46
1983	3.64	3.41
1984	3.54	3.32
1985	3.47	3.21
1986	3.38	3.11
1987	3.31	3.02
1988	3.23	2.98
1989	3.19	2.93
1990	3.18	2.96
1991	3.18	3
1992	3.19	3.03
1993	3.2	2.99
1994	3.23	2.93
1995	3.24	2.85
1996	3.23	2.77
1997	3.22	2.68
1998	3.18	2.57
1999	3.13	2.47
2000	3.06	2.35
2001	2.96	2.3
2002	2.84	2.27
2003	2.75	2.24
2004	2.68	2.2
2005	2.65	2.15
2006	2.66	2.09
2007	2.68	2.02
2008	2.7	1.95
2009	2.69	1.88
2010	2.68	1.8
2011	2.69	1.72
2012	2.7	1.65
2013	2.71	1.59
2014	2.7	1.54
2015	2.67	1.51
2016	2.63	1.46
2017	2.59	1.43
2018	2.55	1.4
2019	2.52	1.39
2020	2.49	1.38
2021	2.46	1.38
2022	2.44	1.37
2023	2.41	1.36

Guyana and Jamaica demographics compared

Median age

Guyana

Jamaica

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Guyana	Jamaica
1960	16.7	19.8
1961	16.6	19.5
1962	16.4	19.3
1963	16.3	19
1964	16.2	18.8
1965	16.1	18.5
1966	16.1	18.3
1967	16.2	18.1
1968	16.2	17.9
1969	16.4	17.8
1970	16.5	17.7
1971	16.6	17.7
1972	16.7	17.8
1973	16.8	17.9
1974	17	18
1975	17.2	18.2
1976	17.4	18.4
1977	17.6	18.6
1978	17.8	18.9
1979	18	19.1
1980	18.2	19.4
1981	18.4	19.6
1982	18.7	19.9
1983	19	20.1
1984	19.3	20.4
1985	19.6	20.6
1986	19.9	20.8
1987	20.2	21.1
1988	20.5	21.3
1989	20.7	21.6
1990	20.9	21.8
1991	21.1	22
1992	21.3	22.2
1993	21.4	22.3
1994	21.5	22.4
1995	21.7	22.5
1996	21.8	22.6
1997	21.9	22.7
1998	22	22.9
1999	22.1	23.1
2000	22.2	23.3
2001	22.4	23.6
2002	22.5	23.8
2003	22.7	24.1
2004	22.9	24.4
2005	23.2	24.6
2006	23.4	24.9
2007	23.6	25.3
2008	23.8	25.7
2009	24	26.1
2010	24.2	26.5
2011	24.4	27
2012	24.5	27.4
2013	24.6	27.9
2014	24.6	28.3
2015	24.7	28.8
2016	24.9	29.3
2017	25	29.8
2018	25.4	30.3
2019	25.7	30.8
2020	25.9	31.3
2021	26.1	31.7
2022	26.4	32.2
2023	26.7	32.8
2024	26.9	33.3

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