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Guyana vs Libya statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 7.38M in Libya (ranked 105/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 679,362 sq mi for Libya (ranked 82nd vs. 16th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Libya
Population
839919
7523849
Population rank 162/197 105/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$46.6B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 96/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$6,318
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 110/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$13,954
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 67/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$3,735
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
679,362 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
10.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
2.36
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
28.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Guyana and Libya: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Libya economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Libya
Year GDP
Guyana Libya
1960 $170,216,241 $401,644,249
1961 $185,849,535 $443,905,612
1962 $194,949,513 $619,725,785
1963 $175,757,894 $892,327,911
1964 $194,774,513 $1,341,395,421
1965 $213,235,294 $1,804,979,680
1966 $228,705,882 $2,312,438,536
1967 $250,176,471 $2,726,986,913
1968 $229,750,000 $3,850,623,095
1969 $249,300,000 $4,380,987,481
1970 $267,800,000 $4,601,649,451
1971 $282,050,000 $5,260,185,125
1972 $285,380,952 $6,299,395,544
1973 $307,047,619 $8,625,889,430
1974 $433,954,545 $15,112,543,717
1975 $494,791,667 $14,710,912,458
1976 $454,440,000 $19,096,943,017
1977 $449,880,000 $22,428,297,108
1978 $507,080,000 $22,136,422,643
1979 $530,440,000 $30,536,429,497
1980 $603,200,000 $40,953,924,949
1981 $570,357,107 $36,374,353,880
1982 $482,000,000 $33,760,146,991
1983 $489,333,333 $33,200,520,140
1984 $437,631,605 $29,476,109,153
1985 $453,488,372 $31,530,566,324
1986 $504,651,140 $24,180,400,959
1987 $354,591,847 $26,697,659,335
1988 $413,799,990 $24,308,959,591
1989 $379,779,390 $25,156,707,899
1990 $396,582,263 $28,904,183,602
1991 $348,533,095 $31,991,821,265
1992 $373,573,141 $33,887,047,909
1993 $454,101,382 $30,660,051,911
1994 $540,874,934 $28,610,549,763
1995 $621,626,786 $25,541,379,187
1996 $705,406,001 $27,884,615,385
1997 $749,138,010 $30,700,897,875
1998 $717,530,683 $27,251,301,398
1999 $694,754,988 $35,975,860,857
2000 $712,667,897 $38,270,954,138
2001 $712,167,450 $34,112,093,927
2002 $726,131,435 $20,481,889,764
2003 $743,063,950 $26,265,625,000
2004 $787,814,379 $33,122,307,692
2005 $824,880,550 $47,334,691,241
2006 $2,379,817,991 $60,094,231,607
2007 $2,730,971,595 $68,032,978,391
2008 $3,025,187,433 $86,710,767,415
2009 $3,165,663,153 $60,808,562,033
2010 $3,432,912,517 $75,380,825,062
2011 $3,691,384,318 $48,169,263,294
2012 $4,063,088,536 $92,540,938,129
2013 $4,167,800,929 $75,351,107,029
2014 $4,127,660,152 $57,372,355,592
2015 $4,279,840,194 $48,717,501,321
2016 $4,482,697,337 $49,912,073,701
2017 $4,748,174,334 $67,157,452,182
2018 $4,787,636,998 $76,686,029,772
2019 $5,173,760,192 $69,254,496,472
2020 $5,471,256,595 $46,854,285,441
2021 $8,041,362,110 $35,217,995,647
2022 $14,718,388,489 $43,246,297,922
2023 $16,918,503,597 $45,096,462,972
2024 $24,835,899,826 $46,636,278,902

Guyana and Libya economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Libya
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Libya
1960 $299.1 $269
1961 $319 $285.3
1962 $327 $382
1963 $288.8 $528
1964 $313 $765
1965 $336 $1,001
1966 $353 $1,251
1967 $378 $1,437
1968 $340 $1,972
1969 $361 $2,175
1970 $381 $2,210
1971 $396 $2,443
1972 $395 $2,830
1973 $421 $3,727
1974 $588 $6,214
1975 $664 $5,721
1976 $604 $7,018
1977 $593 $7,783
1978 $663 $7,252
1979 $689 $9,443
1980 $779 $11,960
1981 $735 $10,044
1982 $621 $9,064
1983 $631 $8,927
1984 $565 $7,811
1985 $588 $8,087
1986 $657 $6,019
1987 $464 $6,465
1988 $545 $5,736
1989 $503 $5,793
1990 $529 $6,502
1991 $466 $7,040
1992 $498 $7,303
1993 $603 $6,478
1994 $716 $5,933
1995 $820 $5,205
1996 $928 $5,591
1997 $983 $6,062
1998 $940 $5,301
1999 $909 $6,895
2000 $932 $7,214
2001 $932 $6,313
2002 $951 $3,718
2003 $974 $4,674
2004 $1,033 $5,774
2005 $1,084 $8,079
2006 $3,136 $10,049
2007 $3,608 $11,145
2008 $4,009 $13,906
2009 $4,209 $9,551
2010 $4,582 $11,601
2011 $4,947 $7,594
2012 $5,444 $14,976
2013 $5,557 $11,952
2014 $5,473 $8,926
2015 $5,640 $7,458
2016 $5,871 $7,526
2017 $6,179 $9,966
2018 $6,048 $11,197
2019 $6,406 $9,963
2020 $6,776 $6,650
2021 $9,861 $4,936
2022 $17,913 $5,987
2023 $20,474 $6,173
2024 $29,884 $6,318

Guyana vs. Libya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Libya
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Libya
1950 49.2 33.1
1951 50.2 33.5
1952 51.3 33.8
1953 52.4 34.2
1954 53.3 34.7
1955 54.1 35.2
1956 55.2 36
1957 56.1 36.9
1958 56.4 38
1959 57 39.3
1960 57.5 40.8
1961 57.9 42.4
1962 58.3 44.1
1963 58.6 45.6
1964 59 47.7
1965 59.1 49.3
1966 59.3 50.9
1967 59.5 52.5
1968 59.7 53.8
1969 59.8 55.2
1970 60 56.4
1971 60.1 57.6
1972 60.1 58.7
1973 60.2 59.7
1974 60.3 60.7
1975 60.4 61.6
1976 60.4 62.4
1977 60.6 63.1
1978 60.6 63.8
1979 60.7 64.3
1980 60.8 64.8
1981 60.9 65.3
1982 61 65.8
1983 61.2 66.3
1984 61.3 66.7
1985 61.4 67.3
1986 61.5 67.8
1987 61.7 68.3
1988 61.8 68.6
1989 62.1 69
1990 62.3 69.3
1991 62.5 69.6
1992 62.8 70
1993 63 70.2
1994 63 70.5
1995 62.7 70.6
1996 62.7 70.7
1997 62.9 70.7
1998 63.4 70.7
1999 63.8 70.6
2000 64.1 70.5
2001 64.4 70.7
2002 64.2 70.8
2003 64.1 71
2004 64.2 71.2
2005 64.4 71.4
2006 64.8 71.6
2007 65.5 71.8
2008 65.7 71.9
2009 66 72.1
2010 66.2 72.2
2011 66.5 69.9
2012 66.4 72.2
2013 66.7 72.3
2014 67.3 71.3
2015 67.7 71.6
2016 68.1 71.8
2017 68.5 72.7
2018 68.8 73.2
2019 69.1 72.9
2020 67.8 72.4
2021 64.3 72.1
2022 69.9 74.5
2023 70.2 69.3
2024 70.3 71.1
2025 70.4 73.2

Guyana and Libya population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Libya
Year Population
Guyana Libya
1960 569,143 1,492,890
1961 582,568 1,555,699
1962 595,461 1,621,960
1963 608,537 1,690,457
1964 621,764 1,753,691
1965 635,128 1,804,015
1966 648,646 1,849,063
1967 662,311 1,898,199
1968 676,160 1,952,781
1969 690,223 2,014,293
1970 702,705 2,082,589
1971 712,662 2,153,534
1972 721,617 2,226,091
1973 730,138 2,314,193
1974 738,057 2,432,211
1975 745,393 2,571,556
1976 752,253 2,721,237
1977 758,654 2,881,533
1978 764,586 3,052,526
1979 770,062 3,233,846
1980 774,367 3,424,378
1981 776,453 3,621,486
1982 776,712 3,724,765
1983 775,891 3,718,961
1984 774,111 3,773,633
1985 771,477 3,898,745
1986 768,098 4,017,403
1987 764,120 4,129,739
1988 759,663 4,237,755
1989 754,865 4,342,920
1990 749,894 4,445,239
1991 747,861 4,544,400
1992 749,911 4,640,352
1993 752,965 4,733,045
1994 755,822 4,822,037
1995 758,388 4,906,843
1996 760,526 4,987,393
1997 762,245 5,064,639
1998 763,586 5,140,704
1999 764,483 5,218,038
2000 764,832 5,305,021
2001 764,477 5,403,639
2002 763,652 5,508,410
2003 763,101 5,619,398
2004 762,418 5,736,693
2005 760,914 5,858,798
2006 758,966 5,980,211
2007 756,861 6,104,380
2008 754,606 6,235,430
2009 752,094 6,366,686
2010 749,256 6,497,839
2011 746,153 6,343,203
2012 746,288 6,179,328
2013 750,021 6,304,628
2014 754,229 6,427,252
2015 758,781 6,531,819
2016 763,548 6,632,126
2017 768,479 6,738,770
2018 791,556 6,849,055
2019 807,665 6,951,033
2020 807,481 7,045,399
2021 815,482 7,135,175
2022 821,637 7,223,805
2023 826,353 7,305,659
2024 831,087 7,381,023

Fertility rates in Guyana and Libya

Fertility rate
Guyana

Libya
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Libya
1960 6.33 7.51
1961 6.34 7.56
1962 6.33 7.61
1963 6.31 7.69
1964 6.23 7.75
1965 6.14 7.82
1966 6.02 7.89
1967 5.89 7.93
1968 5.75 7.97
1969 5.58 8.01
1970 5.41 8.05
1971 5.26 8.1
1972 5.08 8.07
1973 4.87 8.05
1974 4.64 8.02
1975 4.45 7.98
1976 4.28 7.93
1977 4.12 7.87
1978 3.97 7.79
1979 3.86 7.68
1980 3.77 7.54
1981 3.72 7.37
1982 3.68 7.16
1983 3.64 6.91
1984 3.54 6.62
1985 3.47 6.33
1986 3.38 6.02
1987 3.31 5.72
1988 3.23 5.41
1989 3.19 5.09
1990 3.18 4.78
1991 3.18 4.46
1992 3.19 4.16
1993 3.2 3.88
1994 3.23 3.65
1995 3.24 3.44
1996 3.23 3.26
1997 3.22 3.13
1998 3.18 3.04
1999 3.13 2.97
2000 3.06 2.91
2001 2.96 2.87
2002 2.84 2.83
2003 2.75 2.8
2004 2.68 2.77
2005 2.65 2.77
2006 2.66 2.7
2007 2.68 2.65
2008 2.7 2.6
2009 2.69 2.56
2010 2.68 2.6
2011 2.69 2.65
2012 2.7 2.68
2013 2.71 2.72
2014 2.7 2.75
2015 2.67 2.71
2016 2.63 2.67
2017 2.59 2.63
2018 2.55 2.58
2019 2.52 2.54
2020 2.49 2.51
2021 2.46 2.46
2022 2.44 2.4
2023 2.41 2.36

Guyana and Libya demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Libya
Year Median age, years
Guyana Libya
1960 16.7 18.5
1961 16.6 18.2
1962 16.4 17.9
1963 16.3 17.5
1964 16.2 17.2
1965 16.1 16.7
1966 16.1 15.9
1967 16.2 15.3
1968 16.2 14.9
1969 16.4 14.7
1970 16.5 14.7
1971 16.6 14.7
1972 16.7 14.7
1973 16.8 14.9
1974 17 15.3
1975 17.2 15.5
1976 17.4 15.6
1977 17.6 15.8
1978 17.8 15.9
1979 18 15.9
1980 18.2 16
1981 18.4 16.1
1982 18.7 16.3
1983 19 16.5
1984 19.3 16.8
1985 19.6 17.1
1986 19.9 17.3
1987 20.2 17.6
1988 20.5 17.9
1989 20.7 18.2
1990 20.9 18.6
1991 21.1 18.9
1992 21.3 19.3
1993 21.4 19.7
1994 21.5 20.1
1995 21.7 20.6
1996 21.8 21.1
1997 21.9 21.5
1998 22 22
1999 22.1 22.4
2000 22.2 22.7
2001 22.4 22.9
2002 22.5 23.1
2003 22.7 23.2
2004 22.9 23.4
2005 23.2 23.6
2006 23.4 23.8
2007 23.6 24.2
2008 23.8 24.6
2009 24 25
2010 24.2 25.3
2011 24.4 25.5
2012 24.5 25.7
2013 24.6 25.9
2014 24.6 26.2
2015 24.7 26.4
2016 24.9 26.6
2017 25 26.8
2018 25.4 27
2019 25.7 27.2
2020 25.9 27.5
2021 26.1 27.7
2022 26.4 28
2023 26.7 28.2
2024 26.9 28.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Libya
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$46.6B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
65.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
2.26%
1999
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
15.5%
2014
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
+0.21%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
30%
2004
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
34.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
68.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
35.9
2012
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$92.9B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
760,000
2008
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
0.34%
2010
Banked people share n/a
33.1%
2024

Energy

Guyana Libya
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
2,539 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$4.83
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
61.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
8.39 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
96.3%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
3.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-249.7%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,979 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
0.02%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
73.2%
2023

Society

Guyana Libya
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.09%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+3,448
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
81.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
30.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
13
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
27
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
2.5
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
21.3
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
52
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
76.5%
1994
English speaking
90.5%
2023
2%
2025
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
88.5%
2023

Health

Guyana Libya
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$278.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$84.8
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
1.82%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
2.16
2017
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
59
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
30.8
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
37.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
15.8%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
70
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
0.01 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Libya
% of world land
0.14%
2025
1.18%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
92,042 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
59,267 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
838 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
22,991 mi
2010

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