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Guyana vs Malaysia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 82nd vs. 65th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Malaysia
Population
839919
36304998
Population rank 162/197 45/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$422B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 39/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$11,867
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 81/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$38,729
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$297B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
70.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$8,353
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 63/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$9,650
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
126,854 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
280.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
1.55
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
31.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
77 years
2025

Guyana and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Malaysia economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Malaysia
Year GDP
Guyana Malaysia
1960 $170,216,241 $1,916,229,477
1961 $185,849,535 $1,901,856,123
1962 $194,949,513 $2,001,489,602
1963 $175,757,894 $2,510,110,348
1964 $194,774,513 $2,674,423,922
1965 $213,235,294 $2,956,337,669
1966 $228,705,882 $3,143,517,944
1967 $250,176,471 $3,188,924,677
1968 $229,750,000 $3,330,371,551
1969 $249,300,000 $3,664,552,041
1970 $267,800,000 $3,864,145,667
1971 $282,050,000 $4,244,395,956
1972 $285,380,952 $5,043,347,250
1973 $307,047,619 $7,662,902,678
1974 $433,954,545 $9,496,204,302
1975 $494,791,667 $9,298,800,799
1976 $454,440,000 $11,050,234,599
1977 $449,880,000 $13,139,488,633
1978 $507,080,000 $16,358,079,862
1979 $530,440,000 $21,213,264,962
1980 $603,200,000 $24,488,224,677
1981 $570,357,107 $25,004,285,792
1982 $482,000,000 $26,804,493,635
1983 $489,333,333 $30,347,442,111
1984 $437,631,605 $33,942,897,422
1985 $453,488,372 $31,199,633,353
1986 $504,651,140 $27,734,111,400
1987 $354,591,847 $32,181,210,158
1988 $413,799,990 $35,272,109,220
1989 $379,779,390 $38,847,965,293
1990 $396,582,263 $44,024,585,240
1991 $348,533,095 $49,143,148,094
1992 $373,573,141 $59,167,550,163
1993 $454,101,382 $66,894,966,969
1994 $540,874,934 $74,478,356,958
1995 $621,626,786 $88,705,342,903
1996 $705,406,001 $100,855,393,910
1997 $749,138,010 $100,005,323,302
1998 $717,530,683 $72,167,498,981
1999 $694,754,988 $79,148,421,053
2000 $712,667,897 $93,789,736,842
2001 $712,167,450 $92,783,947,368
2002 $726,131,435 $100,845,526,316
2003 $743,063,950 $110,202,368,421
2004 $787,814,379 $124,749,473,684
2005 $824,880,550 $143,534,405,819
2006 $2,379,817,991 $162,692,258,307
2007 $2,730,971,595 $193,549,569,478
2008 $3,025,187,433 $230,811,614,370
2009 $3,165,663,153 $202,257,453,037
2010 $3,432,912,517 $255,017,638,456
2011 $3,691,384,318 $297,951,668,675
2012 $4,063,088,536 $314,443,047,642
2013 $4,167,800,929 $323,276,235,524
2014 $4,127,660,152 $338,066,095,097
2015 $4,279,840,194 $301,355,266,965
2016 $4,482,697,337 $301,256,033,870
2017 $4,748,174,334 $319,109,094,160
2018 $4,787,636,998 $358,788,845,713
2019 $5,173,760,192 $365,177,721,022
2020 $5,471,256,595 $337,456,163,961
2021 $8,041,362,110 $373,784,823,673
2022 $14,718,388,489 $407,605,841,348
2023 $16,918,503,597 $399,705,137,434
2024 $24,835,899,826 $421,972,102,254

Guyana and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Malaysia
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Malaysia
1960 $299.1 $240.8
1961 $319 $232.9
1962 $327 $238.8
1963 $288.8 $291.8
1964 $313 $303
1965 $336 $326
1966 $353 $339
1967 $378 $335
1968 $340 $342
1969 $361 $368
1970 $381 $380
1971 $396 $407
1972 $395 $472
1973 $421 $701
1974 $588 $848
1975 $664 $811
1976 $604 $940
1977 $593 $1,092
1978 $663 $1,327
1979 $689 $1,680
1980 $779 $1,886
1981 $735 $1,866
1982 $621 $1,938
1983 $631 $2,124
1984 $565 $2,300
1985 $588 $2,046
1986 $657 $1,760
1987 $464 $1,977
1988 $545 $2,100
1989 $503 $2,244
1990 $529 $2,469
1991 $466 $2,679
1992 $498 $3,141
1993 $603 $3,462
1994 $716 $3,758
1995 $820 $4,363
1996 $928 $4,837
1997 $983 $4,679
1998 $940 $3,294
1999 $909 $3,528
2000 $932 $4,084
2001 $932 $3,944
2002 $951 $4,184
2003 $974 $4,465
2004 $1,033 $4,939
2005 $1,084 $5,556
2006 $3,136 $6,158
2007 $3,608 $7,169
2008 $4,009 $8,372
2009 $4,209 $7,191
2010 $4,582 $8,899
2011 $4,947 $10,217
2012 $5,444 $10,601
2013 $5,557 $10,714
2014 $5,473 $11,013
2015 $5,640 $9,649
2016 $5,871 $9,477
2017 $6,179 $9,863
2018 $6,048 $10,902
2019 $6,406 $10,920
2020 $6,776 $9,958
2021 $9,861 $10,903
2022 $17,913 $11,748
2023 $20,474 $11,379
2024 $29,884 $11,867

Guyana vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Malaysia
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Malaysia
1950 49.2 48.5
1951 50.2 49.2
1952 51.3 50.1
1953 52.4 51.1
1954 53.3 52
1955 54.1 52.8
1956 55.2 53.7
1957 56.1 54.5
1958 56.4 55.4
1959 57 56.3
1960 57.5 57.2
1961 57.9 58
1962 58.3 58.9
1963 58.6 59.7
1964 59 60.4
1965 59.1 61.1
1966 59.3 61.7
1967 59.5 62
1968 59.7 62.4
1969 59.8 62.9
1970 60 63.3
1971 60.1 63.8
1972 60.1 64.2
1973 60.2 64.7
1974 60.3 65.2
1975 60.4 65.7
1976 60.4 66.2
1977 60.6 66.7
1978 60.6 67.2
1979 60.7 67.6
1980 60.8 68.1
1981 60.9 68.5
1982 61 68.9
1983 61.2 69.2
1984 61.3 69.6
1985 61.4 69.9
1986 61.5 70.1
1987 61.7 70.4
1988 61.8 70.6
1989 62.1 70.8
1990 62.3 71
1991 62.5 71.2
1992 62.8 71.5
1993 63 71.7
1994 63 71.9
1995 62.7 72
1996 62.7 72.1
1997 62.9 72.3
1998 63.4 72.4
1999 63.8 72.4
2000 64.1 72.7
2001 64.4 73.1
2002 64.2 73.5
2003 64.1 73.7
2004 64.2 74
2005 64.4 74.4
2006 64.8 74.7
2007 65.5 75
2008 65.7 75.2
2009 66 75.3
2010 66.2 75.4
2011 66.5 75.5
2012 66.4 75.6
2013 66.7 75.5
2014 67.3 75.3
2015 67.7 75.3
2016 68.1 75.4
2017 68.5 75.5
2018 68.8 75.7
2019 69.1 75.9
2020 67.8 76.1
2021 64.3 73.9
2022 69.9 75.4
2023 70.2 76.7
2024 70.3 76.8
2025 70.4 77

Guyana and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Malaysia
Year Population
Guyana Malaysia
1960 569,143 7,956,197
1961 582,568 8,164,443
1962 595,461 8,380,172
1963 608,537 8,602,160
1964 621,764 8,828,406
1965 635,128 9,056,408
1966 648,646 9,284,688
1967 662,311 9,507,099
1968 676,160 9,725,281
1969 690,223 9,947,597
1970 702,705 10,178,802
1971 712,662 10,423,453
1972 721,617 10,676,835
1973 730,138 10,935,621
1974 738,057 11,200,906
1975 745,393 11,471,914
1976 752,253 11,750,097
1977 758,654 12,035,713
1978 764,586 12,328,157
1979 770,062 12,627,862
1980 774,367 12,983,363
1981 776,453 13,399,203
1982 776,712 13,832,798
1983 775,891 14,285,907
1984 774,111 14,759,009
1985 771,477 15,252,258
1986 768,098 15,760,419
1987 764,120 16,276,737
1988 759,663 16,796,605
1989 754,865 17,314,997
1990 749,894 17,833,171
1991 747,861 18,342,464
1992 749,911 18,834,572
1993 752,965 19,322,664
1994 755,822 19,820,446
1995 758,388 20,330,599
1996 760,526 20,850,087
1997 762,245 21,375,218
1998 763,586 21,906,713
1999 764,483 22,435,531
2000 764,832 22,967,816
2001 764,477 23,526,538
2002 763,652 24,102,477
2003 763,101 24,679,602
2004 762,418 25,256,772
2005 760,914 25,836,071
2006 758,966 26,417,909
2007 756,861 26,998,389
2008 754,606 27,570,059
2009 752,094 28,124,778
2010 749,256 28,655,776
2011 746,153 29,162,039
2012 746,288 29,662,831
2013 750,021 30,174,265
2014 754,229 30,696,137
2015 758,781 31,232,798
2016 763,548 31,789,685
2017 768,479 32,355,644
2018 791,556 32,910,967
2019 807,665 33,440,596
2020 807,481 33,889,558
2021 815,482 34,282,399
2022 821,637 34,695,493
2023 826,353 35,126,298
2024 831,087 35,557,673

Fertility rates in Guyana and Malaysia

Fertility rate
Guyana

Malaysia
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Malaysia
1960 6.33 6.41
1961 6.34 6.37
1962 6.33 6.3
1963 6.31 6.19
1964 6.23 6.03
1965 6.14 5.84
1966 6.02 5.64
1967 5.89 5.43
1968 5.75 5.29
1969 5.58 5.16
1970 5.41 5.04
1971 5.26 4.92
1972 5.08 4.82
1973 4.87 4.73
1974 4.64 4.62
1975 4.45 4.5
1976 4.28 4.4
1977 4.12 4.28
1978 3.97 4.18
1979 3.86 4.09
1980 3.77 4.04
1981 3.72 4
1982 3.68 3.97
1983 3.64 3.93
1984 3.54 3.89
1985 3.47 3.8
1986 3.38 3.7
1987 3.31 3.57
1988 3.23 3.5
1989 3.19 3.31
1990 3.18 3.3
1991 3.18 3.34
1992 3.19 3.37
1993 3.2 3.36
1994 3.23 3.35
1995 3.24 3.32
1996 3.23 3.3
1997 3.22 3.23
1998 3.18 3.12
1999 3.13 3.07
2000 3.06 2.94
2001 2.96 2.81
2002 2.84 2.66
2003 2.75 2.6
2004 2.68 2.49
2005 2.65 2.39
2006 2.66 2.31
2007 2.68 2.25
2008 2.7 2.26
2009 2.69 2.22
2010 2.68 2.14
2011 2.69 2.15
2012 2.7 2.12
2013 2.71 2.07
2014 2.7 2.06
2015 2.67 2.01
2016 2.63 1.94
2017 2.59 1.89
2018 2.55 1.84
2019 2.52 1.78
2020 2.49 1.68
2021 2.46 1.56
2022 2.44 1.55
2023 2.41 1.55

Guyana and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Malaysia
Year Median age, years
Guyana Malaysia
1960 16.7 17.5
1961 16.6 17.3
1962 16.4 17.1
1963 16.3 17
1964 16.2 16.9
1965 16.1 16.8
1966 16.1 16.9
1967 16.2 17
1968 16.2 17.1
1969 16.4 17.3
1970 16.5 17.4
1971 16.6 17.6
1972 16.7 17.9
1973 16.8 18.1
1974 17 18.3
1975 17.2 18.6
1976 17.4 18.8
1977 17.6 19
1978 17.8 19.3
1979 18 19.5
1980 18.2 19.7
1981 18.4 19.9
1982 18.7 20.1
1983 19 20.4
1984 19.3 20.5
1985 19.6 20.7
1986 19.9 20.9
1987 20.2 21
1988 20.5 21.1
1989 20.7 21.3
1990 20.9 21.5
1991 21.1 21.7
1992 21.3 21.9
1993 21.4 22.1
1994 21.5 22.3
1995 21.7 22.5
1996 21.8 22.7
1997 21.9 22.9
1998 22 23.1
1999 22.1 23.4
2000 22.2 23.5
2001 22.4 23.6
2002 22.5 23.7
2003 22.7 23.9
2004 22.9 24
2005 23.2 24.2
2006 23.4 24.5
2007 23.6 24.8
2008 23.8 25.1
2009 24 25.6
2010 24.2 26
2011 24.4 26.4
2012 24.5 26.8
2013 24.6 27.1
2014 24.6 27.5
2015 24.7 27.8
2016 24.9 28.1
2017 25 28.5
2018 25.4 28.8
2019 25.7 29.2
2020 25.9 29.6
2021 26.1 30.1
2022 26.4 30.6
2023 26.7 31.1
2024 26.9 31.5

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Finance

Guyana Malaysia
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$415B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
23.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
3.51%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
0.93%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
136,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-3.36%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
3.93%
2022
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
53.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
37.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
30.9%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2.3%
2021
Number of billionaires n/a
19
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00008%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
1,031
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$449B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$116B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$1.61B
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
4,333,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
1.63%
2020
Banked people share n/a
88.7%
2024

Energy

Guyana Malaysia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
2,867 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$12
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
283.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
8.07 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
96%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
7.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
2.88%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-0.58%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
4,986 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
17%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
16.6%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guyana Malaysia
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.44%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+174,770
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
79.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.55 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
62.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
50
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
76
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
0.72
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
22.5
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
170
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
95.8%
2022
English speaking
90.5%
2023
57.3%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
98%
2024

Health

Guyana Malaysia
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$458
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$173.5
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
77 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
0.004%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
2.32
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
26
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
8.1
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
22.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
21.1%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
41
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
22%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
0.74 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Malaysia
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.22%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
3,568 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
33,093 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
73,219 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
173,898 mi
2022

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