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Guyana vs Marshall Islands statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 37.5K in The Marshall Islands (ranked 192/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 69.5 sq mi for The Marshall Islands (ranked 82nd vs. 191st).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and The Marshall Islands ranks 194/197 ($280M). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while The Marshall Islands ranks 100/197 ($7,467).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Marshall Islands
Population
839919
36281
Population rank 162/197 192/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$280M
2024
GDP rank 119/197 194/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$7,467
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 100/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$8,198
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$46.8M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
15.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$1,245
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 136/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$5,868
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
69.5 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
540 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
2.92
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
21.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
67.2 years
2025

Guyana and Marshall Islands: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Marshall Islands economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Marshall Islands
Year GDP
Guyana Marshall Islands
1960 $170,216,241 -
1961 $185,849,535 -
1962 $194,949,513 -
1963 $175,757,894 -
1964 $194,774,513 -
1965 $213,235,294 -
1966 $228,705,882 -
1967 $250,176,471 -
1968 $229,750,000 -
1969 $249,300,000 -
1970 $267,800,000 $8,408,486
1971 $282,050,000 $9,116,810
1972 $285,380,952 $9,973,652
1973 $307,047,619 $11,607,366
1974 $433,954,545 $15,217,532
1975 $494,791,667 $16,691,301
1976 $454,440,000 $18,153,647
1977 $449,880,000 $20,210,069
1978 $507,080,000 $22,209,370
1979 $530,440,000 $25,545,346
1980 $603,200,000 $26,710,653
1981 $570,357,107 $31,020,000
1982 $482,000,000 $34,918,000
1983 $489,333,333 $41,749,000
1984 $437,631,605 $45,144,000
1985 $453,488,372 $43,879,000
1986 $504,651,140 $55,989,000
1987 $354,591,847 $62,983,000
1988 $413,799,990 $70,688,000
1989 $379,779,390 $72,798,000
1990 $396,582,263 $78,476,000
1991 $348,533,095 $82,507,000
1992 $373,573,141 $91,063,000
1993 $454,101,382 $99,461,000
1994 $540,874,934 $108,071,000
1995 $621,626,786 $120,230,000
1996 $705,406,001 $110,858,000
1997 $749,138,010 $109,884,700
1998 $717,530,683 $112,070,100
1999 $694,754,988 $113,352,100
2000 $712,667,897 $114,838,500
2001 $712,167,450 $122,406,100
2002 $726,131,435 $131,960,000
2003 $743,063,950 $131,128,500
2004 $787,814,379 $132,900,000
2005 $824,880,550 $138,000,000
2006 $2,379,817,991 $143,200,000
2007 $2,730,971,595 $150,500,000
2008 $3,025,187,433 $146,600,000
2009 $3,165,663,153 $151,200,000
2010 $3,432,912,517 $161,100,000
2011 $3,691,384,318 $172,300,000
2012 $4,063,088,536 $180,700,000
2013 $4,167,800,929 $186,400,000
2014 $4,127,660,152 $186,000,000
2015 $4,279,840,194 $183,700,000
2016 $4,482,697,337 $201,800,000
2017 $4,748,174,334 $213,700,000
2018 $4,787,636,998 $220,000,000
2019 $5,173,760,192 $232,900,000
2020 $5,471,256,595 $241,800,000
2021 $8,041,362,110 $258,900,000
2022 $14,718,388,489 $253,400,000
2023 $16,918,503,597 $259,300,000
2024 $24,835,899,826 $280,357,844

Guyana and Marshall Islands economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Marshall Islands
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Marshall Islands
1960 $299.1 -
1961 $319 -
1962 $327 -
1963 $288.8 -
1964 $313 -
1965 $336 -
1966 $353 -
1967 $378 -
1968 $340 -
1969 $361 -
1970 $381 $373
1971 $396 $390
1972 $395 $416
1973 $421 $472
1974 $588 $602
1975 $664 $638
1976 $604 $672
1977 $593 $724
1978 $663 $771
1979 $689 $859
1980 $779 $868
1981 $735 $969
1982 $621 $1,046
1983 $631 $1,199
1984 $565 $1,245
1985 $588 $1,162
1986 $657 $1,425
1987 $464 $1,543
1988 $545 $1,670
1989 $503 $1,670
1990 $529 $1,758
1991 $466 $1,811
1992 $498 $1,963
1993 $603 $2,112
1994 $716 $2,265
1995 $820 $2,491
1996 $928 $2,273
1997 $983 $2,231
1998 $940 $2,254
1999 $909 $2,258
2000 $932 $2,265
2001 $932 $2,394
2002 $951 $2,566
2003 $974 $2,539
2004 $1,033 $2,566
2005 $1,084 $2,659
2006 $3,136 $2,754
2007 $3,608 $2,892
2008 $4,009 $2,818
2009 $4,209 $2,907
2010 $4,582 $3,095
2011 $4,947 $3,319
2012 $5,444 $3,514
2013 $5,557 $3,678
2014 $5,473 $3,735
2015 $5,640 $3,764
2016 $5,871 $4,230
2017 $6,179 $4,593
2018 $6,048 $4,858
2019 $6,406 $5,292
2020 $6,776 $5,662
2021 $9,861 $6,259
2022 $17,913 $6,323
2023 $20,474 $6,678
2024 $29,884 $7,467

Guyana vs. Marshall Islands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Marshall Islands
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Marshall Islands
1950 49.2 52.6
1951 50.2 52.7
1952 51.3 52.7
1953 52.4 52.8
1954 53.3 52.9
1955 54.1 53
1956 55.2 53.2
1957 56.1 53.4
1958 56.4 53.6
1959 57 54
1960 57.5 54.4
1961 57.9 54.7
1962 58.3 55.2
1963 58.6 55.7
1964 59 56.3
1965 59.1 56.8
1966 59.3 57.3
1967 59.5 57.8
1968 59.7 58.2
1969 59.8 58.5
1970 60 58.8
1971 60.1 59.1
1972 60.1 59.5
1973 60.2 59.8
1974 60.3 60.1
1975 60.4 60.3
1976 60.4 60.4
1977 60.6 60.6
1978 60.6 60.7
1979 60.7 60.8
1980 60.8 61
1981 60.9 61.1
1982 61 61.3
1983 61.2 61.5
1984 61.3 61.6
1985 61.4 61.7
1986 61.5 61.8
1987 61.7 61.8
1988 61.8 61.8
1989 62.1 61.7
1990 62.3 61.8
1991 62.5 61.8
1992 62.8 61.9
1993 63 62.1
1994 63 62.3
1995 62.7 62.5
1996 62.7 62.8
1997 62.9 63
1998 63.4 63.2
1999 63.8 63.4
2000 64.1 63.3
2001 64.4 63.7
2002 64.2 63.8
2003 64.1 64
2004 64.2 64
2005 64.4 64.1
2006 64.8 64.2
2007 65.5 64.3
2008 65.7 64.3
2009 66 64.4
2010 66.2 64.5
2011 66.5 64.6
2012 66.4 64.8
2013 66.7 65
2014 67.3 65.1
2015 67.7 65.3
2016 68.1 65.5
2017 68.5 65.7
2018 68.8 65.9
2019 69.1 66
2020 67.8 65.4
2021 64.3 65.4
2022 69.9 66.7
2023 70.2 66.9
2024 70.3 67.1
2025 70.4 67.2

Guyana and Marshall Islands population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Marshall Islands
Year Population
Guyana Marshall Islands
1960 569,143 14,703
1961 582,568 15,219
1962 595,461 15,755
1963 608,537 16,302
1964 621,764 16,852
1965 635,128 17,402
1966 648,646 17,927
1967 662,311 18,655
1968 676,160 19,862
1969 690,223 21,305
1970 702,705 22,530
1971 712,662 23,366
1972 721,617 23,992
1973 730,138 24,581
1974 738,057 25,296
1975 745,393 26,154
1976 752,253 27,021
1977 758,654 27,906
1978 764,586 28,809
1979 770,062 29,738
1980 774,367 30,774
1981 776,453 32,017
1982 776,712 33,397
1983 775,891 34,811
1984 774,111 36,264
1985 771,477 37,761
1986 768,098 39,286
1987 764,120 40,828
1988 759,663 42,321
1989 754,865 43,586
1990 749,894 44,629
1991 747,861 45,568
1992 749,911 46,388
1993 752,965 47,093
1994 755,822 47,712
1995 758,388 48,266
1996 760,526 48,775
1997 762,245 49,259
1998 763,586 49,717
1999 764,483 50,202
2000 764,832 50,706
2001 764,477 51,123
2002 763,652 51,425
2003 763,101 51,639
2004 762,418 51,791
2005 760,914 51,906
2006 758,966 51,992
2007 756,861 52,035
2008 754,606 52,030
2009 752,094 52,019
2010 749,256 52,044
2011 746,153 51,907
2012 746,288 51,419
2013 750,021 50,681
2014 754,229 49,796
2015 758,781 48,800
2016 763,548 47,709
2017 768,479 46,529
2018 791,556 45,285
2019 807,665 44,007
2020 807,481 42,706
2021 815,482 41,367
2022 821,637 40,077
2023 826,353 38,827
2024 831,087 37,548

Fertility rates in Guyana and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate
Guyana

Marshall Islands
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Marshall Islands
1960 6.33 8.08
1961 6.34 8.12
1962 6.33 8.12
1963 6.31 8.12
1964 6.23 8.14
1965 6.14 8.16
1966 6.02 8.2
1967 5.89 8.17
1968 5.75 8.14
1969 5.58 8.11
1970 5.41 8.07
1971 5.26 8.04
1972 5.08 8
1973 4.87 7.95
1974 4.64 7.9
1975 4.45 7.83
1976 4.28 7.76
1977 4.12 7.67
1978 3.97 7.58
1979 3.86 7.47
1980 3.77 7.37
1981 3.72 7.27
1982 3.68 7.18
1983 3.64 7.08
1984 3.54 6.99
1985 3.47 6.87
1986 3.38 6.73
1987 3.31 6.57
1988 3.23 6.38
1989 3.19 6.18
1990 3.18 5.97
1991 3.18 5.76
1992 3.19 5.55
1993 3.2 5.38
1994 3.23 5.23
1995 3.24 5.09
1996 3.23 5.02
1997 3.22 4.96
1998 3.18 4.87
1999 3.13 4.78
2000 3.06 4.7
2001 2.96 4.58
2002 2.84 4.49
2003 2.75 4.42
2004 2.68 4.34
2005 2.65 4.28
2006 2.66 4.2
2007 2.68 4.09
2008 2.7 3.97
2009 2.69 3.83
2010 2.68 3.67
2011 2.69 3.53
2012 2.7 3.38
2013 2.71 3.25
2014 2.7 3.18
2015 2.67 3.13
2016 2.63 3.09
2017 2.59 3.06
2018 2.55 3.04
2019 2.52 3.01
2020 2.49 2.99
2021 2.46 2.96
2022 2.44 2.94
2023 2.41 2.92

Guyana and Marshall Islands demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Marshall Islands
Year Median age, years
Guyana Marshall Islands
1960 16.7 17.4
1961 16.6 17
1962 16.4 16.7
1963 16.3 16.4
1964 16.2 16.3
1965 16.1 16.3
1966 16.1 16.4
1967 16.2 16.6
1968 16.2 16.9
1969 16.4 17.2
1970 16.5 17.4
1971 16.6 17.1
1972 16.7 16.6
1973 16.8 16.2
1974 17 16
1975 17.2 15.9
1976 17.4 15.7
1977 17.6 15.5
1978 17.8 15.3
1979 18 15.1
1980 18.2 15
1981 18.4 14.9
1982 18.7 14.9
1983 19 14.9
1984 19.3 14.8
1985 19.6 14.8
1986 19.9 14.7
1987 20.2 14.7
1988 20.5 14.7
1989 20.7 14.8
1990 20.9 14.9
1991 21.1 15.2
1992 21.3 15.4
1993 21.4 15.8
1994 21.5 16.1
1995 21.7 16.5
1996 21.8 16.9
1997 21.9 17.2
1998 22 17.6
1999 22.1 17.9
2000 22.2 18.2
2001 22.4 18.5
2002 22.5 18.8
2003 22.7 19.1
2004 22.9 19.4
2005 23.2 19.7
2006 23.4 19.9
2007 23.6 20.2
2008 23.8 20.4
2009 24 20.5
2010 24.2 20.6
2011 24.4 20.6
2012 24.5 20.8
2013 24.6 21
2014 24.6 21.3
2015 24.7 21.6
2016 24.9 21.9
2017 25 22.2
2018 25.4 22.4
2019 25.7 22.6
2020 25.9 22.6
2021 26.1 22.5
2022 26.4 22.2
2023 26.7 21.9
2024 26.9 21.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Marshall Islands
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$315M
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
71.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
7.7%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
+0.51%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
9.82%
2021
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
70.5%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
11.1%
2023
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
58
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
27.5%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2.8%
2019
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$34.5M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
6,099
2019
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
15.6%
2018

Energy

Guyana Marshall Islands
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
615 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$5.38
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
0 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
0 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
12.2%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
2.43%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guyana Marshall Islands
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.0005%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
-1,765
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
5.42 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.08 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
46.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
64
2025
Higher education index
26
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
4.01
1994
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
5.7
2013
Visa free countries
98
2025
126
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
95.8%
2021
English speaking
90.5%
2023
98.3%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
65.7%
2023

Health

Guyana Marshall Islands
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$758
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$9.1
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
67.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
60.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
0.46
2012
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
20.7 years
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
155
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
28.2
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
47.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
25.7%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
100
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
29.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Guyana Marshall Islands
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.0001%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
1,851 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
27 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
36.3 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
1,260 mi
2007

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