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Guyana vs Nigeria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 82nd vs. 30th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Nigeria
Population
839919
241467099
Population rank 162/197 6/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$188B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 58/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$807
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 186/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$6,440
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$99.3B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
52.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$427
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 170/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$1,020
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
351,650 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
662 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
4.48
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
19 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
54.8 years
2025

Guyana and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Nigeria economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Nigeria
Year GDP
Guyana Nigeria
1960 $170,216,241 $4,196,174,502
1961 $185,849,535 $4,467,287,893
1962 $194,949,513 $4,909,399,176
1963 $175,757,894 $5,165,590,254
1964 $194,774,513 $5,552,931,319
1965 $213,235,294 $5,874,537,650
1966 $228,705,882 $6,366,917,453
1967 $250,176,471 $5,203,237,919
1968 $229,750,000 $5,200,997,920
1969 $249,300,000 $6,634,317,346
1970 $267,800,000 $12,546,094,982
1971 $282,050,000 $9,181,769,912
1972 $285,380,952 $12,274,416,018
1973 $307,047,619 $15,162,871,287
1974 $433,954,545 $24,846,641,318
1975 $494,791,667 $27,778,934,625
1976 $454,440,000 $36,308,883,249
1977 $449,880,000 $36,035,407,725
1978 $507,080,000 $36,527,862,209
1979 $530,440,000 $47,259,911,894
1980 $603,200,000 $64,201,788,123
1981 $570,357,107 $164,475,209,516
1982 $482,000,000 $142,769,363,314
1983 $489,333,333 $97,094,911,792
1984 $437,631,605 $73,484,359,521
1985 $453,488,372 $73,745,821,158
1986 $504,651,140 $54,805,852,581
1987 $354,591,847 $52,676,041,931
1988 $413,799,990 $49,648,470,440
1989 $379,779,390 $44,003,061,108
1990 $396,582,263 $54,035,795,388
1991 $348,533,095 $59,526,833,412
1992 $373,573,141 $52,058,181,854
1993 $454,101,382 $56,721,051,402
1994 $540,874,934 $80,399,613,064
1995 $621,626,786 $140,919,776,986
1996 $705,406,001 $185,730,236,700
1997 $749,138,010 $200,850,397,618
1998 $717,530,683 $218,416,200,673
1999 $694,754,988 $59,145,077,039
2000 $712,667,897 $69,171,451,627
2001 $712,167,450 $73,557,840,064
2002 $726,131,435 $95,054,059,303
2003 $743,063,950 $104,738,954,264
2004 $787,814,379 $135,764,731,646
2005 $824,880,550 $175,670,569,969
2006 $2,379,817,991 $238,454,997,161
2007 $2,730,971,595 $278,260,846,800
2008 $3,025,187,433 $339,476,276,258
2009 $3,165,663,153 $295,008,835,381
2010 $3,432,912,517 $366,990,417,129
2011 $3,691,384,318 $414,466,676,831
2012 $4,063,088,536 $463,971,018,239
2013 $4,167,800,929 $520,117,180,314
2014 $4,127,660,152 $574,183,763,412
2015 $4,279,840,194 $493,026,682,801
2016 $4,482,697,337 $404,649,125,252
2017 $4,748,174,334 $375,745,731,053
2018 $4,787,636,998 $421,739,251,509
2019 $5,173,760,192 $474,517,490,844
2020 $5,471,256,595 $432,198,898,468
2021 $8,041,362,110 $440,833,635,874
2022 $14,718,388,489 $477,403,400,101
2023 $16,918,503,597 $363,846,332,835
2024 $24,835,899,826 $187,759,703,100

Guyana and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Nigeria
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Nigeria
1960 $299.1 $93.1
1961 $319 $97.1
1962 $327 $104.5
1963 $288.8 $107.7
1964 $313 $113.3
1965 $336 $117.3
1966 $353 $124.4
1967 $378 $99.5
1968 $340 $97.3
1969 $361 $121.4
1970 $381 $224.5
1971 $396 $160.5
1972 $395 $209.5
1973 $421 $252.4
1974 $588 $403
1975 $664 $438
1976 $604 $556
1977 $593 $536
1978 $663 $527
1979 $689 $661
1980 $779 $870
1981 $735 $2,162
1982 $621 $1,822
1983 $631 $1,207
1984 $565 $890
1985 $588 $869
1986 $657 $628
1987 $464 $588
1988 $545 $540
1989 $503 $465
1990 $529 $556
1991 $466 $597
1992 $498 $509
1993 $603 $540
1994 $716 $745
1995 $820 $1,272
1996 $928 $1,633
1997 $983 $1,720
1998 $940 $1,822
1999 $909 $481
2000 $932 $547
2001 $932 $566
2002 $951 $712
2003 $974 $763
2004 $1,033 $962
2005 $1,084 $1,211
2006 $3,136 $1,600
2007 $3,608 $1,816
2008 $4,009 $2,154
2009 $4,209 $1,820
2010 $4,582 $2,202
2011 $4,947 $2,418
2012 $5,444 $2,633
2013 $5,557 $2,873
2014 $5,473 $3,089
2015 $5,640 $2,586
2016 $5,871 $2,070
2017 $6,179 $1,876
2018 $6,048 $2,058
2019 $6,406 $2,265
2020 $6,776 $2,020
2021 $9,861 $2,017
2022 $17,913 $2,139
2023 $20,474 $1,597
2024 $29,884 $807

Guyana vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Nigeria
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Nigeria
1950 49.2 35.5
1951 50.2 35.7
1952 51.3 35.9
1953 52.4 36
1954 53.3 36.2
1955 54.1 36.3
1956 55.2 36.5
1957 56.1 36.6
1958 56.4 36.8
1959 57 37
1960 57.5 37.2
1961 57.9 37.4
1962 58.3 37.6
1963 58.6 37.8
1964 59 38
1965 59.1 38.2
1966 59.3 38.4
1967 59.5 37.5
1968 59.7 38.6
1969 59.8 38.9
1970 60 40
1971 60.1 40.6
1972 60.1 41.3
1973 60.2 41.8
1974 60.3 42.5
1975 60.4 43.1
1976 60.4 44.2
1977 60.6 44.8
1978 60.6 45.3
1979 60.7 45.7
1980 60.8 46
1981 60.9 46.3
1982 61 46.4
1983 61.2 46.4
1984 61.3 46.3
1985 61.4 46.2
1986 61.5 46
1987 61.7 45.9
1988 61.8 45.8
1989 62.1 45.8
1990 62.3 45.7
1991 62.5 45.5
1992 62.8 45.6
1993 63 45.8
1994 63 45.7
1995 62.7 45.9
1996 62.7 45.8
1997 62.9 46
1998 63.4 46.1
1999 63.8 46.6
2000 64.1 47.1
2001 64.4 47.5
2002 64.2 48
2003 64.1 48.6
2004 64.2 49.1
2005 64.4 49.5
2006 64.8 49.9
2007 65.5 50.4
2008 65.7 50.7
2009 66 51.1
2010 66.2 51.3
2011 66.5 51.5
2012 66.4 51.7
2013 66.7 51.8
2014 67.3 51.9
2015 67.7 51.9
2016 68.1 52.2
2017 68.5 52.4
2018 68.8 52.7
2019 69.1 53
2020 67.8 53.1
2021 64.3 53.5
2022 69.9 54.1
2023 70.2 54.5
2024 70.3 54.6
2025 70.4 54.8

Guyana and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Nigeria
Year Population
Guyana Nigeria
1960 569,143 45,053,782
1961 582,568 45,989,310
1962 595,461 46,965,292
1963 608,537 47,973,575
1964 621,764 49,012,016
1965 635,128 50,086,764
1966 648,646 51,188,234
1967 662,311 52,293,065
1968 676,160 53,432,783
1969 690,223 54,631,914
1970 702,705 55,893,838
1971 712,662 57,214,684
1972 721,617 58,601,748
1973 730,138 60,082,139
1974 738,057 61,679,144
1975 745,393 63,410,815
1976 752,253 65,258,009
1977 758,654 67,234,590
1978 764,586 69,326,532
1979 770,062 71,498,242
1980 774,367 73,764,641
1981 776,453 76,068,103
1982 776,712 78,378,701
1983 775,891 80,438,260
1984 774,111 82,526,443
1985 771,477 84,897,973
1986 768,098 87,235,953
1987 764,120 89,591,716
1988 759,663 92,020,090
1989 754,865 94,531,014
1990 749,894 97,120,925
1991 747,861 99,720,162
1992 749,911 102,372,770
1993 752,965 105,122,069
1994 755,822 107,935,714
1995 758,388 110,819,428
1996 760,526 113,754,779
1997 762,245 116,754,792
1998 763,586 119,846,254
1999 764,483 123,047,320
2000 764,832 126,382,494
2001 764,477 129,862,595
2002 763,652 133,471,989
2003 763,101 137,202,644
2004 762,418 141,057,045
2005 760,914 145,017,253
2006 758,966 149,077,334
2007 756,861 153,267,261
2008 754,606 157,595,014
2009 752,094 162,049,464
2010 749,256 166,642,886
2011 746,153 171,379,598
2012 746,288 176,200,625
2013 750,021 181,049,443
2014 754,229 185,896,915
2015 758,781 190,671,878
2016 763,548 195,443,700
2017 768,479 200,254,579
2018 791,556 204,938,755
2019 807,665 209,485,641
2020 807,481 213,996,181
2021 815,482 218,529,286
2022 821,637 223,150,896
2023 826,353 227,882,945
2024 831,087 232,679,478

Fertility rates in Guyana and Nigeria

Fertility rate
Guyana

Nigeria
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Nigeria
1960 6.33 6.36
1961 6.34 6.35
1962 6.33 6.36
1963 6.31 6.35
1964 6.23 6.36
1965 6.14 6.37
1966 6.02 6.39
1967 5.89 6.4
1968 5.75 6.42
1969 5.58 6.44
1970 5.41 6.47
1971 5.26 6.53
1972 5.08 6.58
1973 4.87 6.63
1974 4.64 6.7
1975 4.45 6.77
1976 4.28 6.81
1977 4.12 6.86
1978 3.97 6.92
1979 3.86 6.89
1980 3.77 6.85
1981 3.72 6.82
1982 3.68 6.8
1983 3.64 6.78
1984 3.54 6.7
1985 3.47 6.62
1986 3.38 6.56
1987 3.31 6.5
1988 3.23 6.5
1989 3.19 6.49
1990 3.18 6.46
1991 3.18 6.43
1992 3.19 6.39
1993 3.2 6.35
1994 3.23 6.32
1995 3.24 6.27
1996 3.23 6.22
1997 3.22 6.14
1998 3.18 6.07
1999 3.13 6.08
2000 3.06 6.12
2001 2.96 6.13
2002 2.84 6.12
2003 2.75 6.1
2004 2.68 6.09
2005 2.65 6.06
2006 2.66 6.05
2007 2.68 6.03
2008 2.7 6.02
2009 2.69 5.99
2010 2.68 5.95
2011 2.69 5.89
2012 2.7 5.8
2013 2.71 5.69
2014 2.7 5.62
2015 2.67 5.5
2016 2.63 5.34
2017 2.59 5.18
2018 2.55 5.02
2019 2.52 4.86
2020 2.49 4.7
2021 2.46 4.64
2022 2.44 4.55
2023 2.41 4.48

Guyana and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Nigeria
Year Median age, years
Guyana Nigeria
1960 16.7 19.3
1961 16.6 19.3
1962 16.4 19.3
1963 16.3 19.3
1964 16.2 19.3
1965 16.1 19.3
1966 16.1 19.3
1967 16.2 19.2
1968 16.2 19.2
1969 16.4 19.1
1970 16.5 18.9
1971 16.6 18.8
1972 16.7 18.7
1973 16.8 18.6
1974 17 18.5
1975 17.2 18.4
1976 17.4 18.3
1977 17.6 18.2
1978 17.8 18
1979 18 17.9
1980 18.2 17.8
1981 18.4 17.7
1982 18.7 17.6
1983 19 17.5
1984 19.3 17.4
1985 19.6 17.3
1986 19.9 17.3
1987 20.2 17.3
1988 20.5 17.3
1989 20.7 17.3
1990 20.9 17.3
1991 21.1 17.3
1992 21.3 17.4
1993 21.4 17.4
1994 21.5 17.5
1995 21.7 17.6
1996 21.8 17.6
1997 21.9 17.7
1998 22 17.8
1999 22.1 17.9
2000 22.2 17.9
2001 22.4 17.9
2002 22.5 17.9
2003 22.7 17.9
2004 22.9 17.9
2005 23.2 17.9
2006 23.4 17.9
2007 23.6 17.9
2008 23.8 17.8
2009 24 17.8
2010 24.2 17.8
2011 24.4 17.7
2012 24.5 17.7
2013 24.6 17.7
2014 24.6 17.7
2015 24.7 17.8
2016 24.9 17.8
2017 25 17.9
2018 25.4 18
2019 25.7 18.2
2020 25.9 18.3
2021 26.1 18.5
2022 26.4 18.7
2023 26.7 18.8
2024 26.9 19

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Finance

Guyana Nigeria
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$291B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
18.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
0.32%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
0.81%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
223,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-4.48%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
3.45%
2024
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
47%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
29.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
53.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
26.3%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
3%
2022
Number of billionaires n/a
4
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000004%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
169
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$54.4B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$38.6B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$21.3B
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
5,265,000
2016
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
0.8%
2020
Banked people share n/a
63.3%
2024

Energy

Guyana Nigeria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
333 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$17.9
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
127.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
0.56 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
55.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
80.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
1.08%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-66.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
135.6 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
23.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
24.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
61.2%
2023

Society

Guyana Nigeria
% of world population
0.01%
2024
2.86%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
-35,202
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
55%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.19 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
12.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
58
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
21.7
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
20.7
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
54
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
70.4%
2024
English speaking
90.5%
2023
60.6%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
39.2%
2023

Health

Guyana Nigeria
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$90.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$69.2
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
54.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
6.76%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
0.39
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
20.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
993
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
104.9
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
12.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
3%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
8
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
3.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
3.78 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Nigeria
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.61%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
1,511 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
267,948 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
81,611 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
121,167 mi
2017

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