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Guyana vs Norway statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 5.57M in Norway (ranked 118/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 140,645 sq mi for Norway (ranked 82nd vs. 62nd).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Norway
Population
839919
5642662
Population rank 162/197 119/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$484B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 32/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$86,810
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 8/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$101,032
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$207B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
42.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$37,084
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 17/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$45,746
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
140,645 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
39.6 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
1.4
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
40.7 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Guyana and Norway: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Norway economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Norway
Year GDP
Guyana Norway
1960 $170,216,241 $5,197,398,721
1961 $185,849,535 $5,669,689,210
1962 $194,949,513 $6,107,076,929
1963 $175,757,894 $6,553,269,536
1964 $194,774,513 $7,206,522,122
1965 $213,235,294 $8,111,945,661
1966 $228,705,882 $8,753,940,267
1967 $250,176,471 $9,577,383,653
1968 $229,750,000 $10,227,087,165
1969 $249,300,000 $11,136,187,440
1970 $267,800,000 $12,814,123,115
1971 $282,050,000 $14,583,114,840
1972 $285,380,952 $17,358,610,850
1973 $307,047,619 $22,534,253,703
1974 $433,954,545 $27,145,693,810
1975 $494,791,667 $32,877,805,200
1976 $454,440,000 $35,942,270,686
1977 $449,880,000 $41,508,030,431
1978 $507,080,000 $46,522,900,254
1979 $530,440,000 $53,132,244,624
1980 $603,200,000 $64,439,382,896
1981 $570,357,107 $63,596,654,761
1982 $482,000,000 $62,647,195,538
1983 $489,333,333 $61,627,240,831
1984 $437,631,605 $62,057,955,033
1985 $453,488,372 $65,416,879,914
1986 $504,651,140 $78,693,118,044
1987 $354,591,847 $94,229,907,236
1988 $413,799,990 $101,900,260,856
1989 $379,779,390 $102,633,934,391
1990 $396,582,263 $119,791,843,060
1991 $348,533,095 $121,872,464,483
1992 $373,573,141 $130,838,040,068
1993 $454,101,382 $120,579,213,713
1994 $540,874,934 $127,131,319,429
1995 $621,626,786 $152,029,612,325
1996 $705,406,001 $163,520,109,151
1997 $749,138,010 $161,356,631,888
1998 $717,530,683 $154,230,295,158
1999 $694,754,988 $162,383,706,021
2000 $712,667,897 $171,457,201,936
2001 $712,167,450 $174,239,354,071
2002 $726,131,435 $195,914,852,576
2003 $743,063,950 $229,385,469,337
2004 $787,814,379 $265,268,662,473
2005 $824,880,550 $309,978,579,744
2006 $2,379,817,991 $346,915,160,682
2007 $2,730,971,595 $402,643,260,488
2008 $3,025,187,433 $464,917,553,191
2009 $3,165,663,153 $387,976,400,617
2010 $3,432,912,517 $431,052,143,940
2011 $3,691,384,318 $501,360,549,669
2012 $4,063,088,536 $512,777,309,841
2013 $4,167,800,929 $526,014,468,085
2014 $4,127,660,152 $501,736,471,833
2015 $4,279,840,194 $388,159,512,246
2016 $4,482,697,337 $370,956,547,619
2017 $4,748,174,334 $401,745,275,035
2018 $4,787,636,998 $439,788,625,884
2019 $5,173,760,192 $408,742,840,909
2020 $5,471,256,595 $367,633,418,887
2021 $8,041,362,110 $503,367,986,030
2022 $14,718,388,489 $596,297,651,036
2023 $16,918,503,597 $482,949,731,777
2024 $24,835,899,826 $483,727,398,216

Guyana and Norway economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Norway
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Norway
1960 $299.1 $1,451
1961 $319 $1,571
1962 $327 $1,678
1963 $288.8 $1,787
1964 $313 $1,951
1965 $336 $2,179
1966 $353 $2,333
1967 $378 $2,531
1968 $340 $2,680
1969 $361 $2,894
1970 $381 $3,306
1971 $396 $3,736
1972 $395 $4,414
1973 $421 $5,690
1974 $588 $6,812
1975 $664 $8,204
1976 $604 $8,927
1977 $593 $10,266
1978 $663 $11,463
1979 $689 $13,047
1980 $779 $15,772
1981 $735 $15,513
1982 $621 $15,225
1983 $631 $14,928
1984 $565 $14,989
1985 $588 $15,754
1986 $657 $18,883
1987 $464 $22,506
1988 $545 $24,207
1989 $503 $24,281
1990 $529 $28,243
1991 $466 $28,597
1992 $498 $30,524
1993 $603 $27,964
1994 $716 $29,316
1995 $820 $34,876
1996 $928 $37,322
1997 $983 $36,629
1998 $940 $34,803
1999 $909 $36,393
2000 $932 $38,178
2001 $932 $38,602
2002 $951 $43,171
2003 $974 $50,250
2004 $1,033 $57,769
2005 $1,084 $67,047
2006 $3,136 $74,434
2007 $3,608 $85,502
2008 $4,009 $97,504
2009 $4,209 $80,348
2010 $4,582 $88,163
2011 $4,947 $101,222
2012 $5,444 $102,176
2013 $5,557 $103,554
2014 $5,473 $97,667
2015 $5,640 $74,810
2016 $5,871 $70,867
2017 $6,179 $76,132
2018 $6,048 $82,793
2019 $6,406 $76,431
2020 $6,776 $68,340
2021 $9,861 $93,073
2022 $17,913 $109,270
2023 $20,474 $87,497
2024 $29,884 $86,810

Guyana vs. Norway life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Norway
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Norway
1950 49.2 71.6
1951 50.2 72.5
1952 51.3 72.7
1953 52.4 73.1
1954 53.3 73.2
1955 54.1 73.4
1956 55.2 73.5
1957 56.1 73.4
1958 56.4 73.4
1959 57 73.6
1960 57.5 73.6
1961 57.9 73.6
1962 58.3 73.5
1963 58.6 73.1
1964 59 73.6
1965 59.1 73.7
1966 59.3 74
1967 59.5 74.1
1968 59.7 73.9
1969 59.8 73.7
1970 60 74.1
1971 60.1 74.2
1972 60.1 74.3
1973 60.2 74.4
1974 60.3 74.8
1975 60.4 74.8
1976 60.4 75
1977 60.6 75.4
1978 60.6 75.4
1979 60.7 75.4
1980 60.8 75.7
1981 60.9 75.9
1982 61 76
1983 61.2 76.1
1984 61.3 76.2
1985 61.4 75.9
1986 61.5 76.3
1987 61.7 76.1
1988 61.8 76.3
1989 62.1 76.5
1990 62.3 76.6
1991 62.5 77
1992 62.8 77.2
1993 63 77.2
1994 63 77.8
1995 62.7 77.8
1996 62.7 78.2
1997 62.9 78.2
1998 63.4 78.4
1999 63.8 78.4
2000 64.1 78.7
2001 64.4 78.9
2002 64.2 79
2003 64.1 79.5
2004 64.2 80
2005 64.4 80.2
2006 64.8 80.4
2007 65.5 80.5
2008 65.7 80.7
2009 66 80.9
2010 66.2 81
2011 66.5 81.2
2012 66.4 81.4
2013 66.7 81.7
2014 67.3 82.1
2015 67.7 82.3
2016 68.1 82.4
2017 68.5 82.6
2018 68.8 82.8
2019 69.1 83
2020 67.8 83.2
2021 64.3 83.2
2022 69.9 82.6
2023 70.2 83.3
2024 70.3 83.5
2025 70.4 83.6

Guyana and Norway population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Norway
Year Population
Guyana Norway
1960 569,143 3,581,239
1961 582,568 3,609,800
1962 595,461 3,638,918
1963 608,537 3,666,537
1964 621,764 3,694,339
1965 635,128 3,723,168
1966 648,646 3,753,012
1967 662,311 3,784,539
1968 676,160 3,816,486
1969 690,223 3,847,707
1970 702,705 3,875,763
1971 712,662 3,903,039
1972 721,617 3,933,004
1973 730,138 3,960,612
1974 738,057 3,985,258
1975 745,393 4,007,313
1976 752,253 4,026,152
1977 758,654 4,043,205
1978 764,586 4,058,671
1979 770,062 4,072,517
1980 774,367 4,085,620
1981 776,453 4,099,702
1982 776,712 4,114,787
1983 775,891 4,128,432
1984 774,111 4,140,099
1985 771,477 4,152,516
1986 768,098 4,167,354
1987 764,120 4,186,905
1988 759,663 4,209,488
1989 754,865 4,226,901
1990 749,894 4,241,473
1991 747,861 4,261,732
1992 749,911 4,286,401
1993 752,965 4,311,991
1994 755,822 4,336,613
1995 758,388 4,359,184
1996 760,526 4,381,336
1997 762,245 4,405,157
1998 763,586 4,431,464
1999 764,483 4,461,913
2000 764,832 4,490,967
2001 764,477 4,513,751
2002 763,652 4,538,159
2003 763,101 4,564,855
2004 762,418 4,591,910
2005 760,914 4,623,291
2006 758,966 4,660,677
2007 756,861 4,709,153
2008 754,606 4,768,212
2009 752,094 4,828,726
2010 749,256 4,889,252
2011 746,153 4,953,088
2012 746,288 5,018,573
2013 750,021 5,079,623
2014 754,229 5,137,232
2015 758,781 5,188,607
2016 763,548 5,234,519
2017 768,479 5,276,968
2018 791,556 5,311,916
2019 807,665 5,347,896
2020 807,481 5,379,475
2021 815,482 5,408,320
2022 821,637 5,457,127
2023 826,353 5,519,594
2024 831,087 5,572,272

Fertility rates in Guyana and Norway

Fertility rate
Guyana

Norway
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Norway
1960 6.33 2.85
1961 6.34 2.94
1962 6.33 2.91
1963 6.31 2.93
1964 6.23 2.98
1965 6.14 2.94
1966 6.02 2.9
1967 5.89 2.81
1968 5.75 2.75
1969 5.58 2.7
1970 5.41 2.5
1971 5.26 2.49
1972 5.08 2.38
1973 4.87 2.23
1974 4.64 2.13
1975 4.45 1.98
1976 4.28 1.86
1977 4.12 1.75
1978 3.97 1.77
1979 3.86 1.75
1980 3.77 1.72
1981 3.72 1.7
1982 3.68 1.71
1983 3.64 1.66
1984 3.54 1.66
1985 3.47 1.68
1986 3.38 1.71
1987 3.31 1.74
1988 3.23 1.84
1989 3.19 1.89
1990 3.18 1.93
1991 3.18 1.92
1992 3.19 1.88
1993 3.2 1.86
1994 3.23 1.87
1995 3.24 1.87
1996 3.23 1.89
1997 3.22 1.86
1998 3.18 1.81
1999 3.13 1.85
2000 3.06 1.85
2001 2.96 1.78
2002 2.84 1.75
2003 2.75 1.8
2004 2.68 1.83
2005 2.65 1.84
2006 2.66 1.9
2007 2.68 1.9
2008 2.7 1.96
2009 2.69 1.98
2010 2.68 1.95
2011 2.69 1.88
2012 2.7 1.85
2013 2.71 1.78
2014 2.7 1.75
2015 2.67 1.72
2016 2.63 1.71
2017 2.59 1.62
2018 2.55 1.56
2019 2.52 1.53
2020 2.49 1.48
2021 2.46 1.55
2022 2.44 1.41
2023 2.41 1.4

Guyana and Norway demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Norway
Year Median age, years
Guyana Norway
1960 16.7 34.3
1961 16.6 34.4
1962 16.4 34.4
1963 16.3 34.3
1964 16.2 34.2
1965 16.1 34.1
1966 16.1 33.9
1967 16.2 33.7
1968 16.2 33.5
1969 16.4 33.2
1970 16.5 32.9
1971 16.6 32.7
1972 16.7 32.5
1973 16.8 32.4
1974 17 32.4
1975 17.2 32.5
1976 17.4 32.6
1977 17.6 32.7
1978 17.8 32.9
1979 18 33.1
1980 18.2 33.3
1981 18.4 33.6
1982 18.7 33.9
1983 19 34.1
1984 19.3 34.4
1985 19.6 34.6
1986 19.9 34.8
1987 20.2 34.9
1988 20.5 35.1
1989 20.7 35.2
1990 20.9 35.4
1991 21.1 35.5
1992 21.3 35.7
1993 21.4 35.8
1994 21.5 35.9
1995 21.7 36.1
1996 21.8 36.2
1997 21.9 36.4
1998 22 36.5
1999 22.1 36.7
2000 22.2 36.9
2001 22.4 37.1
2002 22.5 37.3
2003 22.7 37.5
2004 22.9 37.7
2005 23.2 37.9
2006 23.4 38.1
2007 23.6 38.3
2008 23.8 38.4
2009 24 38.5
2010 24.2 38.6
2011 24.4 38.7
2012 24.5 38.8
2013 24.6 38.9
2014 24.6 39
2015 24.7 39.2
2016 24.9 39.3
2017 25 39.4
2018 25.4 39.6
2019 25.7 39.8
2020 25.9 40
2021 26.1 40.3
2022 26.4 40.4
2023 26.7 40.5
2024 26.9 40.7

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Norway
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$548B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
47.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
5.46%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
1.61%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
25,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
+13.2%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
3.98%
2024
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
51.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
37%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
78.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
21.6%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
3.6%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
253,085
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
5.84%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
17
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0004%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
180
2017
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$296B
2019
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$81.2B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$621M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
1,397,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
1.86%
2020
Banked people share n/a
98.6%
2024

Energy

Guyana Norway
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
4,885 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$20.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
44.1 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
7.98 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
46.3%
2023
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
61.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
48.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
-704%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
23,520 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
99.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
89.1%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guyana Norway
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.07%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+44,356
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
84.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.92 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.46 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
92.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
81
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
94
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
0.73
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
2.1
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
95%
2013
English speaking
90.5%
2023
87.6%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
99%
2023

Health

Guyana Norway
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$8,693
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$1,224
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
5.17
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
30.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
1
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
2.4
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
19.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
4.8%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
87
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
14.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
7.38 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Norway
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.24%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
25,240 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
3,792 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
47,118 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
n/a

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