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Guyana vs Palau statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 17.7K in Palau (ranked 194/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for Palau (ranked 82nd vs. 180th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Palau ranks 193/197 ($282M). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,899).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Palau
Population
839919
17663
Population rank 162/197 194/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$282M
2023
GDP rank 119/197 193/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$15,899
2023
GDP per capita rank 42/197 67/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$17,532
2023
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
$8,654
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
177.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
99.6 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
39.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
69.5 years
2025

Guyana and Palau: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Palau economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Palau
Year GDP
Guyana Palau
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 $11,563,041
1971 $282,050,000 $12,706,874
1972 $285,380,952 $13,956,474
1973 $307,047,619 $15,331,889
1974 $433,954,545 $16,848,759
1975 $494,791,667 $18,521,112
1976 $454,440,000 $20,364,420
1977 $449,880,000 $22,308,104
1978 $507,080,000 $24,530,015
1979 $530,440,000 $27,004,251
1980 $603,200,000 $29,728,054
1981 $570,357,107 $32,726,594
1982 $482,000,000 $36,027,583
1983 $489,333,333 $39,661,530
1984 $437,631,605 $44,814,259
1985 $453,488,372 $51,030,637
1986 $504,651,140 $58,109,314
1987 $354,591,847 $66,169,905
1988 $413,799,990 $75,348,615
1989 $379,779,390 $85,800,543
1990 $396,582,263 $97,702,303
1991 $348,533,095 $106,555,300
1992 $373,573,141 $104,771,300
1993 $454,101,382 $96,455,700
1994 $540,874,934 $106,138,500
1995 $621,626,786 $121,018,500
1996 $705,406,001 $137,494,600
1997 $749,138,010 $143,860,800
1998 $717,530,683 $149,079,600
1999 $694,754,988 $144,206,500
2000 $712,667,897 $149,535,800
2001 $712,167,450 $159,453,500
2002 $726,131,435 $162,665,500
2003 $743,063,950 $154,559,900
2004 $787,814,379 $166,391,600
2005 $824,880,550 $191,048,400
2006 $2,379,817,991 $193,679,700
2007 $2,730,971,595 $200,903,600
2008 $3,025,187,433 $201,167,300
2009 $3,165,663,153 $189,998,000
2010 $3,432,912,517 $188,174,300
2011 $3,691,384,318 $198,873,900
2012 $4,063,088,536 $215,762,400
2013 $4,167,800,929 $225,345,700
2014 $4,127,660,152 $243,156,500
2015 $4,279,840,194 $278,824,800
2016 $4,482,697,337 $298,323,500
2017 $4,748,174,334 $285,600,000
2018 $4,787,636,998 $288,546,300
2019 $5,173,760,192 $281,941,600
2020 $5,471,256,595 $258,990,800
2021 $8,041,362,110 $235,752,900
2022 $14,718,388,489 $255,591,100
2023 $16,918,503,597 $281,849,100
2024 $24,835,899,826 -

Guyana and Palau economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Palau
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Palau
1960 $299.1 -
1961 $319 -
1962 $327 -
1963 $288.8 -
1964 $313 -
1965 $336 -
1966 $353 -
1967 $378 -
1968 $340 -
1969 $361 -
1970 $381 $1,017
1971 $396 $1,081
1972 $395 $1,145
1973 $421 $1,221
1974 $588 $1,328
1975 $664 $1,464
1976 $604 $1,616
1977 $593 $1,781
1978 $663 $1,972
1979 $689 $2,189
1980 $779 $2,423
1981 $735 $2,639
1982 $621 $2,838
1983 $631 $3,049
1984 $565 $3,360
1985 $588 $3,728
1986 $657 $4,144
1987 $464 $4,616
1988 $545 $5,145
1989 $503 $5,741
1990 $529 $6,403
1991 $466 $6,824
1992 $498 $6,553
1993 $603 $5,892
1994 $716 $6,329
1995 $820 $7,038
1996 $928 $7,788
1997 $983 $7,945
1998 $940 $8,048
1999 $909 $7,630
2000 $932 $7,797
2001 $932 $8,240
2002 $951 $8,341
2003 $974 $7,862
2004 $1,033 $8,395
2005 $1,084 $9,640
2006 $3,136 $9,885
2007 $3,608 $10,408
2008 $4,009 $10,583
2009 $4,209 $10,155
2010 $4,582 $10,229
2011 $4,947 $11,001
2012 $5,444 $12,145
2013 $5,557 $12,769
2014 $5,473 $13,726
2015 $5,640 $15,691
2016 $5,871 $16,763
2017 $6,179 $16,034
2018 $6,048 $16,198
2019 $6,406 $15,841
2020 $6,776 $14,557
2021 $9,861 $13,257
2022 $17,913 $14,392
2023 $20,474 $15,899
2024 $29,884 -

Guyana vs. Palau life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Palau
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Palau
1950 49.2 52.7
1951 50.2 52.9
1952 51.3 53.1
1953 52.4 53.3
1954 53.3 53.5
1955 54.1 53.7
1956 55.2 53.9
1957 56.1 54.1
1958 56.4 54.4
1959 57 54.6
1960 57.5 54.9
1961 57.9 55.1
1962 58.3 55.4
1963 58.6 55.6
1964 59 55.8
1965 59.1 55.9
1966 59.3 56.2
1967 59.5 56.5
1968 59.7 56.9
1969 59.8 57.3
1970 60 57.7
1971 60.1 58.1
1972 60.1 58.6
1973 60.2 59
1974 60.3 59.5
1975 60.4 60
1976 60.4 60.5
1977 60.6 60.9
1978 60.6 61.3
1979 60.7 61.6
1980 60.8 61.9
1981 60.9 62.1
1982 61 62.3
1983 61.2 62.5
1984 61.3 62.6
1985 61.4 62.7
1986 61.5 62.8
1987 61.7 62.8
1988 61.8 62.8
1989 62.1 62.8
1990 62.3 62.8
1991 62.5 62.8
1992 62.8 62.9
1993 63 63
1994 63 63.1
1995 62.7 63.3
1996 62.7 63.5
1997 62.9 63.7
1998 63.4 64
1999 63.8 64.2
2000 64.1 64.5
2001 64.4 64.8
2002 64.2 65.1
2003 64.1 65.4
2004 64.2 65.8
2005 64.4 66.2
2006 64.8 66.6
2007 65.5 67.1
2008 65.7 67.6
2009 66 68
2010 66.2 68.3
2011 66.5 68.6
2012 66.4 68.9
2013 66.7 69
2014 67.3 69.1
2015 67.7 69.1
2016 68.1 69
2017 68.5 69
2018 68.8 69
2019 69.1 69
2020 67.8 68.7
2021 64.3 68.6
2022 69.9 68.9
2023 70.2 69.3
2024 70.3 69.4
2025 70.4 69.5

Guyana and Palau population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Palau
Year Population
Guyana Palau
1960 569,143 9,328
1961 582,568 9,555
1962 595,461 9,793
1963 608,537 10,037
1964 621,764 10,292
1965 635,128 10,547
1966 648,646 10,805
1967 662,311 10,988
1968 676,160 11,080
1969 690,223 11,159
1970 702,705 11,368
1971 712,662 11,759
1972 721,617 12,194
1973 730,138 12,552
1974 738,057 12,687
1975 745,393 12,655
1976 752,253 12,598
1977 758,654 12,525
1978 764,586 12,440
1979 770,062 12,337
1980 774,367 12,271
1981 776,453 12,402
1982 776,712 12,694
1983 775,891 13,006
1984 774,111 13,337
1985 771,477 13,688
1986 768,098 14,024
1987 764,120 14,334
1988 759,663 14,645
1989 754,865 14,945
1990 749,894 15,259
1991 747,861 15,614
1992 749,911 15,989
1993 752,965 16,372
1994 755,822 16,770
1995 758,388 17,195
1996 760,526 17,654
1997 762,245 18,108
1998 763,586 18,524
1999 764,483 18,901
2000 764,832 19,178
2001 764,477 19,352
2002 763,652 19,503
2003 763,101 19,659
2004 762,418 19,820
2005 760,914 19,819
2006 758,966 19,593
2007 756,861 19,302
2008 754,606 19,009
2009 752,094 18,709
2010 749,256 18,396
2011 746,153 18,078
2012 746,288 17,765
2013 750,021 17,648
2014 754,229 17,715
2015 758,781 17,770
2016 763,548 17,797
2017 768,479 17,812
2018 791,556 17,814
2019 807,665 17,798
2020 807,481 17,792
2021 815,482 17,783
2022 821,637 17,759
2023 826,353 17,727
2024 831,087 17,695

Fertility rates in Guyana and Palau

Fertility rate
Guyana

Palau
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Palau
1960 6.33 7.19
1961 6.34 7.17
1962 6.33 7.15
1963 6.31 7.12
1964 6.23 7.08
1965 6.14 7.01
1966 6.02 6.93
1967 5.89 6.84
1968 5.75 6.71
1969 5.58 6.58
1970 5.41 6.39
1971 5.26 6.16
1972 5.08 5.9
1973 4.87 5.59
1974 4.64 5.26
1975 4.45 4.9
1976 4.28 4.53
1977 4.12 4.09
1978 3.97 3.74
1979 3.86 3.49
1980 3.77 3.35
1981 3.72 3.28
1982 3.68 3.22
1983 3.64 3.14
1984 3.54 3.08
1985 3.47 3.01
1986 3.38 2.98
1987 3.31 2.93
1988 3.23 2.91
1989 3.19 2.92
1990 3.18 2.88
1991 3.18 2.74
1992 3.19 2.71
1993 3.2 2.73
1994 3.23 2.66
1995 3.24 2.55
1996 3.23 2.39
1997 3.22 2.19
1998 3.18 2.01
1999 3.13 1.91
2000 3.06 1.82
2001 2.96 1.87
2002 2.84 1.92
2003 2.75 1.96
2004 2.68 1.99
2005 2.65 2.02
2006 2.66 2
2007 2.68 1.97
2008 2.7 1.95
2009 2.69 1.94
2010 2.68 1.94
2011 2.69 1.97
2012 2.7 2.01
2013 2.71 2.05
2014 2.7 2.03
2015 2.67 2
2016 2.63 2.06
2017 2.59 2.02
2018 2.55 1.97
2019 2.52 1.98
2020 2.49 1.97
2021 2.46 1.95
2022 2.44 1.93
2023 2.41 1.91

Guyana and Palau demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Palau
Year Median age, years
Guyana Palau
1960 16.7 16.7
1961 16.6 16.1
1962 16.4 15.5
1963 16.3 15.1
1964 16.2 15
1965 16.1 14.9
1966 16.1 14.9
1967 16.2 15.2
1968 16.2 15.7
1969 16.4 16.1
1970 16.5 16.5
1971 16.6 16.6
1972 16.7 16.6
1973 16.8 16.8
1974 17 17.1
1975 17.2 17.4
1976 17.4 17.8
1977 17.6 18.1
1978 17.8 18.3
1979 18 18.6
1980 18.2 18.9
1981 18.4 19.3
1982 18.7 19.9
1983 19 20.5
1984 19.3 21.1
1985 19.6 21.6
1986 19.9 22.2
1987 20.2 23.1
1988 20.5 24
1989 20.7 24.9
1990 20.9 25.6
1991 21.1 26
1992 21.3 26.4
1993 21.4 26.9
1994 21.5 27.4
1995 21.7 27.8
1996 21.8 28.3
1997 21.9 28.8
1998 22 29.4
1999 22.1 30.2
2000 22.2 30.8
2001 22.4 31.2
2002 22.5 31.5
2003 22.7 31.8
2004 22.9 32
2005 23.2 32.3
2006 23.4 32.7
2007 23.6 33.1
2008 23.8 33.5
2009 24 33.9
2010 24.2 34.2
2011 24.4 34.6
2012 24.5 35
2013 24.6 35.3
2014 24.6 35.6
2015 24.7 36
2016 24.9 36.3
2017 25 36.7
2018 25.4 37
2019 25.7 37.4
2020 25.9 37.8
2021 26.1 38.1
2022 26.4 38.5
2023 26.7 38.8
2024 26.9 39.2

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Palau
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$249M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
53%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
3.53%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
+2.29%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
0.77%
2020
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
76.7%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
9.87%
2023
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
62
2025
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
n/a
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$1.95M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
18,399
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
93.5%
2017

Energy

Guyana Palau
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
4,814 kg
1990
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$1.99
1990
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
1.44 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
81.2 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
1990
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
0.9%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
4.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guyana Palau
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.0002%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
-14
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
82.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.6 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
47.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
49
2025
Higher education index
26
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
11.2
2018
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
4.78
2013
Visa free countries
98
2025
123
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
100%
2020
English speaking
90.5%
2023
92.5%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
27%
2004

Health

Guyana Palau
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$1,979
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$328
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
69.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
21.3%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
1.78
2020
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
89
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
22.3
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
42.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
19.3%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
65
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
17.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Guyana Palau
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.0003%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
10,037 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
16.6 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
160.8 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
n/a

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