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Guyana vs Panama statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 4.52M in Panama (ranked 128/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 28,641 sq mi for Panama (ranked 82nd vs. 115th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Panama ranks 77/197 ($86.3B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Panama ranks 61/197 ($19,103).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Panama
Population
839919
4614993
Population rank 162/197 128/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$86.3B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 77/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$19,103
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 61/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$41,405
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$48.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
58.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$10,816
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 55/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$10,503
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
28,641 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
157.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
2.12
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
30.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
80 years
2025

Guyana and Panama: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Panama economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Panama
Year GDP
Guyana Panama
1960 $170,216,241 $537,147,100
1961 $185,849,535 $599,026,300
1962 $194,949,513 $652,120,900
1963 $175,757,894 $722,784,500
1964 $194,774,513 $776,137,500
1965 $213,235,294 $852,485,300
1966 $228,705,882 $928,833,000
1967 $250,176,471 $1,034,376,400
1968 $229,750,000 $1,112,791,100
1969 $249,300,000 $1,221,305,700
1970 $267,800,000 $1,351,006,400
1971 $282,050,000 $1,523,917,200
1972 $285,380,952 $1,673,411,700
1973 $307,047,619 $1,913,793,400
1974 $433,954,545 $2,188,307,600
1975 $494,791,667 $2,435,304,100
1976 $454,440,000 $2,588,106,000
1977 $449,880,000 $2,738,261,900
1978 $507,080,000 $3,244,558,600
1979 $530,440,000 $3,704,551,600
1980 $603,200,000 $4,614,086,400
1981 $570,357,107 $5,222,421,500
1982 $482,000,000 $5,769,767,900
1983 $489,333,333 $5,923,755,900
1984 $437,631,605 $6,183,387,100
1985 $453,488,372 $6,541,517,100
1986 $504,651,140 $6,797,834,200
1987 $354,591,847 $6,827,665,300
1988 $413,799,990 $5,902,783,400
1989 $379,779,390 $5,918,469,800
1990 $396,582,263 $6,433,967,000
1991 $348,533,095 $7,074,675,500
1992 $373,573,141 $8,042,337,700
1993 $454,101,382 $8,782,585,400
1994 $540,874,934 $9,365,289,800
1995 $621,626,786 $9,573,813,700
1996 $705,406,001 $9,197,503,300
1997 $749,138,010 $10,058,854,400
1998 $717,530,683 $11,019,557,700
1999 $694,754,988 $11,660,704,800
2000 $712,667,897 $11,966,497,000
2001 $712,167,450 $12,252,906,300
2002 $726,131,435 $12,800,851,300
2003 $743,063,950 $13,603,456,000
2004 $787,814,379 $15,100,203,400
2005 $824,880,550 $16,623,906,700
2006 $2,379,817,991 $18,659,721,500
2007 $2,730,971,595 $21,717,433,800
2008 $3,025,187,433 $25,721,328,000
2009 $3,165,663,153 $27,791,215,500
2010 $3,432,912,517 $30,231,009,500
2011 $3,691,384,318 $35,687,738,300
2012 $4,063,088,536 $41,595,439,700
2013 $4,167,800,929 $46,949,496,500
2014 $4,127,660,152 $51,427,104,900
2015 $4,279,840,194 $55,767,806,100
2016 $4,482,697,337 $59,760,858,700
2017 $4,748,174,334 $64,327,688,800
2018 $4,787,636,998 $67,316,471,200
2019 $5,173,760,192 $69,778,991,200
2020 $5,471,256,595 $57,059,846,500
2021 $8,041,362,110 $67,396,392,500
2022 $14,718,388,489 $76,276,116,700
2023 $16,918,503,597 $83,318,176,900
2024 $24,835,899,826 $86,260,400,000

Guyana and Panama economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Panama
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Panama
1960 $299.1 $477
1961 $319 $516
1962 $327 $546
1963 $288.8 $587
1964 $313 $611
1965 $336 $651
1966 $353 $689
1967 $378 $745
1968 $340 $778
1969 $361 $830
1970 $381 $893
1971 $396 $979
1972 $395 $1,046
1973 $421 $1,164
1974 $588 $1,296
1975 $664 $1,406
1976 $604 $1,457
1977 $593 $1,503
1978 $663 $1,738
1979 $689 $1,938
1980 $779 $2,357
1981 $735 $2,605
1982 $621 $2,811
1983 $631 $2,819
1984 $565 $2,875
1985 $588 $2,972
1986 $657 $3,019
1987 $464 $2,966
1988 $545 $2,509
1989 $503 $2,462
1990 $529 $2,620
1991 $466 $2,821
1992 $498 $3,140
1993 $603 $3,358
1994 $716 $3,508
1995 $820 $3,514
1996 $928 $3,308
1997 $983 $3,546
1998 $940 $3,808
1999 $909 $3,950
2000 $932 $3,975
2001 $932 $3,992
2002 $951 $4,091
2003 $974 $4,265
2004 $1,033 $4,645
2005 $1,084 $5,018
2006 $3,136 $5,529
2007 $3,608 $6,318
2008 $4,009 $7,348
2009 $4,209 $7,797
2010 $4,582 $8,331
2011 $4,947 $9,662
2012 $5,444 $11,065
2013 $5,557 $12,273
2014 $5,473 $13,213
2015 $5,640 $14,083
2016 $5,871 $14,832
2017 $6,179 $15,695
2018 $6,048 $16,151
2019 $6,406 $16,478
2020 $6,776 $13,291
2021 $9,861 $15,510
2022 $17,913 $17,332
2023 $20,474 $18,686
2024 $29,884 $19,103

Guyana vs. Panama life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Panama
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Panama
1950 49.2 55.4
1951 50.2 55.9
1952 51.3 56.4
1953 52.4 56.8
1954 53.3 57.2
1955 54.1 57.5
1956 55.2 57.9
1957 56.1 58.3
1958 56.4 58.9
1959 57 59.6
1960 57.5 60.3
1961 57.9 60.9
1962 58.3 61.4
1963 58.6 61.8
1964 59 62.1
1965 59.1 62.3
1966 59.3 62.6
1967 59.5 62.9
1968 59.7 63.2
1969 59.8 63.7
1970 60 64.1
1971 60.1 64.7
1972 60.1 65.2
1973 60.2 65.8
1974 60.3 66.6
1975 60.4 67.2
1976 60.4 67.8
1977 60.6 68.3
1978 60.6 68.7
1979 60.7 69.1
1980 60.8 69.5
1981 60.9 69.8
1982 61 69.9
1983 61.2 70.1
1984 61.3 70.4
1985 61.4 70.5
1986 61.5 70.7
1987 61.7 70.8
1988 61.8 70.9
1989 62.1 70.1
1990 62.3 71.3
1991 62.5 71.3
1992 62.8 71.5
1993 63 71.8
1994 63 71.9
1995 62.7 72
1996 62.7 72.2
1997 62.9 72.5
1998 63.4 72.8
1999 63.8 73.1
2000 64.1 73.4
2001 64.4 73.8
2002 64.2 74.2
2003 64.1 74.6
2004 64.2 74.8
2005 64.4 75.2
2006 64.8 75.4
2007 65.5 75.7
2008 65.7 75.9
2009 66 76.2
2010 66.2 76.4
2011 66.5 76.7
2012 66.4 76.9
2013 66.7 77.1
2014 67.3 77.4
2015 67.7 77.6
2016 68.1 77.8
2017 68.5 77.9
2018 68.8 78.3
2019 69.1 78.5
2020 67.8 76.3
2021 64.3 77
2022 69.9 79.3
2023 70.2 79.6
2024 70.3 79.8
2025 70.4 80

Guyana and Panama population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Panama
Year Population
Guyana Panama
1960 569,143 1,126,005
1961 582,568 1,159,870
1962 595,461 1,195,301
1963 608,537 1,232,124
1964 621,764 1,270,065
1965 635,128 1,308,835
1966 648,646 1,348,388
1967 662,311 1,388,628
1968 676,160 1,429,447
1969 690,223 1,470,886
1970 702,705 1,513,070
1971 712,662 1,556,081
1972 721,617 1,599,723
1973 730,138 1,643,690
1974 738,057 1,687,926
1975 745,393 1,732,389
1976 752,253 1,776,935
1977 758,654 1,821,543
1978 764,586 1,866,311
1979 770,062 1,911,552
1980 774,367 1,957,534
1981 776,453 2,004,418
1982 776,712 2,052,271
1983 775,891 2,101,106
1984 774,111 2,150,782
1985 771,477 2,200,915
1986 768,098 2,251,325
1987 764,120 2,301,970
1988 759,663 2,352,848
1989 754,865 2,403,820
1990 749,894 2,455,583
1991 747,861 2,508,265
1992 749,911 2,561,336
1993 752,965 2,615,099
1994 755,822 2,669,546
1995 758,388 2,724,557
1996 760,526 2,780,227
1997 762,245 2,836,695
1998 763,586 2,893,914
1999 764,483 2,951,822
2000 764,832 3,010,369
2001 764,477 3,069,537
2002 763,652 3,129,344
2003 763,101 3,189,807
2004 762,418 3,251,155
2005 760,914 3,313,026
2006 758,966 3,375,024
2007 756,861 3,437,490
2008 754,606 3,500,648
2009 752,094 3,564,381
2010 749,256 3,628,535
2011 746,153 3,693,505
2012 746,288 3,759,256
2013 750,021 3,825,329
2014 754,229 3,892,101
2015 758,781 3,960,035
2016 763,548 4,029,086
2017 768,479 4,098,707
2018 791,556 4,167,860
2019 807,665 4,234,700
2020 807,481 4,293,261
2021 815,482 4,345,405
2022 821,637 4,400,773
2023 826,353 4,458,759
2024 831,087 4,515,577

Fertility rates in Guyana and Panama

Fertility rate
Guyana

Panama
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Panama
1960 6.33 5.83
1961 6.34 5.87
1962 6.33 5.87
1963 6.31 5.87
1964 6.23 5.81
1965 6.14 5.73
1966 6.02 5.65
1967 5.89 5.53
1968 5.75 5.41
1969 5.58 5.29
1970 5.41 5.18
1971 5.26 5.05
1972 5.08 4.91
1973 4.87 4.74
1974 4.64 4.58
1975 4.45 4.41
1976 4.28 4.26
1977 4.12 4.12
1978 3.97 3.98
1979 3.86 3.88
1980 3.77 3.8
1981 3.72 3.72
1982 3.68 3.66
1983 3.64 3.6
1984 3.54 3.52
1985 3.47 3.43
1986 3.38 3.34
1987 3.31 3.25
1988 3.23 3.17
1989 3.19 3.12
1990 3.18 3.07
1991 3.18 3
1992 3.19 2.95
1993 3.2 2.91
1994 3.23 2.88
1995 3.24 2.85
1996 3.23 2.83
1997 3.22 2.81
1998 3.18 2.79
1999 3.13 2.77
2000 3.06 2.74
2001 2.96 2.72
2002 2.84 2.7
2003 2.75 2.68
2004 2.68 2.68
2005 2.65 2.64
2006 2.66 2.62
2007 2.68 2.61
2008 2.7 2.61
2009 2.69 2.59
2010 2.68 2.59
2011 2.69 2.6
2012 2.7 2.59
2013 2.71 2.57
2014 2.7 2.55
2015 2.67 2.53
2016 2.63 2.5
2017 2.59 2.46
2018 2.55 2.4
2019 2.52 2.29
2020 2.49 2.18
2021 2.46 2.15
2022 2.44 2.14
2023 2.41 2.12

Guyana and Panama demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Panama
Year Median age, years
Guyana Panama
1960 16.7 17.8
1961 16.6 17.8
1962 16.4 17.7
1963 16.3 17.6
1964 16.2 17.6
1965 16.1 17.5
1966 16.1 17.5
1967 16.2 17.5
1968 16.2 17.5
1969 16.4 17.6
1970 16.5 17.6
1971 16.6 17.7
1972 16.7 17.7
1973 16.8 17.8
1974 17 18
1975 17.2 18.1
1976 17.4 18.3
1977 17.6 18.4
1978 17.8 18.6
1979 18 18.8
1980 18.2 19
1981 18.4 19.2
1982 18.7 19.5
1983 19 19.7
1984 19.3 19.9
1985 19.6 20.2
1986 19.9 20.4
1987 20.2 20.7
1988 20.5 21
1989 20.7 21.3
1990 20.9 21.5
1991 21.1 21.8
1992 21.3 22.1
1993 21.4 22.4
1994 21.5 22.7
1995 21.7 22.9
1996 21.8 23.2
1997 21.9 23.5
1998 22 23.7
1999 22.1 24
2000 22.2 24.3
2001 22.4 24.5
2002 22.5 24.8
2003 22.7 25.1
2004 22.9 25.3
2005 23.2 25.6
2006 23.4 25.9
2007 23.6 26.1
2008 23.8 26.4
2009 24 26.7
2010 24.2 27
2011 24.4 27.2
2012 24.5 27.5
2013 24.6 27.8
2014 24.6 28
2015 24.7 28.3
2016 24.9 28.5
2017 25 28.8
2018 25.4 29.1
2019 25.7 29.4
2020 25.9 29.7
2021 26.1 30
2022 26.4 30.3
2023 26.7 30.6
2024 26.9 30.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Panama
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$81.1B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
21.8%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
2.47%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
0.97%
1999
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
28,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-3.95%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
8.61%
2024
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
68.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
26.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
65.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
37.6%
2024
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
1.2%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
0
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
36
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$18.3B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$6.86B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$532M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
647,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
9.3%
2020
Banked people share n/a
64.1%
2024

Energy

Guyana Panama
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
1,063 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$34.1
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
14.7 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
3.3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
76.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
28%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
17.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
171.2%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,546 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
79.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
66.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
97%
2023

Society

Guyana Panama
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.06%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+6,706
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
69.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.58 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.19 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
60
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
33
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
43
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
11.3
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
13.9
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
140
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
96.3%
2024
English speaking
90.5%
2023
14%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
68.5%
2023

Health

Guyana Panama
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$1,472
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$547
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
80 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
0.41%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
1.73
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
37
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
13.3
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
37.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
11.1%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
79
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
5.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
4.66 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Panama
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.05%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
6,343 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
8,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
16,138 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
n/a

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