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Guyana vs Paraguay statistics compared

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Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 6.93M in Paraguay (ranked 107/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 152,901 sq mi for Paraguay (ranked 82nd vs. 59th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Paraguay ranks 98/197 ($44.5B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Paraguay ranks 108/197 ($6,416).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Paraguay
Population
839919
7079103
Population rank 162/197 108/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$44.5B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 98/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$6,416
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 108/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$18,524
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$20.1B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
43.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$2,903
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 104/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$5,493
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
152,901 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
45.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
2.42
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
27.7 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
74.1 years
2025

Guyana and Paraguay: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Paraguay economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Paraguay
Year GDP
Guyana Paraguay
1960 $170,216,241 $288,884,368
1961 $185,849,535 $322,053,713
1962 $194,949,513 $360,698,413
1963 $175,757,894 $383,904,762
1964 $194,774,513 $408,349,206
1965 $213,235,294 $443,587,302
1966 $228,705,882 $465,888,889
1967 $250,176,471 $492,674,603
1968 $229,750,000 $517,650,794
1969 $249,300,000 $556,293,651
1970 $267,800,000 $594,611,111
1971 $282,050,000 $664,571,429
1972 $285,380,952 $769,039,683
1973 $307,047,619 $995,531,746
1974 $433,954,545 $1,333,475,397
1975 $494,791,667 $1,511,420,635
1976 $454,440,000 $1,698,960,317
1977 $449,880,000 $2,092,158,730
1978 $507,080,000 $2,559,857,143
1979 $530,440,000 $3,416,777,778
1980 $603,200,000 $4,448,087,302
1981 $570,357,107 $5,624,515,873
1982 $482,000,000 $5,419,411,765
1983 $489,333,333 $5,673,248,726
1984 $437,631,605 $4,502,462,807
1985 $453,488,372 $3,282,449,236
1986 $504,651,140 $3,723,993,943
1987 $354,591,847 $3,971,044,724
1988 $413,799,990 $4,255,683,528
1989 $379,779,390 $4,757,732,200
1990 $396,582,263 $5,812,114,523
1991 $348,533,095 $6,984,367,763
1992 $373,573,141 $7,157,424,031
1993 $454,101,382 $7,249,533,620
1994 $540,874,934 $7,870,982,005
1995 $621,626,786 $9,062,131,475
1996 $705,406,001 $9,788,391,781
1997 $749,138,010 $9,965,225,678
1998 $717,530,683 $9,260,481,572
1999 $694,754,988 $8,837,070,236
2000 $712,667,897 $8,855,705,140
2001 $712,167,450 $8,495,806,432
2002 $726,131,435 $7,196,260,657
2003 $743,063,950 $7,691,367,471
2004 $787,814,379 $9,624,440,836
2005 $824,880,550 $10,737,500,188
2006 $2,379,817,991 $13,429,430,050
2007 $2,730,971,595 $17,856,393,235
2008 $3,025,187,433 $24,615,267,664
2009 $3,165,663,153 $22,355,151,162
2010 $3,432,912,517 $27,260,886,405
2011 $3,691,384,318 $33,756,238,767
2012 $4,063,088,536 $33,271,921,136
2013 $4,167,800,929 $38,501,122,141
2014 $4,127,660,152 $40,377,929,296
2015 $4,279,840,194 $36,211,447,840
2016 $4,482,697,337 $36,089,700,223
2017 $4,748,174,334 $38,997,129,474
2018 $4,787,636,998 $40,225,448,341
2019 $5,173,760,192 $37,925,338,329
2020 $5,471,256,595 $35,432,178,068
2021 $8,041,362,110 $39,950,899,939
2022 $14,718,388,489 $41,952,910,858
2023 $16,918,503,597 $43,118,053,175
2024 $24,835,899,826 $44,458,118,400

Guyana and Paraguay economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Paraguay
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Paraguay
1960 $299.1 $153.4
1961 $319 $167.1
1962 $327 $182.8
1963 $288.8 $189.9
1964 $313 $197
1965 $336 $208.7
1966 $353 $213.9
1967 $378 $220.9
1968 $340 $226.8
1969 $361 $238.2
1970 $381 $249
1971 $396 $272.1
1972 $395 $308
1973 $421 $389
1974 $588 $508
1975 $664 $562
1976 $604 $616
1977 $593 $740
1978 $663 $883
1979 $689 $1,149
1980 $779 $1,457
1981 $735 $1,793
1982 $621 $1,680
1983 $631 $1,710
1984 $565 $1,319
1985 $588 $935
1986 $657 $1,031
1987 $464 $1,069
1988 $545 $1,114
1989 $503 $1,211
1990 $529 $1,440
1991 $466 $1,685
1992 $498 $1,683
1993 $603 $1,662
1994 $716 $1,760
1995 $820 $1,979
1996 $928 $2,088
1997 $983 $2,079
1998 $940 $1,890
1999 $909 $1,766
2000 $932 $1,736
2001 $932 $1,638
2002 $951 $1,368
2003 $974 $1,444
2004 $1,033 $1,786
2005 $1,084 $1,971
2006 $3,136 $2,439
2007 $3,608 $3,212
2008 $4,009 $4,385
2009 $4,209 $3,942
2010 $4,582 $4,751
2011 $4,947 $5,805
2012 $5,444 $5,642
2013 $5,557 $6,436
2014 $5,473 $6,652
2015 $5,640 $5,879
2016 $5,871 $5,775
2017 $6,179 $6,152
2018 $6,048 $6,258
2019 $6,406 $5,821
2020 $6,776 $5,365
2021 $9,861 $5,977
2022 $17,913 $6,206
2023 $20,474 $6,300
2024 $29,884 $6,416

Guyana vs. Paraguay life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Paraguay
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Paraguay
1950 49.2 58.1
1951 50.2 58.3
1952 51.3 58.4
1953 52.4 58.5
1954 53.3 58.6
1955 54.1 58.8
1956 55.2 59
1957 56.1 59.3
1958 56.4 59.6
1959 57 59.9
1960 57.5 60.2
1961 57.9 60.5
1962 58.3 60.8
1963 58.6 61.1
1964 59 61.4
1965 59.1 61.6
1966 59.3 61.8
1967 59.5 62
1968 59.7 62.2
1969 59.8 62.4
1970 60 62.6
1971 60.1 62.7
1972 60.1 62.9
1973 60.2 63.1
1974 60.3 63.2
1975 60.4 63.4
1976 60.4 63.7
1977 60.6 63.9
1978 60.6 64.1
1979 60.7 64.3
1980 60.8 64.6
1981 60.9 64.8
1982 61 65.1
1983 61.2 65.3
1984 61.3 65.6
1985 61.4 65.9
1986 61.5 66.2
1987 61.7 66.5
1988 61.8 66.7
1989 62.1 66.9
1990 62.3 67.3
1991 62.5 67.7
1992 62.8 68
1993 63 68.2
1994 63 68.5
1995 62.7 68.8
1996 62.7 69.1
1997 62.9 69.3
1998 63.4 69.5
1999 63.8 69.8
2000 64.1 70
2001 64.4 70.3
2002 64.2 70.5
2003 64.1 70.8
2004 64.2 71.1
2005 64.4 71.3
2006 64.8 71.6
2007 65.5 71.8
2008 65.7 72
2009 66 72.3
2010 66.2 72.6
2011 66.5 72.8
2012 66.4 73.1
2013 66.7 73.3
2014 67.3 73.4
2015 67.7 73.5
2016 68.1 73.5
2017 68.5 73.4
2018 68.8 73.6
2019 69.1 73.7
2020 67.8 72.7
2021 64.3 68.1
2022 69.9 72.3
2023 70.2 73.8
2024 70.3 74
2025 70.4 74.1

Guyana and Paraguay population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Paraguay
Year Population
Guyana Paraguay
1960 569,143 1,883,514
1961 582,568 1,927,394
1962 595,461 1,973,130
1963 608,537 2,021,909
1964 621,764 2,073,119
1965 635,128 2,125,177
1966 648,646 2,177,584
1967 662,311 2,229,994
1968 676,160 2,282,391
1969 690,223 2,334,992
1970 702,705 2,388,028
1971 712,662 2,442,537
1972 721,617 2,499,881
1973 730,138 2,561,102
1974 738,057 2,625,621
1975 745,393 2,691,648
1976 752,253 2,758,836
1977 758,654 2,827,874
1978 764,586 2,899,269
1979 770,062 2,973,968
1980 774,367 3,053,235
1981 776,453 3,137,604
1982 776,712 3,226,189
1983 775,891 3,318,068
1984 774,111 3,412,936
1985 771,477 3,510,671
1986 768,098 3,611,474
1987 764,120 3,714,889
1988 759,663 3,820,546
1989 754,865 3,927,802
1990 749,894 4,035,747
1991 747,861 4,144,364
1992 749,911 4,253,600
1993 752,965 4,362,696
1994 755,822 4,471,417
1995 758,388 4,579,806
1996 760,526 4,687,543
1997 762,245 4,794,412
1998 763,586 4,900,025
1999 764,483 5,003,135
2000 764,832 5,100,868
2001 764,477 5,187,689
2002 763,652 5,261,328
2003 763,101 5,326,436
2004 762,418 5,388,175
2005 760,914 5,448,097
2006 758,966 5,505,148
2007 756,861 5,559,386
2008 754,606 5,613,574
2009 752,094 5,671,236
2010 749,256 5,737,971
2011 746,153 5,814,626
2012 746,288 5,897,008
2013 750,021 5,982,445
2014 754,229 6,069,811
2015 758,781 6,159,103
2016 763,548 6,249,126
2017 768,479 6,338,660
2018 791,556 6,427,382
2019 807,665 6,515,058
2020 807,481 6,603,739
2021 815,482 6,684,182
2022 821,637 6,760,464
2023 826,353 6,844,146
2024 831,087 6,929,153

Fertility rates in Guyana and Paraguay

Fertility rate
Guyana

Paraguay
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Paraguay
1960 6.33 6.5
1961 6.34 6.49
1962 6.33 6.47
1963 6.31 6.45
1964 6.23 6.42
1965 6.14 6.35
1966 6.02 6.23
1967 5.89 6.1
1968 5.75 5.97
1969 5.58 5.84
1970 5.41 5.72
1971 5.26 5.59
1972 5.08 5.46
1973 4.87 5.35
1974 4.64 5.27
1975 4.45 5.18
1976 4.28 5.12
1977 4.12 5.08
1978 3.97 5.04
1979 3.86 5.06
1980 3.77 5.1
1981 3.72 5.15
1982 3.68 5.13
1983 3.64 5.09
1984 3.54 5.04
1985 3.47 4.97
1986 3.38 4.93
1987 3.31 4.85
1988 3.23 4.77
1989 3.19 4.68
1990 3.18 4.57
1991 3.18 4.48
1992 3.19 4.4
1993 3.2 4.28
1994 3.23 4.2
1995 3.24 4.11
1996 3.23 4.01
1997 3.22 3.91
1998 3.18 3.8
1999 3.13 3.67
2000 3.06 3.51
2001 2.96 3.36
2002 2.84 3.23
2003 2.75 3.12
2004 2.68 3.05
2005 2.65 2.97
2006 2.66 2.89
2007 2.68 2.82
2008 2.7 2.79
2009 2.69 2.76
2010 2.68 2.7
2011 2.69 2.67
2012 2.7 2.66
2013 2.71 2.64
2014 2.7 2.65
2015 2.67 2.65
2016 2.63 2.62
2017 2.59 2.59
2018 2.55 2.56
2019 2.52 2.53
2020 2.49 2.5
2021 2.46 2.47
2022 2.44 2.44
2023 2.41 2.42

Guyana and Paraguay demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Paraguay
Year Median age, years
Guyana Paraguay
1960 16.7 16.8
1961 16.6 16.8
1962 16.4 16.9
1963 16.3 16.9
1964 16.2 16.9
1965 16.1 16.9
1966 16.1 16.9
1967 16.2 17
1968 16.2 17
1969 16.4 17.1
1970 16.5 17.2
1971 16.6 17.3
1972 16.7 17.4
1973 16.8 17.5
1974 17 17.7
1975 17.2 17.9
1976 17.4 18
1977 17.6 18.2
1978 17.8 18.4
1979 18 18.6
1980 18.2 18.7
1981 18.4 18.8
1982 18.7 18.9
1983 19 18.9
1984 19.3 19
1985 19.6 19
1986 19.9 19.1
1987 20.2 19.1
1988 20.5 19.2
1989 20.7 19.2
1990 20.9 19.2
1991 21.1 19.3
1992 21.3 19.3
1993 21.4 19.3
1994 21.5 19.4
1995 21.7 19.4
1996 21.8 19.5
1997 21.9 19.6
1998 22 19.7
1999 22.1 19.9
2000 22.2 20.1
2001 22.4 20.3
2002 22.5 20.5
2003 22.7 20.8
2004 22.9 21.1
2005 23.2 21.5
2006 23.4 21.8
2007 23.6 22.2
2008 23.8 22.5
2009 24 22.9
2010 24.2 23.2
2011 24.4 23.6
2012 24.5 23.9
2013 24.6 24.3
2014 24.6 24.6
2015 24.7 24.9
2016 24.9 25.3
2017 25 25.6
2018 25.4 25.9
2019 25.7 26.2
2020 25.9 26.6
2021 26.1 26.8
2022 26.4 27.1
2023 26.7 27.4
2024 26.9 27.7

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Paraguay
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$43.6B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
20.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
3.41%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
0.91%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
29,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-1.62%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
5.69%
2024
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
48.7%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
32.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
35%
2024
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2%
2024
Listed domestic companies n/a
55
1999
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$313M
1999
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$9.89B
2023
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$878M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
1,077,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
0.84%
2020
Banked people share n/a
60.9%
2024

Energy

Guyana Paraguay
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
1,044 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$16.8
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
8.25 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
1.21 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
34.8%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
58.8%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
63.6%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
-4.69%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,389 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
100%
2012
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
99.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Guyana Paraguay
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.09%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
-12,451
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
63.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.7 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
43.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
24
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
49
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
6.96
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
22
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
144
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
94.9%
2024
English speaking
90.5%
2023
1%
2025
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
81.6%
2024

Health

Guyana Paraguay
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$480
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$186.8
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
74.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
0.01%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
3.88
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
22.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
58
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
17
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
34%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
9.4%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
55
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
10.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
5.62 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Paraguay
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.27%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
22,066 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
82,730 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
58,936 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
10,333 mi
2023

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