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Guyana vs Peru statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 34.2M in Peru (ranked 48/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 494,211 sq mi for Peru (ranked 82nd vs. 19th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Peru ranks 49/197 ($289B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Peru ranks 93/197 ($8,452).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Peru
Population
839919
34854181
Population rank 162/197 48/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$289B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 49/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$8,452
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 93/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$17,802
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$94.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
33.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$2,770
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 106/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$6,804
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
494,211 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
69.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
1.98
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
30.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
78.1 years
2025

Guyana and Peru: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Peru economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Peru
Year GDP
Guyana Peru
1960 $170,216,241 $2,571,986,572
1961 $185,849,535 $2,897,852,693
1962 $194,949,513 $3,284,322,201
1963 $175,757,894 $3,598,272,493
1964 $194,774,513 $4,353,664,867
1965 $213,235,294 $5,163,008,077
1966 $228,705,882 $6,109,048,737
1967 $250,176,471 $6,194,340,080
1968 $229,750,000 $5,736,083,835
1969 $249,300,000 $6,420,909,790
1970 $267,800,000 $7,432,223,177
1971 $282,050,000 $8,289,582,884
1972 $285,380,952 $9,189,413,409
1973 $307,047,619 $10,994,381,895
1974 $433,954,545 $13,858,441,211
1975 $494,791,667 $16,931,162,355
1976 $454,440,000 $16,131,958,851
1977 $449,880,000 $14,544,913,961
1978 $507,080,000 $12,491,876,743
1979 $530,440,000 $15,954,012,439
1980 $603,200,000 $18,136,838,538
1981 $570,357,107 $21,648,214,893
1982 $482,000,000 $21,794,535,621
1983 $489,333,333 $17,345,260,564
1984 $437,631,605 $17,600,400,385
1985 $453,488,372 $15,078,736,875
1986 $504,651,140 $21,859,448,586
1987 $354,591,847 $36,889,706,593
1988 $413,799,990 $15,439,408,447
1989 $379,779,390 $22,499,558,526
1990 $396,582,263 $26,410,386,963
1991 $348,533,095 $34,341,465,998
1992 $373,573,141 $35,966,302,303
1993 $454,101,382 $34,832,077,221
1994 $540,874,934 $44,882,079,767
1995 $621,626,786 $53,312,793,687
1996 $705,406,001 $55,252,414,130
1997 $749,138,010 $58,147,522,523
1998 $717,530,683 $55,501,467,877
1999 $694,754,988 $50,187,324,568
2000 $712,667,897 $51,744,749,133
2001 $712,167,450 $52,030,158,775
2002 $726,131,435 $54,777,553,515
2003 $743,063,950 $58,731,030,122
2004 $787,814,379 $66,768,703,498
2005 $824,880,550 $76,060,606,061
2006 $2,379,817,991 $88,643,193,062
2007 $2,730,971,595 $102,170,981,144
2008 $3,025,187,433 $120,550,599,815
2009 $3,165,663,153 $120,822,986,521
2010 $3,432,912,517 $147,527,631,521
2011 $3,691,384,318 $171,761,737,047
2012 $4,063,088,536 $192,650,021,649
2013 $4,167,800,929 $201,175,543,571
2014 $4,127,660,152 $200,786,250,583
2015 $4,279,840,194 $189,802,976,286
2016 $4,482,697,337 $191,898,104,390
2017 $4,748,174,334 $211,007,984,081
2018 $4,787,636,998 $222,597,009,739
2019 $5,173,760,192 $228,346,006,004
2020 $5,471,256,595 $201,409,694,756
2021 $8,041,362,110 $226,328,766,460
2022 $14,718,388,489 $246,065,570,308
2023 $16,918,503,597 $266,958,720,838
2024 $24,835,899,826 $289,221,969,060

Guyana and Peru economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Peru
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Peru
1960 $299.1 $252.8
1961 $319 $276.6
1962 $327 $305
1963 $288.8 $324
1964 $313 $381
1965 $336 $439
1966 $353 $505
1967 $378 $498
1968 $340 $448
1969 $361 $488
1970 $381 $550
1971 $396 $599
1972 $395 $647
1973 $421 $754
1974 $588 $927
1975 $664 $1,104
1976 $604 $1,026
1977 $593 $903
1978 $663 $756
1979 $689 $942
1980 $779 $1,045
1981 $735 $1,216
1982 $621 $1,194
1983 $631 $927
1984 $565 $918
1985 $588 $767
1986 $657 $1,087
1987 $464 $1,792
1988 $545 $733
1989 $503 $1,045
1990 $529 $1,200
1991 $466 $1,527
1992 $498 $1,567
1993 $603 $1,488
1994 $716 $1,879
1995 $820 $2,190
1996 $928 $2,227
1997 $983 $2,301
1998 $940 $2,156
1999 $909 $1,917
2000 $932 $1,945
2001 $932 $1,930
2002 $951 $2,007
2003 $974 $2,129
2004 $1,033 $2,397
2005 $1,084 $2,707
2006 $3,136 $3,130
2007 $3,608 $3,581
2008 $4,009 $4,198
2009 $4,209 $4,181
2010 $4,582 $5,072
2011 $4,947 $5,861
2012 $5,444 $6,519
2013 $5,557 $6,747
2014 $5,473 $6,667
2015 $5,640 $6,232
2016 $5,871 $6,217
2017 $6,179 $6,736
2018 $6,048 $6,978
2019 $6,406 $7,037
2020 $6,776 $6,133
2021 $9,861 $6,826
2022 $17,913 $7,351
2023 $20,474 $7,888
2024 $29,884 $8,452

Guyana vs. Peru life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Peru
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Peru
1950 49.2 46
1951 50.2 46.5
1952 51.3 46.8
1953 52.4 47.1
1954 53.3 47.5
1955 54.1 47.9
1956 55.2 48.4
1957 56.1 48.9
1958 56.4 49.5
1959 57 50
1960 57.5 50.6
1961 57.9 51.2
1962 58.3 51.5
1963 58.6 52.6
1964 59 53.3
1965 59.1 53.9
1966 59.3 54.4
1967 59.5 54.9
1968 59.7 55.4
1969 59.8 55.8
1970 60 47.7
1971 60.1 56.5
1972 60.1 57
1973 60.2 57.3
1974 60.3 57.8
1975 60.4 58.2
1976 60.4 58.6
1977 60.6 58.9
1978 60.6 59.3
1979 60.7 59.6
1980 60.8 60
1981 60.9 60.3
1982 61 60.6
1983 61.2 60.8
1984 61.3 61.1
1985 61.4 61.7
1986 61.5 62.2
1987 61.7 62.5
1988 61.8 63
1989 62.1 63.4
1990 62.3 64
1991 62.5 64.2
1992 62.8 65
1993 63 65.7
1994 63 66.5
1995 62.7 67.2
1996 62.7 67.8
1997 62.9 68.3
1998 63.4 68.7
1999 63.8 69.3
2000 64.1 69.8
2001 64.4 70.3
2002 64.2 70.8
2003 64.1 71.3
2004 64.2 71.4
2005 64.4 72
2006 64.8 72.3
2007 65.5 72.7
2008 65.7 72.7
2009 66 72.6
2010 66.2 72.9
2011 66.5 73.3
2012 66.4 74
2013 66.7 74.6
2014 67.3 75.3
2015 67.7 75.7
2016 68.1 76
2017 68.5 76
2018 68.8 76
2019 69.1 76.3
2020 67.8 73.8
2021 64.3 71.6
2022 69.9 76.8
2023 70.2 77.7
2024 70.3 77.9
2025 70.4 78.1

Guyana and Peru population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Peru
Year Population
Guyana Peru
1960 569,143 10,174,127
1961 582,568 10,475,123
1962 595,461 10,784,612
1963 608,537 11,102,099
1964 621,764 11,427,978
1965 635,128 11,761,085
1966 648,646 12,101,297
1967 662,311 12,448,814
1968 676,160 12,803,993
1969 690,223 13,166,767
1970 702,705 13,501,237
1971 712,662 13,838,067
1972 721,617 14,210,147
1973 730,138 14,582,867
1974 738,057 14,956,552
1975 745,393 15,333,957
1976 752,253 15,716,809
1977 758,654 16,109,806
1978 764,586 16,516,059
1979 770,062 16,933,139
1980 774,367 17,360,949
1981 776,453 17,798,805
1982 776,712 18,246,503
1983 775,891 18,705,957
1984 774,111 19,174,716
1985 771,477 19,648,204
1986 768,098 20,117,122
1987 764,120 20,582,320
1988 759,663 21,054,702
1989 754,865 21,532,589
1990 749,894 22,014,771
1991 747,861 22,483,775
1992 749,911 22,946,340
1993 752,965 23,413,783
1994 755,822 23,881,493
1995 758,388 24,348,919
1996 760,526 24,811,171
1997 762,245 25,274,147
1998 763,586 25,738,095
1999 764,483 26,186,504
2000 764,832 26,598,331
2001 764,477 26,964,601
2002 763,652 27,288,217
2003 763,101 27,580,490
2004 762,418 27,852,190
2005 760,914 28,101,180
2006 758,966 28,324,491
2007 756,861 28,530,699
2008 754,606 28,719,041
2009 752,094 28,896,811
2010 749,256 29,086,019
2011 746,153 29,304,086
2012 746,288 29,550,366
2013 750,021 29,817,919
2014 754,229 30,115,826
2015 758,781 30,457,600
2016 763,548 30,866,494
2017 768,479 31,324,637
2018 791,556 31,897,584
2019 807,665 32,449,303
2020 807,481 32,838,579
2021 815,482 33,155,882
2022 821,637 33,475,438
2023 826,353 33,845,617
2024 831,087 34,217,848

Fertility rates in Guyana and Peru

Fertility rate
Guyana

Peru
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Peru
1960 6.33 6.94
1961 6.34 6.92
1962 6.33 6.9
1963 6.31 6.86
1964 6.23 6.81
1965 6.14 6.75
1966 6.02 6.68
1967 5.89 6.6
1968 5.75 6.51
1969 5.58 6.42
1970 5.41 6.32
1971 5.26 6.21
1972 5.08 6.09
1973 4.87 5.97
1974 4.64 5.84
1975 4.45 5.71
1976 4.28 5.58
1977 4.12 5.44
1978 3.97 5.31
1979 3.86 5.17
1980 3.77 5.04
1981 3.72 4.92
1982 3.68 4.8
1983 3.64 4.68
1984 3.54 4.57
1985 3.47 4.46
1986 3.38 4.35
1987 3.31 4.25
1988 3.23 4.14
1989 3.19 4.03
1990 3.18 3.91
1991 3.18 3.79
1992 3.19 3.67
1993 3.2 3.55
1994 3.23 3.43
1995 3.24 3.32
1996 3.23 3.2
1997 3.22 3.1
1998 3.18 3
1999 3.13 2.92
2000 3.06 2.85
2001 2.96 2.74
2002 2.84 2.69
2003 2.75 2.66
2004 2.68 2.67
2005 2.65 2.64
2006 2.66 2.62
2007 2.68 2.58
2008 2.7 2.53
2009 2.69 2.48
2010 2.68 2.42
2011 2.69 2.41
2012 2.7 2.36
2013 2.71 2.32
2014 2.7 2.27
2015 2.67 2.23
2016 2.63 2.19
2017 2.59 2.15
2018 2.55 2.12
2019 2.52 2.09
2020 2.49 2.06
2021 2.46 2.03
2022 2.44 2
2023 2.41 1.98

Guyana and Peru demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Peru
Year Median age, years
Guyana Peru
1960 16.7 18.2
1961 16.6 18.1
1962 16.4 18
1963 16.3 17.9
1964 16.2 17.9
1965 16.1 17.9
1966 16.1 17.9
1967 16.2 17.9
1968 16.2 17.9
1969 16.4 17.9
1970 16.5 17.9
1971 16.6 17.9
1972 16.7 18
1973 16.8 18
1974 17 18.1
1975 17.2 18.1
1976 17.4 18.2
1977 17.6 18.2
1978 17.8 18.3
1979 18 18.4
1980 18.2 18.5
1981 18.4 18.6
1982 18.7 18.7
1983 19 18.8
1984 19.3 18.9
1985 19.6 19.1
1986 19.9 19.2
1987 20.2 19.3
1988 20.5 19.5
1989 20.7 19.6
1990 20.9 19.8
1991 21.1 20
1992 21.3 20.2
1993 21.4 20.4
1994 21.5 20.7
1995 21.7 20.9
1996 21.8 21.2
1997 21.9 21.5
1998 22 21.8
1999 22.1 22.1
2000 22.2 22.5
2001 22.4 22.8
2002 22.5 23.2
2003 22.7 23.5
2004 22.9 23.9
2005 23.2 24.2
2006 23.4 24.6
2007 23.6 25
2008 23.8 25.4
2009 24 25.8
2010 24.2 26.3
2011 24.4 26.7
2012 24.5 27.1
2013 24.6 27.4
2014 24.6 27.8
2015 24.7 28.1
2016 24.9 28.4
2017 25 28.6
2018 25.4 28.9
2019 25.7 29.2
2020 25.9 29.5
2021 26.1 29.8
2022 26.4 30.1
2023 26.7 30.5
2024 26.9 30.8

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Finance

Guyana Peru
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$256B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
22.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
4.24%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
1.12%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
158,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-2.54%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
5.2%
2024
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
52.7%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
32.2%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
65.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
30.3%
2024
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2%
2024
Listed domestic companies n/a
176
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$82.2B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$79.2B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$4.93B
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
1,119,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
2.2%
2020
Banked people share n/a
59.3%
2024

Energy

Guyana Peru
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
827 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$20.2
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
58.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
1.73 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
76.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
30.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
10.2%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
12.2%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
1,588 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
61.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
49.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
96.2%
2023

Society

Guyana Peru
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.42%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+18,406
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
79.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.07 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
53
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
31
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
67
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
8.46
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
13.6
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
93.7%
2024
English speaking
90.5%
2023
8%
2025
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
82%
2024

Health

Guyana Peru
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$446
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$120.3
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
78.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
0.21%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
1.62
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
21.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
51
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
15.8
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
28.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
6.4%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
44
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
7.1%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
6.45 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Peru
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.86%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
14,443 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
94,153 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
277,267 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
109,106 mi
2021

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