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Guyana vs Qatar statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 2.86M in Qatar (ranked 138/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 4,436 sq mi for Qatar (ranked 82nd vs. 158th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Qatar
Population
839919
2964497
Population rank 162/197 137/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$218B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 56/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$76,276
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 11/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$126,110
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$89B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
40.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$31,151
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 23/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$36,023
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
4,436 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
644 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
1.73
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
34.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
82.7 years
2025

Guyana and Qatar: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Qatar economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Qatar
Year GDP
Guyana Qatar
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 $301,791,302
1971 $282,050,000 $387,703,106
1972 $285,380,952 $510,262,500
1973 $307,047,619 $793,885,560
1974 $433,954,545 $2,401,403,227
1975 $494,791,667 $2,512,773,166
1976 $454,440,000 $3,284,273,987
1977 $449,880,000 $3,617,564,638
1978 $507,080,000 $4,052,000,413
1979 $530,440,000 $5,632,962,997
1980 $603,200,000 $7,829,165,262
1981 $570,357,107 $8,661,263,764
1982 $482,000,000 $7,596,703,214
1983 $489,333,333 $6,467,582,308
1984 $437,631,605 $6,704,395,824
1985 $453,488,372 $6,153,296,456
1986 $504,651,140 $5,053,021,951
1987 $354,591,847 $5,446,428,681
1988 $413,799,990 $6,038,187,033
1989 $379,779,390 $6,487,912,088
1990 $396,582,263 $7,360,439,423
1991 $348,533,095 $6,883,516,484
1992 $373,573,141 $7,646,153,984
1993 $454,101,382 $7,156,593,654
1994 $540,874,934 $7,374,450,769
1995 $621,626,786 $8,137,911,978
1996 $705,406,001 $9,059,340,385
1997 $749,138,010 $11,297,802,115
1998 $717,530,683 $10,255,495,027
1999 $694,754,988 $12,393,131,868
2000 $712,667,897 $17,759,890,110
2001 $712,167,450 $17,538,461,538
2002 $726,131,435 $19,363,736,264
2003 $743,063,950 $23,533,791,209
2004 $787,814,379 $31,734,065,934
2005 $824,880,550 $44,530,494,505
2006 $2,379,817,991 $60,882,142,857
2007 $2,730,971,595 $79,712,087,912
2008 $3,025,187,433 $115,270,054,945
2009 $3,165,663,153 $97,798,351,648
2010 $3,432,912,517 $125,122,306,346
2011 $3,691,384,318 $167,775,268,626
2012 $4,063,088,536 $186,833,502,363
2013 $4,167,800,929 $198,727,642,967
2014 $4,127,660,152 $206,224,598,571
2015 $4,279,840,194 $161,739,955,577
2016 $4,482,697,337 $151,732,181,868
2017 $4,748,174,334 $161,099,122,225
2018 $4,787,636,998 $183,334,953,819
2019 $5,173,760,192 $176,371,267,692
2020 $5,471,256,595 $144,411,363,352
2021 $8,041,362,110 $179,732,009,560
2022 $14,718,388,489 $235,709,325,714
2023 $16,918,503,597 $213,002,809,341
2024 $24,835,899,826 $217,982,967,033

Guyana and Qatar economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Qatar
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Qatar
1960 $299.1 -
1961 $319 -
1962 $327 -
1963 $288.8 -
1964 $313 -
1965 $336 -
1966 $353 -
1967 $378 -
1968 $340 -
1969 $361 -
1970 $381 $2,594
1971 $396 $2,952
1972 $395 $3,483
1973 $421 $4,905
1974 $588 $13,540
1975 $664 $13,014
1976 $604 $15,710
1977 $593 $16,058
1978 $663 $16,757
1979 $689 $21,777
1980 $779 $28,375
1981 $735 $29,505
1982 $621 $24,385
1983 $631 $19,616
1984 $565 $19,272
1985 $588 $16,815
1986 $657 $13,213
1987 $464 $13,719
1988 $545 $14,682
1989 $503 $15,243
1990 $529 $16,722
1991 $466 $15,133
1992 $498 $16,280
1993 $603 $14,770
1994 $716 $14,765
1995 $820 $15,823
1996 $928 $17,125
1997 $983 $20,523
1998 $940 $17,665
1999 $909 $20,234
2000 $932 $27,535
2001 $932 $25,871
2002 $951 $27,227
2003 $974 $31,602
2004 $1,033 $41,036
2005 $1,084 $53,950
2006 $3,136 $62,582
2007 $3,608 $65,954
2008 $4,009 $80,781
2009 $4,209 $60,786
2010 $4,582 $77,387
2011 $4,947 $103,262
2012 $5,444 $108,470
2013 $5,557 $103,697
2014 $5,473 $95,841
2015 $5,640 $68,985
2016 $5,871 $61,254
2017 $6,179 $63,280
2018 $6,048 $71,040
2019 $6,406 $66,841
2020 $6,776 $51,684
2021 $9,861 $71,752
2022 $17,913 $88,701
2023 $20,474 $80,196
2024 $29,884 $76,276

Guyana vs. Qatar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Qatar
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Qatar
1950 49.2 50.8
1951 50.2 51.5
1952 51.3 52.1
1953 52.4 52.8
1954 53.3 53.5
1955 54.1 54.2
1956 55.2 54.9
1957 56.1 55.6
1958 56.4 56.3
1959 57 57
1960 57.5 57.8
1961 57.9 58.5
1962 58.3 59.2
1963 58.6 60
1964 59 60.7
1965 59.1 61.4
1966 59.3 62.2
1967 59.5 62.9
1968 59.7 63.6
1969 59.8 64.2
1970 60 64.9
1971 60.1 65.5
1972 60.1 66.1
1973 60.2 66.6
1974 60.3 67.2
1975 60.4 67.7
1976 60.4 68.2
1977 60.6 68.6
1978 60.6 69.1
1979 60.7 69.5
1980 60.8 69.9
1981 60.9 70.3
1982 61 70.7
1983 61.2 71.1
1984 61.3 71.5
1985 61.4 71.8
1986 61.5 72.2
1987 61.7 72.5
1988 61.8 72.8
1989 62.1 73.1
1990 62.3 73.4
1991 62.5 73.7
1992 62.8 73.9
1993 63 74.1
1994 63 74.2
1995 62.7 74.4
1996 62.7 74.6
1997 62.9 74.7
1998 63.4 74.9
1999 63.8 75
2000 64.1 75.3
2001 64.4 75.5
2002 64.2 75.8
2003 64.1 76.1
2004 64.2 76.5
2005 64.4 76.9
2006 64.8 77.3
2007 65.5 77.7
2008 65.7 78.3
2009 66 78.8
2010 66.2 79.4
2011 66.5 80
2012 66.4 80.5
2013 66.7 81
2014 67.3 81.4
2015 67.7 81.8
2016 68.1 82.1
2017 68.5 82.5
2018 68.8 82.7
2019 69.1 82.9
2020 67.8 80.4
2021 64.3 81.1
2022 69.9 81.9
2023 70.2 82.4
2024 70.3 82.5
2025 70.4 82.7

Guyana and Qatar population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Qatar
Year Population
Guyana Qatar
1960 569,143 36,010
1961 582,568 39,680
1962 595,461 44,630
1963 608,537 50,380
1964 621,764 56,867
1965 635,128 64,065
1966 648,646 72,192
1967 662,311 81,439
1968 676,160 91,749
1969 690,223 103,025
1970 702,705 116,350
1971 712,662 131,346
1972 721,617 146,506
1973 730,138 161,841
1974 738,057 177,362
1975 745,393 193,087
1976 752,253 209,052
1977 758,654 225,285
1978 764,586 241,808
1979 770,062 258,670
1980 774,367 275,913
1981 776,453 293,553
1982 776,712 311,537
1983 775,891 329,709
1984 774,111 347,878
1985 771,477 365,940
1986 768,098 382,422
1987 764,120 397,005
1988 759,663 411,264
1989 754,865 425,646
1990 749,894 440,175
1991 747,861 454,853
1992 749,911 469,657
1993 752,965 484,545
1994 755,822 499,459
1995 758,388 514,325
1996 760,526 529,019
1997 762,245 550,500
1998 763,586 580,540
1999 764,483 612,500
2000 764,832 644,989
2001 764,477 677,925
2002 763,652 711,205
2003 763,101 744,682
2004 762,418 773,332
2005 760,914 825,408
2006 758,966 972,831
2007 756,861 1,208,595
2008 754,606 1,426,938
2009 752,094 1,608,903
2010 749,256 1,616,832
2011 746,153 1,624,761
2012 746,288 1,722,438
2013 750,021 1,916,426
2014 754,229 2,151,745
2015 758,781 2,344,557
2016 763,548 2,477,113
2017 768,479 2,545,820
2018 791,556 2,580,734
2019 807,665 2,638,657
2020 807,481 2,794,148
2021 815,482 2,504,910
2022 821,637 2,657,333
2023 826,353 2,656,032
2024 831,087 2,857,822

Fertility rates in Guyana and Qatar

Fertility rate
Guyana

Qatar
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Qatar
1960 6.33 6.53
1961 6.34 6.53
1962 6.33 6.53
1963 6.31 6.53
1964 6.23 6.53
1965 6.14 6.53
1966 6.02 6.52
1967 5.89 6.46
1968 5.75 6.39
1969 5.58 6.31
1970 5.41 6.23
1971 5.26 6.15
1972 5.08 6.07
1973 4.87 6.01
1974 4.64 5.94
1975 4.45 5.86
1976 4.28 5.78
1977 4.12 5.69
1978 3.97 5.58
1979 3.86 5.46
1980 3.77 5.33
1981 3.72 5.2
1982 3.68 5.04
1983 3.64 4.9
1984 3.54 4.76
1985 3.47 4.64
1986 3.38 4.57
1987 3.31 4.54
1988 3.23 4.51
1989 3.19 4.41
1990 3.18 4.23
1991 3.18 3.99
1992 3.19 3.85
1993 3.2 3.77
1994 3.23 3.67
1995 3.24 3.56
1996 3.23 3.44
1997 3.22 3.33
1998 3.18 3.21
1999 3.13 3.12
2000 3.06 3.07
2001 2.96 3.08
2002 2.84 3.01
2003 2.75 2.93
2004 2.68 2.79
2005 2.65 2.64
2006 2.66 2.51
2007 2.68 2.44
2008 2.7 2.37
2009 2.69 2.25
2010 2.68 2.14
2011 2.69 2.07
2012 2.7 2.04
2013 2.71 2.03
2014 2.7 2.03
2015 2.67 1.98
2016 2.63 1.86
2017 2.59 1.83
2018 2.55 1.76
2019 2.52 1.73
2020 2.49 1.68
2021 2.46 1.61
2022 2.44 1.74
2023 2.41 1.73

Guyana and Qatar demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Qatar
Year Median age, years
Guyana Qatar
1960 16.7 18
1961 16.6 19
1962 16.4 20.1
1963 16.3 21.1
1964 16.2 21.8
1965 16.1 22.5
1966 16.1 23
1967 16.2 23.5
1968 16.2 24
1969 16.4 24.4
1970 16.5 23.7
1971 16.6 22.2
1972 16.7 21.3
1973 16.8 20.9
1974 17 20.8
1975 17.2 21
1976 17.4 21.3
1977 17.6 21.8
1978 17.8 22.3
1979 18 22.9
1980 18.2 23.5
1981 18.4 24.1
1982 18.7 24.8
1983 19 25.6
1984 19.3 26.3
1985 19.6 27
1986 19.9 27.4
1987 20.2 27.5
1988 20.5 27.5
1989 20.7 27.6
1990 20.9 27.7
1991 21.1 27.9
1992 21.3 28.1
1993 21.4 28.4
1994 21.5 28.7
1995 21.7 29.1
1996 21.8 29.6
1997 21.9 29.9
1998 22 29.8
1999 22.1 29.8
2000 22.2 29.9
2001 22.4 30.1
2002 22.5 30.5
2003 22.7 30.9
2004 22.9 31
2005 23.2 30.9
2006 23.4 30.6
2007 23.6 30.1
2008 23.8 30.1
2009 24 30.8
2010 24.2 31.3
2011 24.4 31.2
2012 24.5 31
2013 24.6 30.9
2014 24.6 31.1
2015 24.7 31.2
2016 24.9 31.4
2017 25 31.6
2018 25.4 31.9
2019 25.7 32.3
2020 25.9 32.6
2021 26.1 32.9
2022 26.4 33.4
2023 26.7 34.1
2024 26.9 34.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Qatar
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$219B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
26.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
3.23%
2020
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
6.96%
2022
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
22,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
+0.04%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
0.13%
2022
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
45.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
58.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
70.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
25.8%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2.6%
2017
Number of millionaires n/a
26,163
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
1.13%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
2
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00009%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
52
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$170M
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$54B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$1.44B
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
582,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
20.2%
2020
Banked people share n/a
65.9%
2011

Energy

Guyana Qatar
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
16,684 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$7.37
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
127.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
48.2 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
99.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
0%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.12%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-396%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
19,381 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
0.28%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guyana Qatar
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.04%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+46,105
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
99.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.69 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
77.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
59
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
68
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
0.07
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
7.3
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
119
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
97.8%
2014
English speaking
90.5%
2023
30%
2025
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
99.7%
2023

Health

Guyana Qatar
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$1,782
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$137.8
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
82.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
2.5
2018
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
6
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
44%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
24.6%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
15
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
12.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
1.05 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Qatar
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.008%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
1,552 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
285.7 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
0 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
4,374 mi
2016

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