Guyana vs South Africa statistics compared

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 82nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Guyana and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Guyana and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Guyana

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Guyana	South Africa
1960	$170,216,241	$8,748,596,501
1961	$185,849,535	$9,225,996,310
1962	$194,949,513	$9,813,996,074
1963	$175,757,894	$10,854,195,658
1964	$194,774,513	$11,955,995,218
1965	$213,235,294	$13,068,994,772
1966	$228,705,882	$14,211,394,315
1967	$250,176,471	$15,821,393,671
1968	$229,750,000	$17,124,793,150
1969	$249,300,000	$19,256,992,297
1970	$267,800,000	$21,218,391,513
1971	$282,050,000	$23,411,076,638
1972	$285,380,952	$24,515,919,217
1973	$307,047,619	$33,262,772,008
1974	$433,954,545	$41,389,186,095
1975	$494,791,667	$42,906,905,672
1976	$454,440,000	$41,150,460,288
1977	$449,880,000	$45,328,411,332
1978	$507,080,000	$51,607,412,902
1979	$530,440,000	$63,038,658,089
1980	$603,200,000	$89,411,864,402
1981	$570,357,107	$93,141,472,164
1982	$482,000,000	$85,904,057,409
1983	$489,333,333	$96,204,110,942
1984	$437,631,605	$84,870,163,366
1985	$453,488,372	$64,459,376,087
1986	$504,651,140	$73,354,771,399
1987	$354,591,847	$96,535,763,418
1988	$413,799,990	$103,976,831,871
1989	$379,779,390	$108,055,624,082
1990	$396,582,263	$126,048,140,142
1991	$348,533,095	$135,203,698,238
1992	$373,573,141	$146,956,150,987
1993	$454,101,382	$147,194,747,566
1994	$540,874,934	$153,512,712,382
1995	$621,626,786	$171,735,933,897
1996	$705,406,001	$163,234,925,381
1997	$749,138,010	$168,978,057,328
1998	$717,530,683	$152,982,984,557
1999	$694,754,988	$151,516,957,079
2000	$712,667,897	$151,752,757,215
2001	$712,167,450	$135,429,905,923
2002	$726,131,435	$129,087,556,612
2003	$743,063,950	$197,018,965,309
2004	$787,814,379	$255,806,908,595
2005	$824,880,550	$288,867,217,197
2006	$2,379,817,991	$303,858,675,364
2007	$2,730,971,595	$333,077,117,254
2008	$3,025,187,433	$316,131,258,616
2009	$3,165,663,153	$329,754,060,647
2010	$3,432,912,517	$417,363,822,802
2011	$3,691,384,318	$458,199,494,831
2012	$4,063,088,536	$434,400,545,086
2013	$4,167,800,929	$400,886,013,596
2014	$4,127,660,152	$381,198,869,776
2015	$4,279,840,194	$346,709,790,459
2016	$4,482,697,337	$323,585,509,674
2017	$4,748,174,334	$381,448,814,653
2018	$4,787,636,998	$405,260,723,893
2019	$5,173,760,192	$389,330,032,224
2020	$5,471,256,595	$337,974,655,408
2021	$8,041,362,110	$420,886,877,629
2022	$14,718,388,489	$406,920,004,594
2023	$16,918,503,597	$380,699,271,816
2024	$24,835,899,826	$400,260,724,226

Guyana and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Guyana

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Guyana	South Africa
1960	$299.1	$532
1961	$319	$546
1962	$327	$563
1963	$288.8	$605
1964	$313	$646
1965	$336	$685
1966	$353	$722
1967	$378	$779
1968	$340	$817
1969	$361	$891
1970	$381	$952
1971	$396	$1,020
1972	$395	$1,038
1973	$421	$1,369
1974	$588	$1,656
1975	$664	$1,670
1976	$604	$1,559
1977	$593	$1,671
1978	$663	$1,852
1979	$689	$2,202
1980	$779	$3,029
1981	$735	$3,050
1982	$621	$2,717
1983	$631	$2,938
1984	$565	$2,504
1985	$588	$1,839
1986	$657	$2,027
1987	$464	$2,586
1988	$545	$2,702
1989	$503	$2,727
1990	$529	$3,093
1991	$466	$3,243
1992	$498	$3,462
1993	$603	$3,400
1994	$716	$3,489
1995	$820	$3,856
1996	$928	$3,618
1997	$983	$3,700
1998	$940	$3,310
1999	$909	$3,242
2000	$932	$3,218
2001	$932	$2,847
2002	$951	$2,688
2003	$974	$4,062
2004	$1,033	$5,221
2005	$1,084	$5,837
2006	$3,136	$6,077
2007	$3,608	$6,592
2008	$4,009	$6,185
2009	$4,209	$6,375
2010	$4,582	$7,973
2011	$4,947	$8,646
2012	$5,444	$8,077
2013	$5,557	$7,332
2014	$5,473	$6,857
2015	$5,640	$6,112
2016	$5,871	$5,651
2017	$6,179	$6,618
2018	$6,048	$6,914
2019	$6,406	$6,534
2020	$6,776	$5,581
2021	$9,861	$6,843
2022	$17,913	$6,523
2023	$20,474	$6,023
2024	$29,884	$6,253

Guyana vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Guyana

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Guyana	South Africa
1950	49.2	43.1
1951	50.2	44.1
1952	51.3	45
1953	52.4	46.1
1954	53.3	47.1
1955	54.1	48.2
1956	55.2	49.2
1957	56.1	50.2
1958	56.4	51.1
1959	57	51.9
1960	57.5	52.6
1961	57.9	53.1
1962	58.3	53.6
1963	58.6	53.9
1964	59	54.2
1965	59.1	54.4
1966	59.3	54.7
1967	59.5	55
1968	59.7	55.2
1969	59.8	55.4
1970	60	55.7
1971	60.1	56
1972	60.1	56.4
1973	60.2	56.7
1974	60.3	57.1
1975	60.4	57.6
1976	60.4	58
1977	60.6	58.5
1978	60.6	59
1979	60.7	59.5
1980	60.8	60
1981	60.9	60.4
1982	61	60.9
1983	61.2	61.4
1984	61.3	61.8
1985	61.4	62.2
1986	61.5	62.4
1987	61.7	62.7
1988	61.8	62.9
1989	62.1	63
1990	62.3	62.9
1991	62.5	63
1992	62.8	62.8
1993	63	62.6
1994	63	62.1
1995	62.7	61.6
1996	62.7	61.1
1997	62.9	60.5
1998	63.4	59.9
1999	63.8	59.2
2000	64.1	58.4
2001	64.4	57.2
2002	64.2	55.6
2003	64.1	54.2
2004	64.2	54
2005	64.4	53.9
2006	64.8	54.2
2007	65.5	54.9
2008	65.7	56
2009	66	57.4
2010	66.2	58.9
2011	66.5	60.6
2012	66.4	61.7
2013	66.7	62.4
2014	67.3	63.2
2015	67.7	64.1
2016	68.1	64.7
2017	68.5	65.4
2018	68.8	65.7
2019	69.1	66.1
2020	67.8	65.2
2021	64.3	62
2022	69.9	65.5
2023	70.2	66.1
2024	70.3	66.3
2025	70.4	66.5

Guyana and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Guyana

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Guyana	South Africa
1960	569,143	16,440,172
1961	582,568	16,908,035
1962	595,461	17,418,522
1963	608,537	17,954,564
1964	621,764	18,511,361
1965	635,128	19,089,380
1966	648,646	19,690,087
1967	662,311	20,314,066
1968	676,160	20,957,287
1969	690,223	21,614,676
1970	702,705	22,279,984
1971	712,662	22,942,143
1972	721,617	23,609,456
1973	730,138	24,294,263
1974	738,057	24,989,108
1975	745,393	25,690,940
1976	752,253	26,395,450
1977	758,654	27,118,952
1978	764,586	27,869,507
1979	770,062	28,634,162
1980	774,367	29,518,857
1981	776,453	30,541,044
1982	776,712	31,615,339
1983	775,891	32,739,304
1984	774,111	33,892,788
1985	771,477	35,042,093
1986	768,098	36,180,515
1987	764,120	37,326,190
1988	759,663	38,480,649
1989	754,865	39,628,575
1990	749,894	40,746,268
1991	747,861	41,687,898
1992	749,911	42,443,509
1993	752,965	43,297,156
1994	755,822	44,004,139
1995	758,388	44,541,554
1996	760,526	45,123,018
1997	762,245	45,666,838
1998	763,586	46,223,880
1999	764,483	46,730,335
2000	764,832	47,159,719
2001	764,477	47,566,800
2002	763,652	48,019,415
2003	763,101	48,500,348
2004	762,418	48,991,421
2005	760,914	49,490,033
2006	758,966	49,998,277
2007	756,861	50,528,584
2008	754,606	51,114,599
2009	752,094	51,728,516
2010	749,256	52,344,051
2011	746,153	52,995,205
2012	746,288	53,782,567
2013	750,021	54,678,791
2014	754,229	55,594,838
2015	758,781	56,723,537
2016	763,548	57,259,551
2017	768,479	57,635,162
2018	791,556	58,613,001
2019	807,665	59,587,885
2020	807,481	60,562,381
2021	815,482	61,502,603
2022	821,637	62,378,410
2023	826,353	63,212,384
2024	831,087	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Guyana and South Africa

Fertility rate

Guyana

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guyana	South Africa
1960	6.33	6.11
1961	6.34	6.08
1962	6.33	6.05
1963	6.31	6.01
1964	6.23	5.96
1965	6.14	5.89
1966	6.02	5.91
1967	5.89	5.85
1968	5.75	5.78
1969	5.58	5.72
1970	5.41	5.63
1971	5.26	5.57
1972	5.08	5.49
1973	4.87	5.41
1974	4.64	5.3
1975	4.45	5.19
1976	4.28	5.07
1977	4.12	4.94
1978	3.97	4.85
1979	3.86	4.82
1980	3.77	4.78
1981	3.72	4.71
1982	3.68	4.7
1983	3.64	4.63
1984	3.54	4.57
1985	3.47	4.5
1986	3.38	4.41
1987	3.31	4.35
1988	3.23	4.18
1989	3.19	3.98
1990	3.18	3.72
1991	3.18	3.62
1992	3.19	3.48
1993	3.2	3.37
1994	3.23	3.26
1995	3.24	3.17
1996	3.23	2.99
1997	3.22	2.73
1998	3.18	2.63
1999	3.13	2.56
2000	3.06	2.41
2001	2.96	2.37
2002	2.84	2.32
2003	2.75	2.36
2004	2.68	2.44
2005	2.65	2.51
2006	2.66	2.55
2007	2.68	2.55
2008	2.7	2.68
2009	2.69	2.5
2010	2.68	2.44
2011	2.69	2.44
2012	2.7	2.45
2013	2.71	2.43
2014	2.7	2.42
2015	2.67	2.36
2016	2.63	2.26
2017	2.59	2.28
2018	2.55	2.27
2019	2.52	2.26
2020	2.49	2.26
2021	2.46	2.25
2022	2.44	2.23
2023	2.41	2.22

Guyana and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Guyana

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Guyana	South Africa
1960	16.7	19
1961	16.6	19
1962	16.4	18.9
1963	16.3	18.9
1964	16.2	18.9
1965	16.1	18.8
1966	16.1	18.8
1967	16.2	18.8
1968	16.2	18.8
1969	16.4	18.8
1970	16.5	18.8
1971	16.6	18.8
1972	16.7	18.8
1973	16.8	18.8
1974	17	18.9
1975	17.2	18.9
1976	17.4	19
1977	17.6	19.1
1978	17.8	19.2
1979	18	19.3
1980	18.2	19.4
1981	18.4	19.6
1982	18.7	19.8
1983	19	20
1984	19.3	20.2
1985	19.6	20.4
1986	19.9	20.5
1987	20.2	20.7
1988	20.5	20.9
1989	20.7	21.1
1990	20.9	21.3
1991	21.1	21.5
1992	21.3	21.5
1993	21.4	21.9
1994	21.5	22
1995	21.7	21.5
1996	21.8	21.2
1997	21.9	21.2
1998	22	21.4
1999	22.1	21.6
2000	22.2	21.9
2001	22.4	22.2
2002	22.5	22.4
2003	22.7	22.8
2004	22.9	23.1
2005	23.2	23.3
2006	23.4	23.5
2007	23.6	23.8
2008	23.8	24
2009	24	24.3
2010	24.2	24.6
2011	24.4	25
2012	24.5	25.3
2013	24.6	25.7
2014	24.6	26
2015	24.7	26.4
2016	24.9	26.7
2017	25	27
2018	25.4	27.5
2019	25.7	27.9
2020	25.9	28.3
2021	26.1	28.6
2022	26.4	28.9
2023	26.7	29.2
2024	26.9	29.5

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