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Guyana vs Tanzania statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 82nd vs. 31st).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Tanzania
Population
839919
72166806
Population rank 162/197 20/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$78.8B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 82/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$1,149
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 170/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$4,221
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$38B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
47.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$554
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 163/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$2,745
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
342,009 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
200.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
4.61
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
18.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
67.4 years
2025

Guyana and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Tanzania economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Tanzania
Year GDP
Guyana Tanzania
1960 $170,216,241 $2,651,729,807
1961 $185,849,535 $2,826,179,031
1962 $194,949,513 $3,101,589,993
1963 $175,757,894 $3,456,579,293
1964 $194,774,513 $3,748,840,925
1965 $213,235,294 $3,817,226,546
1966 $228,705,882 $4,377,998,825
1967 $250,176,471 $4,565,132,048
1968 $229,750,000 $4,895,251,824
1969 $249,300,000 $5,142,066,811
1970 $267,800,000 $2,851,419,386
1971 $282,050,000 $3,050,673,517
1972 $285,380,952 $3,472,787,266
1973 $307,047,619 $4,144,104,535
1974 $433,954,545 $4,977,337,978
1975 $494,791,667 $5,729,917,840
1976 $454,440,000 $6,472,511,988
1977 $449,880,000 $7,732,598,995
1978 $507,080,000 $9,261,675,710
1979 $530,440,000 $9,804,637,491
1980 $603,200,000 $11,409,228,087
1981 $570,357,107 $13,161,540,378
1982 $482,000,000 $13,927,383,240
1983 $489,333,333 $14,049,883,809
1984 $437,631,605 $12,906,635,133
1985 $453,488,372 $15,328,295,175
1986 $504,651,140 $10,840,864,521
1987 $354,591,847 $7,824,193,222
1988 $413,799,990 $7,406,614,407
1989 $379,779,390 $6,418,799,007
1990 $396,582,263 $6,184,384,225
1991 $348,533,095 $7,197,768,159
1992 $373,573,141 $6,681,997,469
1993 $454,101,382 $6,182,872,708
1994 $540,874,934 $6,550,480,484
1995 $621,626,786 $7,631,431,840
1996 $705,406,001 $9,433,528,150
1997 $749,138,010 $11,158,197,942
1998 $717,530,683 $12,172,790,056
1999 $694,754,988 $12,704,334,196
2000 $712,667,897 $13,371,767,082
2001 $712,167,450 $13,563,990,022
2002 $726,131,435 $14,129,651,896
2003 $743,063,950 $15,211,487,709
2004 $787,814,379 $16,673,062,473
2005 $824,880,550 $18,395,383,647
2006 $2,379,817,991 $18,619,859,795
2007 $2,730,971,595 $21,860,434,823
2008 $3,025,187,433 $27,947,821,398
2009 $3,165,663,153 $29,400,573,554
2010 $3,432,912,517 $32,012,892,919
2011 $3,691,384,318 $34,657,140,096
2012 $4,063,088,536 $39,650,394,363
2013 $4,167,800,929 $45,648,857,242
2014 $4,127,660,152 $49,986,726,461
2015 $4,279,840,194 $47,413,919,817
2016 $4,482,697,337 $49,774,409,374
2017 $4,748,174,334 $53,274,884,533
2018 $4,787,636,998 $57,003,712,892
2019 $5,173,760,192 $61,026,731,926
2020 $5,471,256,595 $66,068,737,786
2021 $8,041,362,110 $70,655,628,148
2022 $14,718,388,489 $75,769,974,505
2023 $16,918,503,597 $79,062,403,837
2024 $24,835,899,826 $78,779,864,877

Guyana and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Tanzania
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Tanzania
1960 $299.1 $267.8
1961 $319 $277.4
1962 $327 $295.7
1963 $288.8 $320
1964 $313 $337
1965 $336 $333
1966 $353 $370
1967 $378 $374
1968 $340 $388
1969 $361 $394
1970 $381 $211.3
1971 $396 $218.4
1972 $395 $239.8
1973 $421 $276.1
1974 $588 $320
1975 $664 $355
1976 $604 $387
1977 $593 $446
1978 $663 $515
1979 $689 $527
1980 $779 $595
1981 $735 $665
1982 $621 $683
1983 $631 $667
1984 $565 $593
1985 $588 $681
1986 $657 $466
1987 $464 $326
1988 $545 $299
1989 $503 $252.3
1990 $529 $236.9
1991 $466 $268.8
1992 $498 $243.4
1993 $603 $218.2
1994 $716 $222.5
1995 $820 $251.2
1996 $928 $305
1997 $983 $353
1998 $940 $375
1999 $909 $382
2000 $932 $390
2001 $932 $385
2002 $951 $391
2003 $974 $410
2004 $1,033 $438
2005 $1,084 $469
2006 $3,136 $462
2007 $3,608 $528
2008 $4,009 $657
2009 $4,209 $674
2010 $4,582 $715
2011 $4,947 $753
2012 $5,444 $837
2013 $5,557 $935
2014 $5,473 $993
2015 $5,640 $911
2016 $5,871 $925
2017 $6,179 $957
2018 $6,048 $992
2019 $6,406 $1,031
2020 $6,776 $1,084
2021 $9,861 $1,125
2022 $17,913 $1,171
2023 $20,474 $1,187
2024 $29,884 $1,149

Guyana vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Tanzania
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Tanzania
1950 49.2 41
1951 50.2 41.2
1952 51.3 41.4
1953 52.4 41.5
1954 53.3 41.7
1955 54.1 41.8
1956 55.2 42
1957 56.1 42.1
1958 56.4 42.3
1959 57 42.5
1960 57.5 42.6
1961 57.9 42.8
1962 58.3 43.2
1963 58.6 43.6
1964 59 44.1
1965 59.1 44.5
1966 59.3 44.9
1967 59.5 45.2
1968 59.7 45.6
1969 59.8 46
1970 60 46.5
1971 60.1 47
1972 60.1 47.4
1973 60.2 47.9
1974 60.3 48.4
1975 60.4 48.9
1976 60.4 49.5
1977 60.6 50
1978 60.6 50.4
1979 60.7 50.8
1980 60.8 51.3
1981 60.9 51.7
1982 61 52
1983 61.2 52.2
1984 61.3 52.2
1985 61.4 52.2
1986 61.5 52.2
1987 61.7 52.2
1988 61.8 52.2
1989 62.1 52.1
1990 62.3 52
1991 62.5 51.8
1992 62.8 51.4
1993 63 51.2
1994 63 51.1
1995 62.7 51
1996 62.7 51.1
1997 62.9 51.2
1998 63.4 51.8
1999 63.8 52.4
2000 64.1 53.2
2001 64.4 54.1
2002 64.2 54.9
2003 64.1 55.9
2004 64.2 56.8
2005 64.4 57.7
2006 64.8 58.5
2007 65.5 59.3
2008 65.7 59.9
2009 66 60.5
2010 66.2 61.1
2011 66.5 61.6
2012 66.4 62.3
2013 66.7 62.8
2014 67.3 63.4
2015 67.7 63.9
2016 68.1 64.4
2017 68.5 65
2018 68.8 65.5
2019 69.1 66
2020 67.8 66.8
2021 64.3 66.1
2022 69.9 66.9
2023 70.2 67
2024 70.3 67.2
2025 70.4 67.4

Guyana and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Tanzania
Year Population
Guyana Tanzania
1960 569,143 9,901,419
1961 582,568 10,187,886
1962 595,461 10,487,756
1963 608,537 10,799,528
1964 621,764 11,127,826
1965 635,128 11,470,728
1966 648,646 11,827,459
1967 662,311 12,200,109
1968 676,160 12,602,076
1969 690,223 13,036,700
1970 702,705 13,492,677
1971 712,662 13,971,451
1972 721,617 14,479,308
1973 730,138 15,010,101
1974 738,057 15,561,630
1975 745,393 16,138,361
1976 752,253 16,736,211
1977 758,654 17,352,929
1978 764,586 17,976,566
1979 770,062 18,592,038
1980 774,367 19,189,769
1981 776,453 19,784,703
1982 776,712 20,398,571
1983 775,891 21,079,874
1984 774,111 21,779,066
1985 771,477 22,501,693
1986 768,098 23,258,959
1987 764,120 24,030,378
1988 759,663 24,769,686
1989 754,865 25,438,759
1990 749,894 26,110,207
1991 747,861 26,780,436
1992 749,911 27,457,588
1993 752,965 28,332,692
1994 755,822 29,442,356
1995 758,388 30,383,497
1996 760,526 30,945,762
1997 762,245 31,578,089
1998 763,586 32,420,458
1999 764,483 33,300,330
2000 764,832 34,260,139
2001 764,477 35,198,299
2002 763,652 36,121,304
2003 763,101 37,089,555
2004 762,418 38,109,668
2005 760,914 39,182,076
2006 758,966 40,294,902
2007 756,861 41,435,512
2008 754,606 42,570,728
2009 752,094 43,633,982
2010 749,256 44,758,488
2011 746,153 46,029,367
2012 746,288 47,374,260
2013 750,021 48,824,128
2014 754,229 50,351,512
2015 758,781 52,020,962
2016 763,548 53,824,013
2017 768,479 55,652,890
2018 791,556 57,437,145
2019 807,665 59,174,891
2020 807,481 60,972,798
2021 815,482 62,830,412
2022 821,637 64,711,821
2023 826,353 66,617,606
2024 831,087 68,560,157

Fertility rates in Guyana and Tanzania

Fertility rate
Guyana

Tanzania
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Tanzania
1960 6.33 6.54
1961 6.34 6.56
1962 6.33 6.61
1963 6.31 6.65
1964 6.23 6.68
1965 6.14 6.73
1966 6.02 6.8
1967 5.89 6.86
1968 5.75 6.9
1969 5.58 6.95
1970 5.41 7
1971 5.26 7.04
1972 5.08 7.05
1973 4.87 7.06
1974 4.64 7.12
1975 4.45 7.1
1976 4.28 7.09
1977 4.12 7.07
1978 3.97 7.06
1979 3.86 7.04
1980 3.77 6.99
1981 3.72 6.93
1982 3.68 6.87
1983 3.64 6.81
1984 3.54 6.72
1985 3.47 6.6
1986 3.38 6.49
1987 3.31 6.41
1988 3.23 6.38
1989 3.19 6.3
1990 3.18 6.2
1991 3.18 6.14
1992 3.19 6.08
1993 3.2 6
1994 3.23 5.89
1995 3.24 5.82
1996 3.23 5.83
1997 3.22 5.84
1998 3.18 5.81
1999 3.13 5.75
2000 3.06 5.67
2001 2.96 5.62
2002 2.84 5.57
2003 2.75 5.58
2004 2.68 5.6
2005 2.65 5.58
2006 2.66 5.51
2007 2.68 5.4
2008 2.7 5.32
2009 2.69 5.26
2010 2.68 5.23
2011 2.69 5.14
2012 2.7 5.14
2013 2.71 5.16
2014 2.7 5.12
2015 2.67 5.03
2016 2.63 5.01
2017 2.59 4.99
2018 2.55 4.93
2019 2.52 4.87
2020 2.49 4.8
2021 2.46 4.73
2022 2.44 4.67
2023 2.41 4.61

Guyana and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Tanzania
Year Median age, years
Guyana Tanzania
1960 16.7 17.4
1961 16.6 17.4
1962 16.4 17.4
1963 16.3 17.4
1964 16.2 17.4
1965 16.1 17.3
1966 16.1 17.2
1967 16.2 17.2
1968 16.2 17.1
1969 16.4 17.1
1970 16.5 17.1
1971 16.6 17
1972 16.7 17
1973 16.8 17
1974 17 16.9
1975 17.2 16.9
1976 17.4 16.8
1977 17.6 16.8
1978 17.8 16.7
1979 18 16.6
1980 18.2 16.5
1981 18.4 16.4
1982 18.7 16.3
1983 19 16.2
1984 19.3 16.2
1985 19.6 16.3
1986 19.9 16.4
1987 20.2 16.5
1988 20.5 16.6
1989 20.7 16.6
1990 20.9 16.7
1991 21.1 16.7
1992 21.3 16.8
1993 21.4 17
1994 21.5 17.3
1995 21.7 17.4
1996 21.8 17.4
1997 21.9 17.3
1998 22 17.3
1999 22.1 17.4
2000 22.2 17.4
2001 22.4 17.5
2002 22.5 17.5
2003 22.7 17.4
2004 22.9 17.4
2005 23.2 17.4
2006 23.4 17.4
2007 23.6 17.3
2008 23.8 17.3
2009 24 17.2
2010 24.2 17.2
2011 24.4 17.2
2012 24.5 17.3
2013 24.6 17.3
2014 24.6 17.4
2015 24.7 17.5
2016 24.9 17.6
2017 25 17.8
2018 25.4 17.9
2019 25.7 17.9
2020 25.9 18
2021 26.1 18.1
2022 26.4 18.2
2023 26.7 18.3
2024 26.9 18.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Tanzania
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$80B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
19.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
3.16%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
1.15%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
28,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-2.89%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
1.79%
2020
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
28.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
28.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
59.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
33.1%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2.9%
2018
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000003%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
22
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$7.32B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$5.05B
2018
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$750M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
1,527,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
27.2%
2019
Banked people share n/a
59.8%
2024

Energy

Guyana Tanzania
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
405 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$9.09
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
19.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
0.29 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
23.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
78.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.93%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
12.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
123.5 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
39.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
29.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
48.3%
2023

Society

Guyana Tanzania
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.84%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
-29,865
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
38.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.48 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
37.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
41
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
50
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
3.71
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
31.1
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
76
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
78.2%
2022
English speaking
90.5%
2023
9.89%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
29.1%
2023

Health

Guyana Tanzania
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$35.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$10.2
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
67.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
38.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
0.13
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
19.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
276
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
38.9
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
13%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
9.8%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
37
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
9.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
11 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Tanzania
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.59%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
4,988 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
152,592 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
171,190 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
90,225 mi
2022

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