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Guyana vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 82nd vs. 67th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Vietnam
Population
839919
102063551
Population rank 162/197 16/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Guyana and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Vietnam
Year GDP
Guyana Vietnam
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 -
1971 $282,050,000 -
1972 $285,380,952 -
1973 $307,047,619 -
1974 $433,954,545 -
1975 $494,791,667 -
1976 $454,440,000 -
1977 $449,880,000 -
1978 $507,080,000 -
1979 $530,440,000 -
1980 $603,200,000 -
1981 $570,357,107 -
1982 $482,000,000 -
1983 $489,333,333 -
1984 $437,631,605 -
1985 $453,488,372 $14,094,687,821
1986 $504,651,140 $26,336,616,250
1987 $354,591,847 $36,658,108,850
1988 $413,799,990 $25,423,812,649
1989 $379,779,390 $6,293,304,975
1990 $396,582,263 $6,471,740,806
1991 $348,533,095 $9,613,369,520
1992 $373,573,141 $9,866,990,236
1993 $454,101,382 $13,180,953,598
1994 $540,874,934 $16,286,433,533
1995 $621,626,786 $20,736,164,459
1996 $705,406,001 $24,657,470,575
1997 $749,138,010 $26,843,700,442
1998 $717,530,683 $27,209,602,050
1999 $694,754,988 $28,683,659,007
2000 $712,667,897 $31,172,518,403
2001 $712,167,450 $32,685,198,809
2002 $726,131,435 $35,064,105,501
2003 $743,063,950 $39,552,513,232
2004 $787,814,379 $45,427,854,693
2005 $824,880,550 $57,633,255,738
2006 $2,379,817,991 $66,371,664,817
2007 $2,730,971,595 $77,414,425,532
2008 $3,025,187,433 $99,130,304,099
2009 $3,165,663,153 $106,014,659,565
2010 $3,432,912,517 $147,201,173,197
2011 $3,691,384,318 $172,595,049,184
2012 $4,063,088,536 $195,590,661,129
2013 $4,167,800,929 $213,708,811,665
2014 $4,127,660,152 $233,451,469,643
2015 $4,279,840,194 $239,258,328,382
2016 $4,482,697,337 $257,096,001,178
2017 $4,748,174,334 $281,353,605,987
2018 $4,787,636,998 $310,106,478,395
2019 $5,173,760,192 $334,365,270,497
2020 $5,471,256,595 $346,615,738,538
2021 $8,041,362,110 $366,474,752,771
2022 $14,718,388,489 $413,445,230,669
2023 $16,918,503,597 $433,857,681,378
2024 $24,835,899,826 $476,388,230,307

Guyana and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Vietnam
1960 $299.1 -
1961 $319 -
1962 $327 -
1963 $288.8 -
1964 $313 -
1965 $336 -
1966 $353 -
1967 $378 -
1968 $340 -
1969 $361 -
1970 $381 -
1971 $396 -
1972 $395 -
1973 $421 -
1974 $588 -
1975 $664 -
1976 $604 -
1977 $593 -
1978 $663 -
1979 $689 -
1980 $779 -
1981 $735 -
1982 $621 -
1983 $631 -
1984 $565 -
1985 $588 $238.6
1986 $657 $436
1987 $464 $595
1988 $545 $405
1989 $503 $98.1
1990 $529 $98.8
1991 $466 $143.7
1992 $498 $144.5
1993 $603 $189.4
1994 $716 $229.9
1995 $820 $287.8
1996 $928 $337
1997 $983 $362
1998 $940 $361
1999 $909 $376
2000 $932 $404
2001 $932 $419
2002 $951 $445
2003 $974 $497
2004 $1,033 $565
2005 $1,084 $711
2006 $3,136 $808
2007 $3,608 $926
2008 $4,009 $1,164
2009 $4,209 $1,226
2010 $4,582 $1,683
2011 $4,947 $1,951
2012 $5,444 $2,185
2013 $5,557 $2,360
2014 $5,473 $2,546
2015 $5,640 $2,578
2016 $5,871 $2,735
2017 $6,179 $2,956
2018 $6,048 $3,222
2019 $6,406 $3,441
2020 $6,776 $3,534
2021 $9,861 $3,704
2022 $17,913 $4,148
2023 $20,474 $4,323
2024 $29,884 $4,717

Guyana vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Vietnam
1950 49.2 48
1951 50.2 48.7
1952 51.3 49.4
1953 52.4 50
1954 53.3 52
1955 54.1 54.8
1956 55.2 55.5
1957 56.1 56.2
1958 56.4 56.8
1959 57 57.4
1960 57.5 58
1961 57.9 58.5
1962 58.3 58.2
1963 58.6 56.9
1964 59 57.5
1965 59.1 57
1966 59.3 56.9
1967 59.5 56.7
1968 59.7 52.7
1969 59.8 54.8
1970 60 54.9
1971 60.1 55.6
1972 60.1 51.9
1973 60.2 55.7
1974 60.3 54.8
1975 60.4 61.9
1976 60.4 63.7
1977 60.6 64.1
1978 60.6 64.5
1979 60.7 65
1980 60.8 65.3
1981 60.9 65.8
1982 61 66.2
1983 61.2 66.5
1984 61.3 66.9
1985 61.4 67.2
1986 61.5 67.6
1987 61.7 68
1988 61.8 68.6
1989 62.1 68.8
1990 62.3 69
1991 62.5 69.3
1992 62.8 69.6
1993 63 70
1994 63 70.4
1995 62.7 70.9
1996 62.7 71.3
1997 62.9 71.7
1998 63.4 72.3
1999 63.8 72.6
2000 64.1 72.7
2001 64.4 73
2002 64.2 73.1
2003 64.1 73.2
2004 64.2 73.1
2005 64.4 73.2
2006 64.8 73.3
2007 65.5 73.4
2008 65.7 73.5
2009 66 73.5
2010 66.2 73.6
2011 66.5 73.7
2012 66.4 73.8
2013 66.7 73.8
2014 67.3 73.9
2015 67.7 74
2016 68.1 74
2017 68.5 74
2018 68.8 74.1
2019 69.1 74.2
2020 67.8 75.4
2021 64.3 74.1
2022 69.9 74.5
2023 70.2 74.6
2024 70.3 74.7
2025 70.4 74.9

Guyana and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Vietnam
Year Population
Guyana Vietnam
1960 569,143 32,531,933
1961 582,568 33,409,059
1962 595,461 34,288,560
1963 608,537 35,249,101
1964 621,764 36,201,563
1965 635,128 37,129,656
1966 648,646 38,024,836
1967 662,311 38,895,080
1968 676,160 39,734,609
1969 690,223 40,582,096
1970 702,705 41,475,230
1971 712,662 42,449,276
1972 721,617 43,429,168
1973 730,138 44,409,861
1974 738,057 45,413,537
1975 745,393 46,482,903
1976 752,253 47,684,931
1977 758,654 48,954,872
1978 764,586 50,249,552
1979 770,062 51,378,211
1980 774,367 52,490,101
1981 776,453 53,738,141
1982 776,712 55,011,289
1983 775,891 56,337,921
1984 774,111 57,706,067
1985 771,477 59,060,622
1986 768,098 60,347,048
1987 764,120 61,584,651
1988 759,663 62,843,228
1989 754,865 64,147,348
1990 749,894 65,504,552
1991 747,861 66,891,775
1992 749,911 68,260,337
1993 752,965 69,586,384
1994 755,822 70,854,391
1995 758,388 72,049,940
1996 760,526 73,156,447
1997 762,245 74,226,889
1998 763,586 75,299,660
1999 764,483 76,287,452
2000 764,832 77,154,011
2001 764,477 77,969,361
2002 763,652 78,772,224
2003 763,101 79,563,777
2004 762,418 80,338,971
2005 760,914 81,088,313
2006 758,966 82,167,897
2007 756,861 83,633,375
2008 754,606 85,175,788
2009 752,094 86,460,018
2010 749,256 87,455,152
2011 746,153 88,468,314
2012 746,288 89,510,356
2013 750,021 90,573,104
2014 754,229 91,679,578
2015 758,781 92,823,254
2016 763,548 94,000,117
2017 768,479 95,176,977
2018 791,556 96,237,319
2019 807,665 97,173,776
2020 807,481 98,079,191
2021 815,482 98,935,098
2022 821,637 99,680,655
2023 826,353 100,352,192
2024 831,087 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Guyana and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Guyana

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Vietnam
1960 6.33 6.27
1961 6.34 5.48
1962 6.33 6.26
1963 6.31 6.39
1964 6.23 6.29
1965 6.14 6.16
1966 6.02 5.97
1967 5.89 5.88
1968 5.75 6.03
1969 5.58 6.01
1970 5.41 6.02
1971 5.26 6.07
1972 5.08 6.1
1973 4.87 6.11
1974 4.64 5.78
1975 4.45 5.62
1976 4.28 5.46
1977 4.12 5.29
1978 3.97 5.1
1979 3.86 4.94
1980 3.77 4.8
1981 3.72 4.67
1982 3.68 4.59
1983 3.64 4.52
1984 3.54 4.41
1985 3.47 4.21
1986 3.38 3.96
1987 3.31 3.72
1988 3.23 3.62
1989 3.19 3.64
1990 3.18 3.6
1991 3.18 3.52
1992 3.19 3.35
1993 3.2 3.17
1994 3.23 2.94
1995 3.24 2.7
1996 3.23 2.47
1997 3.22 2.27
1998 3.18 2.1
1999 3.13 2
2000 3.06 2.03
2001 2.96 2.02
2002 2.84 2.01
2003 2.75 2
2004 2.68 1.97
2005 2.65 1.89
2006 2.66 1.87
2007 2.68 1.91
2008 2.7 1.93
2009 2.69 1.92
2010 2.68 1.91
2011 2.69 1.93
2012 2.7 1.97
2013 2.71 1.98
2014 2.7 2.09
2015 2.67 2.1
2016 2.63 2
2017 2.59 1.99
2018 2.55 1.88
2019 2.52 1.94
2020 2.49 1.96
2021 2.46 1.94
2022 2.44 1.93
2023 2.41 1.91

Guyana and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Guyana Vietnam
1960 16.7 21.2
1961 16.6 20.7
1962 16.4 20.2
1963 16.3 19.7
1964 16.2 19.2
1965 16.1 18.9
1966 16.1 18.7
1967 16.2 18.5
1968 16.2 18.4
1969 16.4 18.4
1970 16.5 18.4
1971 16.6 18.4
1972 16.7 18.5
1973 16.8 18.5
1974 17 18.6
1975 17.2 18.7
1976 17.4 18.8
1977 17.6 19
1978 17.8 19.1
1979 18 19.3
1980 18.2 19.4
1981 18.4 19.5
1982 18.7 19.6
1983 19 19.7
1984 19.3 19.8
1985 19.6 19.9
1986 19.9 20
1987 20.2 20.1
1988 20.5 20.2
1989 20.7 20.4
1990 20.9 20.5
1991 21.1 20.7
1992 21.3 20.9
1993 21.4 21.1
1994 21.5 21.4
1995 21.7 21.7
1996 21.8 22
1997 21.9 22.4
1998 22 22.9
1999 22.1 23.3
2000 22.2 23.7
2001 22.4 24.2
2002 22.5 24.6
2003 22.7 25
2004 22.9 25.4
2005 23.2 25.8
2006 23.4 26.3
2007 23.6 26.9
2008 23.8 27.4
2009 24 27.9
2010 24.2 28.3
2011 24.4 28.7
2012 24.5 29
2013 24.6 29.4
2014 24.6 29.8
2015 24.7 30.2
2016 24.9 30.5
2017 25 30.8
2018 25.4 31.2
2019 25.7 31.6
2020 25.9 32.1
2021 26.1 32.5
2022 26.4 33
2023 26.7 33.4
2024 26.9 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2.6%
2022
Number of billionaires n/a
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
1.11%
2020
Banked people share n/a
70.6%
2024

Energy

Guyana Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Guyana Vietnam
% of world population
0.01%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
96.1%
2022
English speaking
90.5%
2023
16%
2025
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
84.2%
2024

Health

Guyana Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Vietnam
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
354,460 mi
2019

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