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Guyana vs Zambia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 82nd vs. 37th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Zambia
Population
839919
22402291
Population rank 162/197 62/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$26.3B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 115/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$1,235
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 169/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$4,224
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$30.3B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
99%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$1,420
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 132/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$1,168
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
287,024 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
74.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
4.1
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
18.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
66.7 years
2025

Guyana and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Zambia economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Zambia
Year GDP
Guyana Zambia
1960 $170,216,241 $698,739,721
1961 $185,849,535 $682,359,727
1962 $194,949,513 $679,279,729
1963 $175,757,894 $704,339,719
1964 $194,774,513 $822,639,671
1965 $213,235,294 $1,061,199,576
1966 $228,705,882 $1,238,999,505
1967 $250,176,471 $1,340,639,464
1968 $229,750,000 $1,573,739,371
1969 $249,300,000 $1,926,399,230
1970 $267,800,000 $1,788,779,285
1971 $282,050,000 $1,653,259,341
1972 $285,380,952 $1,872,416,680
1973 $307,047,619 $2,434,255,237
1974 $433,954,545 $2,910,981,262
1975 $494,791,667 $2,442,672,141
1976 $454,440,000 $2,742,859,263
1977 $449,880,000 $2,515,296,940
1978 $507,080,000 $2,811,032,473
1979 $530,440,000 $3,353,445,378
1980 $603,200,000 $3,884,530,854
1981 $570,357,107 $4,008,126,497
1982 $482,000,000 $3,871,117,093
1983 $489,333,333 $3,321,048,451
1984 $437,631,605 $2,719,518,933
1985 $453,488,372 $2,252,454,500
1986 $504,651,140 $1,664,413,508
1987 $354,591,847 $2,265,250,972
1988 $413,799,990 $3,728,878,149
1989 $379,779,390 $3,994,673,161
1990 $396,582,263 $3,288,381,797
1991 $348,533,095 $3,376,806,697
1992 $373,573,141 $3,182,810,841
1993 $454,101,382 $3,273,505,344
1994 $540,874,934 $3,656,806,166
1995 $621,626,786 $3,806,983,413
1996 $705,406,001 $3,597,220,962
1997 $749,138,010 $4,303,288,480
1998 $717,530,683 $3,537,741,942
1999 $694,754,988 $3,404,284,891
2000 $712,667,897 $3,600,632,111
2001 $712,167,450 $4,094,441,301
2002 $726,131,435 $4,193,850,445
2003 $743,063,950 $4,901,869,764
2004 $787,814,379 $6,221,110,219
2005 $824,880,550 $8,331,870,169
2006 $2,379,817,991 $12,756,858,899
2007 $2,730,971,595 $14,056,957,976
2008 $3,025,187,433 $17,910,858,638
2009 $3,165,663,153 $15,328,342,304
2010 $3,432,912,517 $20,265,559,484
2011 $3,691,384,318 $23,459,515,276
2012 $4,063,088,536 $25,503,060,420
2013 $4,167,800,929 $28,037,239,463
2014 $4,127,660,152 $27,141,023,558
2015 $4,279,840,194 $21,251,216,799
2016 $4,482,697,337 $20,958,412,538
2017 $4,748,174,334 $25,873,601,261
2018 $4,787,636,998 $26,311,507,274
2019 $5,173,760,192 $23,308,667,781
2020 $5,471,256,595 $18,137,764,931
2021 $8,041,362,110 $22,096,416,932
2022 $14,718,388,489 $29,163,782,140
2023 $16,918,503,597 $27,577,956,471
2024 $24,835,899,826 $26,325,775,287

Guyana and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Zambia
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Zambia
1960 $299.1 $221.6
1961 $319 $209.7
1962 $327 $202.3
1963 $288.8 $203.2
1964 $313 $230
1965 $336 $287.4
1966 $353 $325
1967 $378 $341
1968 $340 $387
1969 $361 $459
1970 $381 $414
1971 $396 $372
1972 $395 $410
1973 $421 $518
1974 $588 $601
1975 $664 $490
1976 $604 $533
1977 $593 $474
1978 $663 $514
1979 $689 $595
1980 $779 $669
1981 $735 $670
1982 $621 $627
1983 $631 $520
1984 $565 $413
1985 $588 $332
1986 $657 $238.2
1987 $464 $315
1988 $545 $504
1989 $503 $526
1990 $529 $422
1991 $466 $423
1992 $498 $389
1993 $603 $391
1994 $716 $426
1995 $820 $433
1996 $928 $400
1997 $983 $466
1998 $940 $373
1999 $909 $350
2000 $932 $359
2001 $932 $397
2002 $951 $394
2003 $974 $446
2004 $1,033 $549
2005 $1,084 $711
2006 $3,136 $1,052
2007 $3,608 $1,119
2008 $4,009 $1,376
2009 $4,209 $1,136
2010 $4,582 $1,451
2011 $4,947 $1,625
2012 $5,444 $1,710
2013 $5,557 $1,821
2014 $5,473 $1,707
2015 $5,640 $1,296
2016 $5,871 $1,239
2017 $6,179 $1,483
2018 $6,048 $1,464
2019 $6,406 $1,259
2020 $6,776 $952
2021 $9,861 $1,127
2022 $17,913 $1,447
2023 $20,474 $1,331
2024 $29,884 $1,235

Guyana vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Zambia
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Zambia
1950 49.2 46.8
1951 50.2 47.2
1952 51.3 47.6
1953 52.4 48
1954 53.3 48.4
1955 54.1 48.8
1956 55.2 49.1
1957 56.1 49.5
1958 56.4 49.9
1959 57 50.3
1960 57.5 50.6
1961 57.9 51
1962 58.3 51.3
1963 58.6 51.6
1964 59 51.2
1965 59.1 52.1
1966 59.3 52.3
1967 59.5 52.5
1968 59.7 52.7
1969 59.8 53
1970 60 53.4
1971 60.1 53.9
1972 60.1 54.4
1973 60.2 54.9
1974 60.3 55.4
1975 60.4 55.7
1976 60.4 56.1
1977 60.6 56.3
1978 60.6 56.3
1979 60.7 56
1980 60.8 55.5
1981 60.9 55
1982 61 54.4
1983 61.2 53.7
1984 61.3 52.9
1985 61.4 52
1986 61.5 51.1
1987 61.7 50.4
1988 61.8 49.7
1989 62.1 48.9
1990 62.3 48.2
1991 62.5 47.4
1992 62.8 47
1993 63 46.7
1994 63 46.3
1995 62.7 46.1
1996 62.7 45.8
1997 62.9 45.7
1998 63.4 45.7
1999 63.8 45.9
2000 64.1 46.6
2001 64.4 47.4
2002 64.2 48.5
2003 64.1 49.6
2004 64.2 50.5
2005 64.4 51.6
2006 64.8 52.7
2007 65.5 53.7
2008 65.7 54.8
2009 66 55.9
2010 66.2 56.9
2011 66.5 57.8
2012 66.4 58.7
2013 66.7 59.4
2014 67.3 60.1
2015 67.7 60.7
2016 68.1 61.1
2017 68.5 61.6
2018 68.8 62.1
2019 69.1 62.9
2020 67.8 63.4
2021 64.3 62.4
2022 69.9 65.3
2023 70.2 66.3
2024 70.3 66.5
2025 70.4 66.7

Guyana and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Zambia
Year Population
Guyana Zambia
1960 569,143 3,153,729
1961 582,568 3,254,086
1962 595,461 3,358,099
1963 608,537 3,465,907
1964 621,764 3,577,017
1965 635,128 3,692,086
1966 648,646 3,812,003
1967 662,311 3,936,343
1968 676,160 4,065,593
1969 690,223 4,197,116
1970 702,705 4,321,718
1971 712,662 4,442,525
1972 721,617 4,569,309
1973 730,138 4,702,693
1974 738,057 4,842,746
1975 745,393 4,990,086
1976 752,253 5,143,842
1977 758,654 5,302,480
1978 764,586 5,465,374
1979 770,062 5,631,728
1980 774,367 5,802,833
1981 776,453 5,983,289
1982 776,712 6,178,637
1983 775,891 6,381,038
1984 774,111 6,580,490
1985 771,477 6,780,953
1986 768,098 6,986,471
1987 764,120 7,191,282
1988 759,663 7,391,440
1989 754,865 7,589,216
1990 749,894 7,786,169
1991 747,861 7,981,650
1992 749,911 8,176,680
1993 752,965 8,373,921
1994 755,822 8,576,269
1995 758,388 8,785,763
1996 760,526 9,004,053
1997 762,245 9,237,063
1998 763,586 9,482,408
1999 764,483 9,740,005
2000 764,832 10,017,631
2001 764,477 10,325,185
2002 763,652 10,647,949
2003 763,101 10,983,595
2004 762,418 11,338,198
2005 760,914 11,718,819
2006 758,966 12,129,553
2007 756,861 12,565,085
2008 754,606 13,021,324
2009 752,094 13,490,389
2010 749,256 13,965,594
2011 746,153 14,437,796
2012 746,288 14,913,629
2013 750,021 15,398,997
2014 754,229 15,895,315
2015 758,781 16,399,089
2016 763,548 16,914,423
2017 768,479 17,441,320
2018 791,556 17,973,569
2019 807,665 18,513,839
2020 807,481 19,059,395
2021 815,482 19,603,607
2022 821,637 20,152,938
2023 826,353 20,723,965
2024 831,087 21,314,956

Fertility rates in Guyana and Zambia

Fertility rate
Guyana

Zambia
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Zambia
1960 6.33 6.95
1961 6.34 6.98
1962 6.33 7.01
1963 6.31 7.06
1964 6.23 7.09
1965 6.14 7.12
1966 6.02 7.14
1967 5.89 7.15
1968 5.75 7.18
1969 5.58 7.18
1970 5.41 7.22
1971 5.26 7.26
1972 5.08 7.3
1973 4.87 7.34
1974 4.64 7.36
1975 4.45 7.42
1976 4.28 7.39
1977 4.12 7.35
1978 3.97 7.29
1979 3.86 7.22
1980 3.77 7.14
1981 3.72 7.07
1982 3.68 7.04
1983 3.64 7.01
1984 3.54 6.97
1985 3.47 6.93
1986 3.38 6.87
1987 3.31 6.8
1988 3.23 6.7
1989 3.19 6.64
1990 3.18 6.57
1991 3.18 6.46
1992 3.19 6.35
1993 3.2 6.3
1994 3.23 6.26
1995 3.24 6.23
1996 3.23 6.18
1997 3.22 6.12
1998 3.18 6.07
1999 3.13 6
2000 3.06 5.92
2001 2.96 5.85
2002 2.84 5.77
2003 2.75 5.71
2004 2.68 5.7
2005 2.65 5.7
2006 2.66 5.68
2007 2.68 5.61
2008 2.7 5.53
2009 2.69 5.45
2010 2.68 5.36
2011 2.69 5.26
2012 2.7 5.14
2013 2.71 5.01
2014 2.7 4.89
2015 2.67 4.78
2016 2.63 4.67
2017 2.59 4.57
2018 2.55 4.49
2019 2.52 4.42
2020 2.49 4.32
2021 2.46 4.25
2022 2.44 4.18
2023 2.41 4.1

Guyana and Zambia demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Zambia
Year Median age, years
Guyana Zambia
1960 16.7 17
1961 16.6 16.9
1962 16.4 16.8
1963 16.3 16.7
1964 16.2 16.6
1965 16.1 16.6
1966 16.1 16.5
1967 16.2 16.5
1968 16.2 16.4
1969 16.4 16.4
1970 16.5 16.2
1971 16.6 16.1
1972 16.7 15.9
1973 16.8 15.8
1974 17 15.7
1975 17.2 15.5
1976 17.4 15.4
1977 17.6 15.4
1978 17.8 15.3
1979 18 15.3
1980 18.2 15.2
1981 18.4 15.3
1982 18.7 15.3
1983 19 15.4
1984 19.3 15.4
1985 19.6 15.5
1986 19.9 15.5
1987 20.2 15.6
1988 20.5 15.6
1989 20.7 15.7
1990 20.9 15.7
1991 21.1 15.7
1992 21.3 15.8
1993 21.4 15.8
1994 21.5 15.8
1995 21.7 15.8
1996 21.8 15.8
1997 21.9 15.8
1998 22 15.8
1999 22.1 15.8
2000 22.2 15.9
2001 22.4 15.9
2002 22.5 16
2003 22.7 16.1
2004 22.9 16.2
2005 23.2 16.3
2006 23.4 16.3
2007 23.6 16.4
2008 23.8 16.5
2009 24 16.6
2010 24.2 16.7
2011 24.4 16.8
2012 24.5 16.9
2013 24.6 17
2014 24.6 17.1
2015 24.7 17.2
2016 24.9 17.4
2017 25 17.5
2018 25.4 17.7
2019 25.7 17.9
2020 25.9 18
2021 26.1 18.2
2022 26.4 18.4
2023 26.7 18.6
2024 26.9 18.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Zambia
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$27B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
27.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
4.07%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
1.3%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
16,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-4.92%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
5.86%
2023
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
55.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
37.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
39.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
1.5%
2022
Listed domestic companies n/a
20
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$7.77B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$4.09B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$334M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
502,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
n/a
Banked people share n/a
72.7%
2024

Energy

Guyana Zambia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
801 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$4.8
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
8.06 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
0.39 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
18.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
83%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
9.18%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
9.03%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
704 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
92.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
87.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
51.1%
2023

Society

Guyana Zambia
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.26%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+7,381
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
46.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.5 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.16 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
30
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
39
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
47
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
5.25
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
20.5
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
76
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
82%
2023
English speaking
90.5%
2023
16%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
33%
2023

Health

Guyana Zambia
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$76.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$7.37
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
66.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
41.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
0.26
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
19.2 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
85
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
44.7
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
11.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
10.3%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
30
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
14.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
3.62 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Zambia
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.5%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
13,466 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
92,043 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
170,848 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
42,049 mi
2018

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