The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 831,087 people in Guyana in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,402,614,510 people compared to 840,939 in Guyana.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 1,668 times bigger than Guyana's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while Guyana is the 162nd.
- The countries together account for 16.9% of the world: 16.9% for China vs 0.01% for Guyana.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +0.94% in Guyana.
- Since 2006, the population of China has increased from 1.31B people to 1.4B (6.99% growth), while Guyana has grown from 759K to 841K (10.8% growth).
- Guyana is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 960K people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
China vs Guyana: live population counter
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| Current population |
1402614510
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840939
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| Population rank | 2/197 | 162/197 |
| Percent of world population | 16.9% | 0.01% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
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1.85 hours
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| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
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31.4 minutes
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| One death every |
2.84 seconds
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1.45 hours
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
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1.62 hours
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| Annual migration change | -318,992 | -5,407 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +13 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +4,734 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.57% |
| Population growth rate rank | 174/197 | 129/197 |
China and Guyana: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 569,143 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 582,568 | -1.01% | 2.36% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 595,461 | 0.82% | 2.21% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 608,537 | 2.49% | 2.2% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 621,764 | 2.35% | 2.17% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 635,128 | 2.41% | 2.15% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 648,646 | 2.83% | 2.13% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 662,311 | 2.6% | 2.11% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 676,160 | 2.65% | 2.09% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 690,223 | 2.78% | 2.08% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 702,705 | 2.8% | 1.81% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 712,662 | 2.78% | 1.42% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 721,617 | 2.49% | 1.26% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 730,138 | 2.31% | 1.18% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 738,057 | 2.09% | 1.08% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 745,393 | 1.78% | 0.99% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 752,253 | 1.56% | 0.92% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 758,654 | 1.37% | 0.85% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 764,586 | 1.35% | 0.78% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 770,062 | 1.34% | 0.72% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 774,367 | 1.26% | 0.56% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 776,453 | 1.29% | 0.27% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 776,712 | 1.48% | 0.03% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 775,891 | 1.46% | -0.11% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 774,111 | 1.32% | -0.23% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 771,477 | 1.37% | -0.34% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 768,098 | 1.5% | -0.44% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 764,120 | 1.62% | -0.52% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 759,663 | 1.62% | -0.58% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 754,865 | 1.54% | -0.63% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 749,894 | 1.48% | -0.66% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 747,861 | 1.37% | -0.27% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 749,911 | 1.23% | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 752,965 | 1.16% | 0.41% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 755,822 | 1.14% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 758,388 | 1.09% | 0.34% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 760,526 | 1.05% | 0.28% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 762,245 | 1.03% | 0.23% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 763,586 | 0.96% | 0.18% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 764,483 | 0.87% | 0.12% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 764,832 | 0.79% | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 764,477 | 0.73% | -0.05% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 763,652 | 0.67% | -0.11% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 763,101 | 0.62% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 762,418 | 0.6% | -0.09% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 760,914 | 0.59% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 758,966 | 0.56% | -0.26% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 756,861 | 0.52% | -0.28% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 754,606 | 0.51% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 752,094 | 0.5% | -0.33% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 749,256 | 0.48% | -0.38% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 746,153 | 0.55% | -0.41% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 746,288 | 0.68% | 0.02% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 750,021 | 0.67% | 0.5% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 754,229 | 0.63% | 0.56% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 758,781 | 0.58% | 0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 763,548 | 0.57% | 0.63% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 768,479 | 0.61% | 0.65% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 791,556 | 0.47% | 3% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 807,665 | 0.36% | 2.04% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 807,481 | 0.24% | -0.02% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 815,482 | 0.09% | 0.99% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 821,637 | -0.01% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 826,353 | -0.1% | 0.57% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 831,087 | -0.12% | 0.57% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 835,986 | -0.23% | 0.59% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 840,883 | -0.22% | 0.59% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 846,019 | -0.23% | 0.61% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 851,161 | -0.25% | 0.61% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 856,040 | -0.27% | 0.57% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 861,037 | -0.29% | 0.58% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 866,080 | -0.32% | 0.59% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 871,237 | -0.34% | 0.6% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 876,346 | -0.36% | 0.59% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 881,223 | -0.38% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 885,935 | -0.4% | 0.53% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 890,320 | -0.41% | 0.49% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 894,649 | -0.43% | 0.49% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 899,021 | -0.45% | 0.49% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 903,316 | -0.47% | 0.48% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 907,506 | -0.49% | 0.46% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 911,723 | -0.51% | 0.46% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 915,811 | -0.53% | 0.45% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 919,575 | -0.55% | 0.41% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 923,121 | -0.57% | 0.39% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 926,355 | -0.6% | 0.35% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 929,478 | -0.64% | 0.34% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 932,483 | -0.67% | 0.32% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 935,329 | -0.71% | 0.31% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 938,062 | -0.75% | 0.29% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 940,601 | -0.79% | 0.27% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of China increased by 76,770,000 people (a 5.86% growth), while Guyana gained 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, China gained 14,824,510 (a 1.07% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 77,391 (a 10.1% growth).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2006 and is 2nd in 2026. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2006 and ranked 162nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 10.8% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Guyana will increase by 11.9% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.
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Population differences between China and Guyana
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| Life expectancy | 79 years | 70.6 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 26.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 2.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 10.2 ppl/mi² |
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