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Population in China compared to Guyana: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 831,087 people in Guyana in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,405,773,318 people compared to 839,919 in Guyana.

Population statistics:

  • China's population is 1,674 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 17% of the world: 17% 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 2005, the population of China has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth), while Guyana has grown from 761K to 840K (10.4% 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

China Guyana
Current population
1405773318
839919
Population rank 2/197 162/197
Percent of world population 17% 0.01%
One net population change
18.2 seconds
1.85 hours
One birth every
3.5 seconds
31.4 minutes
One death every
2.84 seconds
1.45 hours
One migration net change every
1.65 minutes
1.62 hours
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 173/197 129/197

China and Guyana: population history and growth rate by year chart

China
Population

Growth rate
Guyana
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
China Guyana China Guyana
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 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Guyana lost 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 81,138 (a 10.7% growth).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2005 and ranked 162nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Guyana will increase by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.

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