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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Guyana	Colombia	Guyana
1960	15,606,209	569,143	-	-
1961	16,095,203	582,568	3.13%	2.36%
1962	16,599,029	595,461	3.13%	2.21%
1963	17,113,823	608,537	3.1%	2.2%
1964	17,637,411	621,764	3.06%	2.17%
1965	18,169,050	635,128	3.01%	2.15%
1966	18,702,688	648,646	2.94%	2.13%
1967	19,235,618	662,311	2.85%	2.11%
1968	19,766,796	676,160	2.76%	2.09%
1969	20,291,942	690,223	2.66%	2.08%
1970	20,811,782	702,705	2.56%	1.81%
1971	21,319,096	712,662	2.44%	1.42%
1972	21,819,563	721,617	2.35%	1.26%
1973	22,325,374	730,138	2.32%	1.18%
1974	22,833,469	738,057	2.28%	1.08%
1975	23,344,644	745,393	2.24%	0.99%
1976	23,858,810	752,253	2.2%	0.92%
1977	24,393,494	758,654	2.24%	0.85%
1978	24,950,337	764,586	2.28%	0.78%
1979	25,515,626	770,062	2.27%	0.72%
1980	26,104,498	774,367	2.31%	0.56%
1981	26,713,267	776,453	2.33%	0.27%
1982	27,338,331	776,712	2.34%	0.03%
1983	27,988,173	775,891	2.38%	-0.11%
1984	28,642,690	774,111	2.34%	-0.23%
1985	29,268,470	771,477	2.18%	-0.34%
1986	29,879,112	768,098	2.09%	-0.44%
1987	30,499,467	764,120	2.08%	-0.52%
1988	31,130,524	759,663	2.07%	-0.58%
1989	31,776,279	754,865	2.07%	-0.63%
1990	32,440,069	749,894	2.09%	-0.66%
1991	33,098,372	747,861	2.03%	-0.27%
1992	33,760,571	749,911	2%	0.27%
1993	34,441,473	752,965	2.02%	0.41%
1994	35,127,410	755,822	1.99%	0.38%
1995	35,804,662	758,388	1.93%	0.34%
1996	36,462,745	760,526	1.84%	0.28%
1997	37,121,149	762,245	1.81%	0.23%
1998	37,792,165	763,586	1.81%	0.18%
1999	38,454,863	764,483	1.75%	0.12%
2000	39,089,934	764,832	1.65%	0.05%
2001	39,709,262	764,477	1.58%	-0.05%
2002	40,324,680	763,652	1.55%	-0.11%
2003	40,937,429	763,101	1.52%	-0.07%
2004	41,543,171	762,418	1.48%	-0.09%
2005	42,128,977	760,914	1.41%	-0.2%
2006	42,691,084	758,966	1.33%	-0.26%
2007	43,235,374	756,861	1.27%	-0.28%
2008	43,758,808	754,606	1.21%	-0.3%
2009	44,271,541	752,094	1.17%	-0.33%
2010	44,777,319	749,256	1.14%	-0.38%
2011	45,259,614	746,153	1.08%	-0.41%
2012	45,715,810	746,288	1.01%	0.02%
2013	46,151,584	750,021	0.95%	0.5%
2014	46,565,429	754,229	0.9%	0.56%
2015	46,969,940	758,781	0.87%	0.6%
2016	47,437,512	763,548	1%	0.63%
2017	48,131,078	768,479	1.46%	0.65%
2018	49,024,465	791,556	1.86%	3%
2019	49,907,985	807,665	1.8%	2.04%
2020	50,629,997	807,481	1.45%	-0.02%
2021	51,188,173	815,482	1.1%	0.99%
2022	51,737,944	821,637	1.07%	0.75%
2023	52,321,152	826,353	1.13%	0.57%
2024	52,886,363	831,087	1.08%	0.57%
2025	53,425,632	835,986	1.02%	0.59%
2026	53,936,234	840,883	0.96%	0.59%
2027	54,422,275	846,019	0.9%	0.61%
2028	54,885,123	851,161	0.85%	0.61%
2029	55,322,627	856,040	0.8%	0.57%
2030	55,736,477	861,037	0.75%	0.58%
2031	56,125,966	866,080	0.7%	0.59%
2032	56,490,496	871,237	0.65%	0.6%
2033	56,832,264	876,346	0.61%	0.59%
2034	57,151,619	881,223	0.56%	0.56%
2035	57,445,755	885,935	0.51%	0.53%
2036	57,716,869	890,320	0.47%	0.49%
2037	57,965,300	894,649	0.43%	0.49%
2038	58,190,082	899,021	0.39%	0.49%
2039	58,394,310	903,316	0.35%	0.48%
2040	58,576,452	907,506	0.31%	0.46%
2041	58,736,886	911,723	0.27%	0.46%
2042	58,878,126	915,811	0.24%	0.45%
2043	59,000,362	919,575	0.21%	0.41%
2044	59,104,592	923,121	0.18%	0.39%
2045	59,190,826	926,355	0.15%	0.35%
2046	59,259,758	929,478	0.12%	0.34%
2047	59,313,132	932,483	0.09%	0.32%
2048	59,351,262	935,329	0.06%	0.31%
2049	59,375,012	938,062	0.04%	0.29%
2050	59,385,355	940,601	0.02%	0.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Guyana lost 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 81,138 (a 10.7% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Guyana will increase by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.