Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Guyana: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and Guyana: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Guyana	Guinea-Bissau	Guyana
1960	577,633	569,143	-	-
1961	582,532	582,568	0.85%	2.36%
1962	589,474	595,461	1.19%	2.21%
1963	594,418	608,537	0.84%	2.2%
1964	588,543	621,764	-0.99%	2.17%
1965	575,005	635,128	-2.3%	2.15%
1966	566,908	648,646	-1.41%	2.13%
1967	569,011	662,311	0.37%	2.11%
1968	578,170	676,160	1.61%	2.09%
1969	581,610	690,223	0.59%	2.08%
1970	584,403	702,705	0.48%	1.81%
1971	586,221	712,662	0.31%	1.42%
1972	586,620	721,617	0.07%	1.26%
1973	592,808	730,138	1.05%	1.18%
1974	613,338	738,057	3.46%	1.08%
1975	650,966	745,393	6.13%	0.99%
1976	694,191	752,253	6.64%	0.92%
1977	741,789	758,654	6.86%	0.85%
1978	791,694	764,586	6.73%	0.78%
1979	819,867	770,062	3.56%	0.72%
1980	829,303	774,367	1.15%	0.56%
1981	842,432	776,453	1.58%	0.27%
1982	855,891	776,712	1.6%	0.03%
1983	869,592	775,891	1.6%	-0.11%
1984	883,519	774,111	1.6%	-0.23%
1985	897,697	771,477	1.6%	-0.34%
1986	912,126	768,098	1.61%	-0.44%
1987	926,862	764,120	1.62%	-0.52%
1988	942,061	759,663	1.64%	-0.58%
1989	957,789	754,865	1.67%	-0.63%
1990	973,669	749,894	1.66%	-0.66%
1991	994,639	747,861	2.15%	-0.27%
1992	1,024,356	749,911	2.99%	0.27%
1993	1,058,745	752,965	3.36%	0.41%
1994	1,092,031	755,822	3.14%	0.38%
1995	1,119,949	758,388	2.56%	0.34%
1996	1,143,535	760,526	2.11%	0.28%
1997	1,165,545	762,245	1.92%	0.23%
1998	1,187,473	763,586	1.88%	0.18%
1999	1,210,206	764,483	1.91%	0.12%
2000	1,234,741	764,832	2.03%	0.05%
2001	1,261,273	764,477	2.15%	-0.05%
2002	1,289,307	763,652	2.22%	-0.11%
2003	1,318,806	763,101	2.29%	-0.07%
2004	1,349,563	762,418	2.33%	-0.09%
2005	1,381,585	760,914	2.37%	-0.2%
2006	1,415,303	758,966	2.44%	-0.26%
2007	1,450,986	756,861	2.52%	-0.28%
2008	1,488,054	754,606	2.55%	-0.3%
2009	1,526,377	752,094	2.58%	-0.33%
2010	1,566,347	749,256	2.62%	-0.38%
2011	1,608,076	746,153	2.66%	-0.41%
2012	1,651,417	746,288	2.7%	0.02%
2013	1,695,973	750,021	2.7%	0.5%
2014	1,741,122	754,229	2.66%	0.56%
2015	1,786,457	758,781	2.6%	0.6%
2016	1,831,893	763,548	2.54%	0.63%
2017	1,877,072	768,479	2.47%	0.65%
2018	1,922,168	791,556	2.4%	3%
2019	1,967,696	807,665	2.37%	2.04%
2020	2,013,255	807,481	2.32%	-0.02%
2021	2,058,841	815,482	2.26%	0.99%
2022	2,105,529	821,637	2.27%	0.75%
2023	2,153,339	826,353	2.27%	0.57%
2024	2,201,352	831,087	2.23%	0.57%
2025	2,249,512	835,986	2.19%	0.59%
2026	2,297,807	840,883	2.15%	0.59%
2027	2,346,190	846,019	2.11%	0.61%
2028	2,394,226	851,161	2.05%	0.61%
2029	2,441,574	856,040	1.98%	0.57%
2030	2,488,931	861,037	1.94%	0.58%
2031	2,536,893	866,080	1.93%	0.59%
2032	2,585,565	871,237	1.92%	0.6%
2033	2,634,701	876,346	1.9%	0.59%
2034	2,683,078	881,223	1.84%	0.56%
2035	2,730,136	885,935	1.75%	0.53%
2036	2,777,887	890,320	1.75%	0.49%
2037	2,826,159	894,649	1.74%	0.49%
2038	2,873,929	899,021	1.69%	0.49%
2039	2,921,973	903,316	1.67%	0.48%
2040	2,969,699	907,506	1.63%	0.46%
2041	3,016,537	911,723	1.58%	0.46%
2042	3,063,161	915,811	1.55%	0.45%
2043	3,109,927	919,575	1.53%	0.41%
2044	3,156,704	923,121	1.5%	0.39%
2045	3,204,242	926,355	1.51%	0.35%
2046	3,251,465	929,478	1.47%	0.34%
2047	3,298,563	932,483	1.45%	0.32%
2048	3,345,853	935,329	1.43%	0.31%
2049	3,392,557	938,062	1.4%	0.29%
2050	3,438,597	940,601	1.36%	0.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth), while Guyana gained 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea-Bissau gained 466,442 (a 25.5% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 77,391 (a 10.1% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2006 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Guyana will increase by 11.9% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.