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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Suriname	Guinea-Bissau	Suriname
1960	577,633	263,918	-	-
1961	582,532	272,791	0.85%	3.36%
1962	589,474	283,912	1.19%	4.08%
1963	594,418	297,034	0.84%	4.62%
1964	588,543	309,041	-0.99%	4.04%
1965	575,005	320,000	-2.3%	3.55%
1966	566,908	331,135	-1.41%	3.48%
1967	569,011	342,679	0.37%	3.49%
1968	578,170	354,616	1.61%	3.48%
1969	581,610	366,906	0.59%	3.47%
1970	584,403	379,442	0.48%	3.42%
1971	586,221	391,932	0.31%	3.29%
1972	586,620	397,413	0.07%	1.4%
1973	592,808	395,772	1.05%	-0.41%
1974	613,338	393,676	3.46%	-0.53%
1975	650,966	391,170	6.13%	-0.64%
1976	694,191	388,289	6.64%	-0.74%
1977	741,789	385,067	6.86%	-0.83%
1978	791,694	381,502	6.73%	-0.93%
1979	819,867	377,602	3.56%	-1.02%
1980	829,303	375,377	1.15%	-0.59%
1981	842,432	375,459	1.58%	0.02%
1982	855,891	376,555	1.6%	0.29%
1983	869,592	378,746	1.6%	0.58%
1984	883,519	382,193	1.6%	0.91%
1985	897,697	386,972	1.6%	1.25%
1986	912,126	392,330	1.61%	1.38%
1987	926,862	396,911	1.62%	1.17%
1988	942,061	402,227	1.64%	1.34%
1989	957,789	408,409	1.67%	1.54%
1990	973,669	412,493	1.66%	1%
1991	994,639	415,013	2.15%	0.61%
1992	1,024,356	417,589	2.99%	0.62%
1993	1,058,745	419,352	3.36%	0.42%
1994	1,092,031	422,375	3.14%	0.72%
1995	1,119,949	429,606	2.56%	1.71%
1996	1,143,535	438,830	2.11%	2.15%
1997	1,165,545	448,067	1.92%	2.1%
1998	1,187,473	457,406	1.88%	2.08%
1999	1,210,206	466,916	1.91%	2.08%
2000	1,234,741	476,643	2.03%	2.08%
2001	1,261,273	486,560	2.15%	2.08%
2002	1,289,307	496,551	2.22%	2.05%
2003	1,318,806	506,414	2.29%	1.99%
2004	1,349,563	513,923	2.33%	1.48%
2005	1,381,585	519,313	2.37%	1.05%
2006	1,415,303	524,997	2.44%	1.09%
2007	1,450,986	531,016	2.52%	1.15%
2008	1,488,054	537,245	2.55%	1.17%
2009	1,526,377	543,568	2.58%	1.18%
2010	1,566,347	549,923	2.62%	1.17%
2011	1,608,076	556,269	2.66%	1.15%
2012	1,651,417	562,633	2.7%	1.14%
2013	1,695,973	569,020	2.7%	1.14%
2014	1,741,122	575,373	2.66%	1.12%
2015	1,786,457	581,627	2.6%	1.09%
2016	1,831,893	587,757	2.54%	1.05%
2017	1,877,072	593,713	2.47%	1.01%
2018	1,922,168	599,513	2.4%	0.98%
2019	1,967,696	605,768	2.37%	1.04%
2020	2,013,255	612,317	2.32%	1.08%
2021	2,058,841	617,896	2.26%	0.91%
2022	2,105,529	623,164	2.27%	0.85%
2023	2,153,339	628,886	2.27%	0.92%
2024	2,201,352	634,431	2.23%	0.88%
2025	2,249,512	639,852	2.19%	0.85%
2026	2,297,807	645,257	2.15%	0.84%
2027	2,346,190	650,564	2.11%	0.82%
2028	2,394,226	655,783	2.05%	0.8%
2029	2,441,574	660,793	1.98%	0.76%
2030	2,488,931	665,650	1.94%	0.74%
2031	2,536,893	670,421	1.93%	0.72%
2032	2,585,565	675,070	1.92%	0.69%
2033	2,634,701	679,573	1.9%	0.67%
2034	2,683,078	683,911	1.84%	0.64%
2035	2,730,136	688,189	1.75%	0.63%
2036	2,777,887	692,343	1.75%	0.6%
2037	2,826,159	696,213	1.74%	0.56%
2038	2,873,929	699,908	1.69%	0.53%
2039	2,921,973	703,569	1.67%	0.52%
2040	2,969,699	707,156	1.63%	0.51%
2041	3,016,537	710,619	1.58%	0.49%
2042	3,063,161	713,900	1.55%	0.46%
2043	3,109,927	716,999	1.53%	0.43%
2044	3,156,704	719,920	1.5%	0.41%
2045	3,204,242	722,759	1.51%	0.39%
2046	3,251,465	725,322	1.47%	0.35%
2047	3,298,563	727,726	1.45%	0.33%
2048	3,345,853	730,038	1.43%	0.32%
2049	3,392,557	732,021	1.4%	0.27%
2050	3,438,597	733,898	1.36%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.