The latest officially reported population of Guyana was 831,087 in 2024 vs 283,487,931 people in Indonesia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guyana's population is 839,919 people compared to 287,460,768 in Indonesia.
Population statistics:
- Indonesia's population is 342 times bigger than Guyana's.
- Guyana is ranked the 162nd most populous country in the world, while Indonesia is the 4th.
- The countries together account for 3.49% of the world: 0.01% for Guyana vs 3.48% for Indonesia.
- For the last 10 years, Guyana has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +0.94% in Indonesia.
- Since 2005, the population of Guyana has increased from 761K people to 840K (10.4% growth), while Indonesia has grown from 231M to 287M (24.5% growth).
- Guyana is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 960K people compared to the peak of 323M people in 2058 for Indonesia.
Guyana vs Indonesia: live population counter
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| Current population |
839919
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287460768
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| Population rank | 162/197 | 4/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 3.48% |
| One net population change |
1.85 hours
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13.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
31.4 minutes
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7.04 seconds
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| One death every |
1.45 hours
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14.9 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.62 hours
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13.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,407 | -38,469 |
| Daily growth/decline | +13 | +6,296 |
| Annual growth/decline | +4,734 | +2,297,864 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.57% | +0.82% |
| Population growth rate rank | 129/197 | 117/197 |
Guyana and Indonesia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 569,143 | 88,296,070 | - | - |
| 1961 | 582,568 | 90,791,249 | 2.36% | 2.83% |
| 1962 | 595,461 | 93,375,850 | 2.21% | 2.85% |
| 1963 | 608,537 | 96,051,424 | 2.2% | 2.87% |
| 1964 | 621,764 | 98,833,749 | 2.17% | 2.9% |
| 1965 | 635,128 | 101,365,130 | 2.15% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 648,646 | 103,792,754 | 2.13% | 2.39% |
| 1967 | 662,311 | 106,526,393 | 2.11% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 676,160 | 109,450,006 | 2.09% | 2.74% |
| 1969 | 690,223 | 112,517,639 | 2.08% | 2.8% |
| 1970 | 702,705 | 115,657,495 | 1.81% | 2.79% |
| 1971 | 712,662 | 118,833,702 | 1.42% | 2.75% |
| 1972 | 721,617 | 122,039,841 | 1.26% | 2.7% |
| 1973 | 730,138 | 125,288,515 | 1.18% | 2.66% |
| 1974 | 738,057 | 128,555,045 | 1.08% | 2.61% |
| 1975 | 745,393 | 131,843,848 | 0.99% | 2.56% |
| 1976 | 752,253 | 135,173,655 | 0.92% | 2.53% |
| 1977 | 758,654 | 138,533,541 | 0.85% | 2.49% |
| 1978 | 764,586 | 141,953,163 | 0.78% | 2.47% |
| 1979 | 770,062 | 145,434,834 | 0.72% | 2.45% |
| 1980 | 774,367 | 148,950,540 | 0.56% | 2.42% |
| 1981 | 776,453 | 152,485,035 | 0.27% | 2.37% |
| 1982 | 776,712 | 156,052,152 | 0.03% | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 775,891 | 159,651,381 | -0.11% | 2.31% |
| 1984 | 774,111 | 163,251,124 | -0.23% | 2.25% |
| 1985 | 771,477 | 166,776,185 | -0.34% | 2.16% |
| 1986 | 768,098 | 170,175,065 | -0.44% | 2.04% |
| 1987 | 764,120 | 173,511,154 | -0.52% | 1.96% |
| 1988 | 759,663 | 176,855,065 | -0.58% | 1.93% |
| 1989 | 754,865 | 180,201,630 | -0.63% | 1.89% |
| 1990 | 749,894 | 183,501,098 | -0.66% | 1.83% |
| 1991 | 747,861 | 186,778,238 | -0.27% | 1.79% |
| 1992 | 749,911 | 190,043,744 | 0.27% | 1.75% |
| 1993 | 752,965 | 193,305,168 | 0.41% | 1.72% |
| 1994 | 755,822 | 196,591,828 | 0.38% | 1.7% |
| 1995 | 758,388 | 199,888,057 | 0.34% | 1.68% |
| 1996 | 760,526 | 203,204,348 | 0.28% | 1.66% |
| 1997 | 762,245 | 206,536,095 | 0.23% | 1.64% |
| 1998 | 763,586 | 209,826,788 | 0.18% | 1.59% |
| 1999 | 764,483 | 213,004,668 | 0.12% | 1.51% |
| 2000 | 764,832 | 216,077,790 | 0.05% | 1.44% |
| 2001 | 764,477 | 219,097,902 | -0.05% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 763,652 | 222,088,495 | -0.11% | 1.36% |
| 2003 | 763,101 | 225,048,008 | -0.07% | 1.33% |
| 2004 | 762,418 | 227,926,649 | -0.09% | 1.28% |
| 2005 | 760,914 | 230,871,650 | -0.2% | 1.29% |
| 2006 | 758,966 | 233,951,652 | -0.26% | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 756,861 | 237,062,337 | -0.28% | 1.33% |
| 2008 | 754,606 | 240,157,903 | -0.3% | 1.31% |
| 2009 | 752,094 | 243,220,028 | -0.33% | 1.28% |
| 2010 | 749,256 | 246,305,322 | -0.38% | 1.27% |
| 2011 | 746,153 | 249,470,032 | -0.41% | 1.28% |
| 2012 | 746,288 | 252,698,525 | 0.02% | 1.29% |
| 2013 | 750,021 | 255,852,467 | 0.5% | 1.25% |
| 2014 | 754,229 | 258,877,399 | 0.56% | 1.18% |
| 2015 | 758,781 | 261,799,249 | 0.6% | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 763,548 | 264,627,418 | 0.63% | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 768,479 | 267,346,658 | 0.65% | 1.03% |
| 2018 | 791,556 | 269,951,846 | 3% | 0.97% |
| 2019 | 807,665 | 272,489,381 | 2.04% | 0.94% |
| 2020 | 807,481 | 274,814,866 | -0.02% | 0.85% |
| 2021 | 815,482 | 276,758,053 | 0.99% | 0.71% |
| 2022 | 821,637 | 278,830,529 | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 826,353 | 281,190,067 | 0.57% | 0.85% |
| 2024 | 831,087 | 283,487,931 | 0.57% | 0.82% |
| 2025 | 835,986 | 285,721,231 | 0.59% | 0.79% |
| 2026 | 840,883 | 287,886,778 | 0.59% | 0.76% |
| 2027 | 846,019 | 289,986,520 | 0.61% | 0.73% |
| 2028 | 851,161 | 292,016,774 | 0.61% | 0.7% |
| 2029 | 856,040 | 293,978,106 | 0.57% | 0.67% |
| 2030 | 861,037 | 295,876,644 | 0.58% | 0.65% |
| 2031 | 866,080 | 297,719,741 | 0.59% | 0.62% |
| 2032 | 871,237 | 299,510,654 | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| 2033 | 876,346 | 301,250,975 | 0.59% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 881,223 | 302,938,571 | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 885,935 | 304,566,615 | 0.53% | 0.54% |
| 2036 | 890,320 | 306,135,097 | 0.49% | 0.51% |
| 2037 | 894,649 | 307,646,407 | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 2038 | 899,021 | 309,096,450 | 0.49% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 903,316 | 310,481,116 | 0.48% | 0.45% |
| 2040 | 907,506 | 311,797,391 | 0.46% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 911,723 | 313,041,656 | 0.46% | 0.4% |
| 2042 | 915,811 | 314,211,278 | 0.45% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 919,575 | 315,304,309 | 0.41% | 0.35% |
| 2044 | 923,121 | 316,318,412 | 0.39% | 0.32% |
| 2045 | 926,355 | 317,249,609 | 0.35% | 0.29% |
| 2046 | 929,478 | 318,096,567 | 0.34% | 0.27% |
| 2047 | 932,483 | 318,862,018 | 0.32% | 0.24% |
| 2048 | 935,329 | 319,554,646 | 0.31% | 0.22% |
| 2049 | 938,062 | 320,173,244 | 0.29% | 0.19% |
| 2050 | 940,601 | 320,712,941 | 0.27% | 0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Indonesia gained 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth).
Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2005 and still ranked 4th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Guyana's population will grow by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd. The population of Indonesia will increase by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Georgetown | 235K |
| Linden | 28.7K |
| New Amsterdam | 17.3K |
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Population differences between Guyana and Indonesia
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| Life expectancy | 70.4 years | 71.4 years |
| Average age | 30.2 years | 32.8 years |
| Median age | 26.9 years | 31.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.41 births per woman | 2.13 births per woman |
| Population density | 10.2 ppl/mi² | 388 ppl/mi² |
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