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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Malaysia	Guyana	Malaysia
1960	569,143	7,956,197	-	-
1961	582,568	8,164,443	2.36%	2.62%
1962	595,461	8,380,172	2.21%	2.64%
1963	608,537	8,602,160	2.2%	2.65%
1964	621,764	8,828,406	2.17%	2.63%
1965	635,128	9,056,408	2.15%	2.58%
1966	648,646	9,284,688	2.13%	2.52%
1967	662,311	9,507,099	2.11%	2.4%
1968	676,160	9,725,281	2.09%	2.29%
1969	690,223	9,947,597	2.08%	2.29%
1970	702,705	10,178,802	1.81%	2.32%
1971	712,662	10,423,453	1.42%	2.4%
1972	721,617	10,676,835	1.26%	2.43%
1973	730,138	10,935,621	1.18%	2.42%
1974	738,057	11,200,906	1.08%	2.43%
1975	745,393	11,471,914	0.99%	2.42%
1976	752,253	11,750,097	0.92%	2.42%
1977	758,654	12,035,713	0.85%	2.43%
1978	764,586	12,328,157	0.78%	2.43%
1979	770,062	12,627,862	0.72%	2.43%
1980	774,367	12,983,363	0.56%	2.82%
1981	776,453	13,399,203	0.27%	3.2%
1982	776,712	13,832,798	0.03%	3.24%
1983	775,891	14,285,907	-0.11%	3.28%
1984	774,111	14,759,009	-0.23%	3.31%
1985	771,477	15,252,258	-0.34%	3.34%
1986	768,098	15,760,419	-0.44%	3.33%
1987	764,120	16,276,737	-0.52%	3.28%
1988	759,663	16,796,605	-0.58%	3.19%
1989	754,865	17,314,997	-0.63%	3.09%
1990	749,894	17,833,171	-0.66%	2.99%
1991	747,861	18,342,464	-0.27%	2.86%
1992	749,911	18,834,572	0.27%	2.68%
1993	752,965	19,322,664	0.41%	2.59%
1994	755,822	19,820,446	0.38%	2.58%
1995	758,388	20,330,599	0.34%	2.57%
1996	760,526	20,850,087	0.28%	2.56%
1997	762,245	21,375,218	0.23%	2.52%
1998	763,586	21,906,713	0.18%	2.49%
1999	764,483	22,435,531	0.12%	2.41%
2000	764,832	22,967,816	0.05%	2.37%
2001	764,477	23,526,538	-0.05%	2.43%
2002	763,652	24,102,477	-0.11%	2.45%
2003	763,101	24,679,602	-0.07%	2.39%
2004	762,418	25,256,772	-0.09%	2.34%
2005	760,914	25,836,071	-0.2%	2.29%
2006	758,966	26,417,909	-0.26%	2.25%
2007	756,861	26,998,389	-0.28%	2.2%
2008	754,606	27,570,059	-0.3%	2.12%
2009	752,094	28,124,778	-0.33%	2.01%
2010	749,256	28,655,776	-0.38%	1.89%
2011	746,153	29,162,039	-0.41%	1.77%
2012	746,288	29,662,831	0.02%	1.72%
2013	750,021	30,174,265	0.5%	1.72%
2014	754,229	30,696,137	0.56%	1.73%
2015	758,781	31,232,798	0.6%	1.75%
2016	763,548	31,789,685	0.63%	1.78%
2017	768,479	32,355,644	0.65%	1.78%
2018	791,556	32,910,967	3%	1.72%
2019	807,665	33,440,596	2.04%	1.61%
2020	807,481	33,889,558	-0.02%	1.34%
2021	815,482	34,282,399	0.99%	1.16%
2022	821,637	34,695,493	0.75%	1.2%
2023	826,353	35,126,298	0.57%	1.24%
2024	831,087	35,557,673	0.57%	1.23%
2025	835,986	35,977,838	0.59%	1.18%
2026	840,883	36,385,119	0.59%	1.13%
2027	846,019	36,785,089	0.61%	1.1%
2028	851,161	37,182,773	0.61%	1.08%
2029	856,040	37,574,292	0.57%	1.05%
2030	861,037	37,961,722	0.58%	1.03%
2031	866,080	38,347,786	0.59%	1.02%
2032	871,237	38,728,383	0.6%	0.99%
2033	876,346	39,097,871	0.59%	0.95%
2034	881,223	39,457,849	0.56%	0.92%
2035	885,935	39,814,834	0.53%	0.9%
2036	890,320	40,166,904	0.49%	0.88%
2037	894,649	40,512,289	0.49%	0.86%
2038	899,021	40,853,318	0.49%	0.84%
2039	903,316	41,185,892	0.48%	0.81%
2040	907,506	41,509,646	0.46%	0.79%
2041	911,723	41,828,594	0.46%	0.77%
2042	915,811	42,144,474	0.45%	0.76%
2043	919,575	42,455,952	0.41%	0.74%
2044	923,121	42,754,140	0.39%	0.7%
2045	926,355	43,038,205	0.35%	0.66%
2046	929,478	43,313,754	0.34%	0.64%
2047	932,483	43,580,459	0.32%	0.62%
2048	935,329	43,831,577	0.31%	0.58%
2049	938,062	44,065,538	0.29%	0.53%
2050	940,601	44,289,765	0.27%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.