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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guyana was 831,087 in 2024 vs 527,799 people in Maldives in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guyana's population is 839,919 people compared to 531,152 in Maldives.

Population statistics:

  • Guyana's population is 1.58 times bigger than Maldives'.
  • Guyana is ranked the 162nd most populous country in the world, while Maldives is the 168th.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.01% for Guyana vs 0.006% for Maldives.
  • For the last 10 years, Guyana has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +2.56% in Maldives.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guyana has increased from 761K people to 840K (10.4% growth), while Maldives has grown from 306K to 531K (73.3% growth).
  • Guyana is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 960K people compared to the peak of 597K people in 2057 for Maldives.

Guyana vs Maldives: live population counter

Guyana Maldives
Current population
839919
531152
Population rank 162/197 168/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.006%
One net population change
1.85 hours
4.85 hours
One birth every
31.4 minutes
1.51 hours
One death every
1.45 hours
7.13 hours
One migration net change every
1.62 hours
3.62 hours
Annual migration change -5,407 -2,421
Daily growth/decline +13 +5
Annual growth/decline +4,734 +1,805
Annual growth/decline rate +0.57% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 129/197 145/197

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

Guyana
Population

Growth rate
Maldives
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guyana Maldives Guyana Maldives
1960 569,143 91,189 - -
1961 582,568 93,450 2.36% 2.48%
1962 595,461 95,802 2.21% 2.52%
1963 608,537 98,222 2.2% 2.53%
1964 621,764 100,662 2.17% 2.48%
1965 635,128 104,102 2.15% 3.42%
1966 648,646 108,507 2.13% 4.23%
1967 662,311 112,528 2.11% 3.71%
1968 676,160 116,075 2.09% 3.15%
1969 690,223 119,564 2.08% 3.01%
1970 702,705 123,219 1.81% 3.06%
1971 712,662 127,035 1.42% 3.1%
1972 721,617 130,968 1.26% 3.1%
1973 730,138 134,952 1.18% 3.04%
1974 738,057 138,978 1.08% 2.98%
1975 745,393 143,158 0.99% 3.01%
1976 752,253 147,525 0.92% 3.05%
1977 758,654 151,930 0.85% 2.99%
1978 764,586 156,159 0.78% 2.78%
1979 770,062 160,360 0.72% 2.69%
1980 774,367 164,835 0.56% 2.79%
1981 776,453 169,532 0.27% 2.85%
1982 776,712 174,333 0.03% 2.83%
1983 775,891 179,128 -0.11% 2.75%
1984 774,111 184,198 -0.23% 2.83%
1985 771,477 190,169 -0.34% 3.24%
1986 768,098 196,935 -0.44% 3.56%
1987 764,120 203,944 -0.52% 3.56%
1988 759,663 210,885 -0.58% 3.4%
1989 754,865 217,738 -0.63% 3.25%
1990 749,894 224,762 -0.66% 3.23%
1991 747,861 231,802 -0.27% 3.13%
1992 749,911 238,543 0.27% 2.91%
1993 752,965 244,884 0.41% 2.66%
1994 755,822 250,822 0.38% 2.42%
1995 758,388 256,649 0.34% 2.32%
1996 760,526 262,347 0.28% 2.22%
1997 762,245 267,707 0.23% 2.04%
1998 763,586 272,723 0.18% 1.87%
1999 764,483 277,412 0.12% 1.72%
2000 764,832 282,019 0.05% 1.66%
2001 764,477 286,767 -0.05% 1.68%
2002 763,652 291,616 -0.11% 1.69%
2003 763,101 296,491 -0.07% 1.67%
2004 762,418 301,413 -0.09% 1.66%
2005 760,914 306,429 -0.2% 1.66%
2006 758,966 313,851 -0.26% 2.42%
2007 756,861 324,479 -0.28% 3.39%
2008 754,606 336,170 -0.3% 3.6%
2009 752,094 348,275 -0.33% 3.6%
2010 749,256 360,792 -0.38% 3.59%
2011 746,153 373,674 -0.41% 3.57%
2012 746,288 386,818 0.02% 3.52%
2013 750,021 400,070 0.5% 3.43%
2014 754,229 413,617 0.56% 3.39%
2015 758,781 428,154 0.6% 3.51%
2016 763,548 443,308 0.63% 3.54%
2017 768,479 458,287 0.65% 3.38%
2018 791,556 473,099 3% 3.23%
2019 807,665 487,731 2.04% 3.09%
2020 807,481 502,118 -0.02% 2.95%
2021 815,482 516,154 0.99% 2.8%
2022 821,637 524,106 0.75% 1.54%
2023 826,353 525,994 0.57% 0.36%
2024 831,087 527,799 0.57% 0.34%
2025 835,986 529,677 0.59% 0.36%
2026 840,883 531,514 0.59% 0.35%
2027 846,019 533,433 0.61% 0.36%
2028 851,161 535,502 0.61% 0.39%
2029 856,040 537,574 0.57% 0.39%
2030 861,037 539,667 0.58% 0.39%
2031 866,080 541,929 0.59% 0.42%
2032 871,237 544,288 0.6% 0.44%
2033 876,346 546,723 0.59% 0.45%
2034 881,223 549,162 0.56% 0.45%
2035 885,935 551,599 0.53% 0.44%
2036 890,320 554,092 0.49% 0.45%
2037 894,649 556,637 0.49% 0.46%
2038 899,021 559,231 0.49% 0.47%
2039 903,316 561,958 0.48% 0.49%
2040 907,506 564,800 0.46% 0.51%
2041 911,723 567,606 0.46% 0.5%
2042 915,811 570,381 0.45% 0.49%
2043 919,575 573,138 0.41% 0.48%
2044 923,121 575,811 0.39% 0.47%
2045 926,355 578,459 0.35% 0.46%
2046 929,478 581,026 0.34% 0.44%
2047 932,483 583,393 0.32% 0.41%
2048 935,329 585,720 0.31% 0.4%
2049 938,062 587,988 0.29% 0.39%
2050 940,601 589,960 0.27% 0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.

Biggest cities by population

Guyana
City Population
Georgetown 235K
Linden 28.7K
New Amsterdam 17.3K
Maldives
City Population
Male 133K
Hulhumale 50K

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