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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guyana was 831,087 in 2024 vs 574,346 people in Malta in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guyana's population is 839,919 people compared to 583,596 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Guyana's population is 1.44 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Guyana is ranked the 162nd most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.01% for Guyana vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Guyana has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +2.78% in Malta.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guyana has increased from 761K people to 840K (10.4% growth), while Malta has grown from 404K to 584K (44.5% growth).
  • Guyana is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 960K people compared to the peak of 593K people in 2033 for Malta.

Guyana vs Malta: live population counter

Guyana Malta
Current population
839919
583596
Population rank 162/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.007%
One net population change
1.85 hours
24.3 minutes
One birth every
31.4 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
1.45 hours
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
1.62 hours
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -5,407 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +13 +59
Annual growth/decline +4,734 +21,599
Annual growth/decline rate +0.57% +3.91%
Population growth rate rank 129/197 7/197

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

Guyana
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guyana Malta Guyana Malta
1960 569,143 326,550 - -
1961 582,568 325,250 2.36% -0.4%
1962 595,461 323,900 2.21% -0.42%
1963 608,537 322,550 2.2% -0.42%
1964 621,764 321,250 2.17% -0.4%
1965 635,128 318,800 2.15% -0.76%
1966 648,646 315,200 2.13% -1.13%
1967 662,311 311,550 2.11% -1.16%
1968 676,160 307,900 2.09% -1.17%
1969 690,223 304,300 2.08% -1.17%
1970 702,705 302,650 1.81% -0.54%
1971 712,662 302,700 1.42% 0.02%
1972 721,617 302,450 1.26% -0.08%
1973 730,138 302,200 1.18% -0.08%
1974 738,057 301,996 1.08% -0.07%
1975 745,393 304,222 0.99% 0.74%
1976 752,253 305,774 0.92% 0.51%
1977 758,654 306,970 0.85% 0.39%
1978 764,586 310,182 0.78% 1.05%
1979 770,062 313,342 0.72% 1.02%
1980 774,367 316,645 0.56% 1.05%
1981 776,453 318,982 0.27% 0.74%
1982 776,712 325,898 0.03% 2.17%
1983 775,891 330,524 -0.11% 1.42%
1984 774,111 330,593 -0.23% 0.02%
1985 771,477 336,452 -0.34% 1.77%
1986 768,098 342,121 -0.44% 1.68%
1987 764,120 344,485 -0.52% 0.69%
1988 759,663 347,325 -0.58% 0.82%
1989 754,865 350,722 -0.63% 0.98%
1990 749,894 354,170 -0.66% 0.98%
1991 747,861 363,845 -0.27% 2.73%
1992 749,911 367,618 0.27% 1.04%
1993 752,965 371,308 0.41% 1%
1994 755,822 374,797 0.38% 0.94%
1995 758,388 377,419 0.34% 0.7%
1996 760,526 379,905 0.28% 0.66%
1997 762,245 382,791 0.23% 0.76%
1998 763,586 385,287 0.18% 0.65%
1999 764,483 387,578 0.12% 0.59%
2000 764,832 390,087 0.05% 0.65%
2001 764,477 393,028 -0.05% 0.75%
2002 763,652 395,969 -0.11% 0.75%
2003 763,101 398,582 -0.07% 0.66%
2004 762,418 401,268 -0.09% 0.67%
2005 760,914 403,834 -0.2% 0.64%
2006 758,966 405,308 -0.26% 0.37%
2007 756,861 406,724 -0.28% 0.35%
2008 754,606 409,379 -0.3% 0.65%
2009 752,094 412,477 -0.33% 0.76%
2010 749,256 414,508 -0.38% 0.49%
2011 746,153 416,268 -0.41% 0.42%
2012 746,288 420,028 0.02% 0.9%
2013 750,021 424,810 0.5% 1.14%
2014 754,229 433,481 0.56% 2.04%
2015 758,781 444,220 0.6% 2.48%
2016 763,548 454,505 0.63% 2.32%
2017 768,479 467,106 0.65% 2.77%
2018 791,556 483,903 3% 3.6%
2019 807,665 503,912 2.04% 4.13%
2020 807,481 515,490 -0.02% 2.3%
2021 815,482 518,150 0.99% 0.52%
2022 821,637 531,113 0.75% 2.5%
2023 826,353 552,747 0.57% 4.07%
2024 831,087 574,346 0.57% 3.91%
2025 835,986 580,514 0.59% 1.07%
2026 840,883 584,351 0.59% 0.66%
2027 846,019 586,444 0.61% 0.36%
2028 851,161 588,290 0.61% 0.31%
2029 856,040 589,776 0.57% 0.25%
2030 861,037 590,973 0.58% 0.2%
2031 866,080 591,921 0.59% 0.16%
2032 871,237 592,622 0.6% 0.12%
2033 876,346 592,974 0.59% 0.06%
2034 881,223 592,827 0.56% -0.02%
2035 885,935 592,332 0.53% -0.08%
2036 890,320 591,668 0.49% -0.11%
2037 894,649 590,830 0.49% -0.14%
2038 899,021 589,771 0.49% -0.18%
2039 903,316 588,528 0.48% -0.21%
2040 907,506 587,256 0.46% -0.22%
2041 911,723 585,895 0.46% -0.23%
2042 915,811 584,467 0.45% -0.24%
2043 919,575 582,966 0.41% -0.26%
2044 923,121 581,355 0.39% -0.28%
2045 926,355 579,693 0.35% -0.29%
2046 929,478 577,954 0.34% -0.3%
2047 932,483 576,050 0.32% -0.33%
2048 935,329 574,050 0.31% -0.35%
2049 938,062 572,187 0.29% -0.32%
2050 940,601 570,210 0.27% -0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.

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