Population in Guyana compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guyana and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Netherlands	Guyana	Netherlands
1960	569,143	11,486,631	-	-
1961	582,568	11,638,712	2.36%	1.32%
1962	595,461	11,805,689	2.21%	1.43%
1963	608,537	11,965,966	2.2%	1.36%
1964	621,764	12,127,120	2.17%	1.35%
1965	635,128	12,294,732	2.15%	1.38%
1966	648,646	12,456,251	2.13%	1.31%
1967	662,311	12,598,201	2.11%	1.14%
1968	676,160	12,729,721	2.09%	1.04%
1969	690,223	12,877,984	2.08%	1.16%
1970	702,705	13,038,526	1.81%	1.25%
1971	712,662	13,194,497	1.42%	1.2%
1972	721,617	13,328,593	1.26%	1.02%
1973	730,138	13,439,322	1.18%	0.83%
1974	738,057	13,545,056	1.08%	0.79%
1975	745,393	13,666,335	0.99%	0.9%
1976	752,253	13,774,037	0.92%	0.79%
1977	758,654	13,856,185	0.85%	0.6%
1978	764,586	13,941,700	0.78%	0.62%
1979	770,062	14,038,270	0.72%	0.69%
1980	774,367	14,149,800	0.56%	0.79%
1981	776,453	14,247,208	0.27%	0.69%
1982	776,712	14,312,690	0.03%	0.46%
1983	775,891	14,367,070	-0.11%	0.38%
1984	774,111	14,424,211	-0.23%	0.4%
1985	771,477	14,491,632	-0.34%	0.47%
1986	768,098	14,572,278	-0.44%	0.56%
1987	764,120	14,665,037	-0.52%	0.64%
1988	759,663	14,760,094	-0.58%	0.65%
1989	754,865	14,848,907	-0.63%	0.6%
1990	749,894	14,951,510	-0.66%	0.69%
1991	747,861	15,069,798	-0.27%	0.79%
1992	749,911	15,184,166	0.27%	0.76%
1993	752,965	15,290,368	0.41%	0.7%
1994	755,822	15,382,838	0.38%	0.6%
1995	758,388	15,459,006	0.34%	0.5%
1996	760,526	15,530,498	0.28%	0.46%
1997	762,245	15,610,650	0.23%	0.52%
1998	763,586	15,707,209	0.18%	0.62%
1999	764,483	15,812,088	0.12%	0.67%
2000	764,832	15,925,513	0.05%	0.72%
2001	764,477	16,046,180	-0.05%	0.76%
2002	763,652	16,148,929	-0.11%	0.64%
2003	763,101	16,225,302	-0.07%	0.47%
2004	762,418	16,281,779	-0.09%	0.35%
2005	760,914	16,319,868	-0.2%	0.23%
2006	758,966	16,346,101	-0.26%	0.16%
2007	756,861	16,381,696	-0.28%	0.22%
2008	754,606	16,445,593	-0.3%	0.39%
2009	752,094	16,530,388	-0.33%	0.52%
2010	749,256	16,615,394	-0.38%	0.51%
2011	746,153	16,693,074	-0.41%	0.47%
2012	746,288	16,754,962	0.02%	0.37%
2013	750,021	16,804,432	0.5%	0.3%
2014	754,229	16,865,008	0.56%	0.36%
2015	758,781	16,939,923	0.6%	0.44%
2016	763,548	17,030,314	0.63%	0.53%
2017	768,479	17,131,296	0.65%	0.59%
2018	791,556	17,231,624	3%	0.59%
2019	807,665	17,344,874	2.04%	0.66%
2020	807,481	17,441,500	-0.02%	0.56%
2021	815,482	17,533,044	0.99%	0.52%
2022	821,637	17,700,982	0.75%	0.96%
2023	826,353	17,877,117	0.57%	1%
2024	831,087	17,994,237	0.57%	0.66%
2025	835,986	18,110,800	0.59%	0.65%
2026	840,883	18,211,436	0.59%	0.56%
2027	846,019	18,299,531	0.61%	0.48%
2028	851,161	18,379,573	0.61%	0.44%
2029	856,040	18,452,044	0.57%	0.39%
2030	861,037	18,515,913	0.58%	0.35%
2031	866,080	18,571,934	0.59%	0.3%
2032	871,237	18,621,087	0.6%	0.26%
2033	876,346	18,664,975	0.59%	0.24%
2034	881,223	18,702,456	0.56%	0.2%
2035	885,935	18,733,223	0.53%	0.16%
2036	890,320	18,760,054	0.49%	0.14%
2037	894,649	18,781,793	0.49%	0.12%
2038	899,021	18,798,283	0.49%	0.09%
2039	903,316	18,810,276	0.48%	0.06%
2040	907,506	18,817,745	0.46%	0.04%
2041	911,723	18,820,870	0.46%	0.02%
2042	915,811	18,819,607	0.45%	-0.007%
2043	919,575	18,815,261	0.41%	-0.02%
2044	923,121	18,807,564	0.39%	-0.04%
2045	926,355	18,797,005	0.35%	-0.06%
2046	929,478	18,785,724	0.34%	-0.06%
2047	932,483	18,771,651	0.32%	-0.07%
2048	935,329	18,754,325	0.31%	-0.09%
2049	938,062	18,735,299	0.29%	-0.1%
2050	940,601	18,714,579	0.27%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.