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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Nigeria	Guyana	Nigeria
1960	569,143	45,053,782	-	-
1961	582,568	45,989,310	2.36%	2.08%
1962	595,461	46,965,292	2.21%	2.12%
1963	608,537	47,973,575	2.2%	2.15%
1964	621,764	49,012,016	2.17%	2.16%
1965	635,128	50,086,764	2.15%	2.19%
1966	648,646	51,188,234	2.13%	2.2%
1967	662,311	52,293,065	2.11%	2.16%
1968	676,160	53,432,783	2.09%	2.18%
1969	690,223	54,631,914	2.08%	2.24%
1970	702,705	55,893,838	1.81%	2.31%
1971	712,662	57,214,684	1.42%	2.36%
1972	721,617	58,601,748	1.26%	2.42%
1973	730,138	60,082,139	1.18%	2.53%
1974	738,057	61,679,144	1.08%	2.66%
1975	745,393	63,410,815	0.99%	2.81%
1976	752,253	65,258,009	0.92%	2.91%
1977	758,654	67,234,590	0.85%	3.03%
1978	764,586	69,326,532	0.78%	3.11%
1979	770,062	71,498,242	0.72%	3.13%
1980	774,367	73,764,641	0.56%	3.17%
1981	776,453	76,068,103	0.27%	3.12%
1982	776,712	78,378,701	0.03%	3.04%
1983	775,891	80,438,260	-0.11%	2.63%
1984	774,111	82,526,443	-0.23%	2.6%
1985	771,477	84,897,973	-0.34%	2.87%
1986	768,098	87,235,953	-0.44%	2.75%
1987	764,120	89,591,716	-0.52%	2.7%
1988	759,663	92,020,090	-0.58%	2.71%
1989	754,865	94,531,014	-0.63%	2.73%
1990	749,894	97,120,925	-0.66%	2.74%
1991	747,861	99,720,162	-0.27%	2.68%
1992	749,911	102,372,770	0.27%	2.66%
1993	752,965	105,122,069	0.41%	2.69%
1994	755,822	107,935,714	0.38%	2.68%
1995	758,388	110,819,428	0.34%	2.67%
1996	760,526	113,754,779	0.28%	2.65%
1997	762,245	116,754,792	0.23%	2.64%
1998	763,586	119,846,254	0.18%	2.65%
1999	764,483	123,047,320	0.12%	2.67%
2000	764,832	126,382,494	0.05%	2.71%
2001	764,477	129,862,595	-0.05%	2.75%
2002	763,652	133,471,989	-0.11%	2.78%
2003	763,101	137,202,644	-0.07%	2.8%
2004	762,418	141,057,045	-0.09%	2.81%
2005	760,914	145,017,253	-0.2%	2.81%
2006	758,966	149,077,334	-0.26%	2.8%
2007	756,861	153,267,261	-0.28%	2.81%
2008	754,606	157,595,014	-0.3%	2.82%
2009	752,094	162,049,464	-0.33%	2.83%
2010	749,256	166,642,886	-0.38%	2.83%
2011	746,153	171,379,598	-0.41%	2.84%
2012	746,288	176,200,625	0.02%	2.81%
2013	750,021	181,049,443	0.5%	2.75%
2014	754,229	185,896,915	0.56%	2.68%
2015	758,781	190,671,878	0.6%	2.57%
2016	763,548	195,443,700	0.63%	2.5%
2017	768,479	200,254,579	0.65%	2.46%
2018	791,556	204,938,755	3%	2.34%
2019	807,665	209,485,641	2.04%	2.22%
2020	807,481	213,996,181	-0.02%	2.15%
2021	815,482	218,529,286	0.99%	2.12%
2022	821,637	223,150,896	0.75%	2.11%
2023	826,353	227,882,945	0.57%	2.12%
2024	831,087	232,679,478	0.57%	2.1%
2025	835,986	237,527,783	0.59%	2.08%
2026	840,883	242,431,830	0.59%	2.06%
2027	846,019	247,374,258	0.61%	2.04%
2028	851,161	252,346,128	0.61%	2.01%
2029	856,040	257,352,638	0.57%	1.98%
2030	861,037	262,380,975	0.58%	1.95%
2031	866,080	267,421,079	0.59%	1.92%
2032	871,237	272,483,635	0.6%	1.89%
2033	876,346	277,555,116	0.59%	1.86%
2034	881,223	282,622,388	0.56%	1.83%
2035	885,935	287,685,757	0.53%	1.79%
2036	890,320	292,739,390	0.49%	1.76%
2037	894,649	297,773,236	0.49%	1.72%
2038	899,021	302,782,350	0.49%	1.68%
2039	903,316	307,764,754	0.48%	1.65%
2040	907,506	312,710,403	0.46%	1.61%
2041	911,723	317,607,237	0.46%	1.57%
2042	915,811	322,450,302	0.45%	1.52%
2043	919,575	327,243,941	0.41%	1.49%
2044	923,121	331,983,354	0.39%	1.45%
2045	926,355	336,662,502	0.35%	1.41%
2046	929,478	341,281,757	0.34%	1.37%
2047	932,483	345,844,004	0.32%	1.34%
2048	935,329	350,347,757	0.31%	1.3%
2049	938,062	354,792,418	0.29%	1.27%
2050	940,601	359,185,550	0.27%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guyana increased by 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guyana gained 77,391 (a 10.1% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2006 and is 162nd in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Guyana's population will grow by 11.9% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.