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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guyana was 831,087 in 2024 vs 17,695 people in Palau in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guyana's population is 839,919 people compared to 17,663 in Palau.

Population statistics:

  • Guyana's population is 47.6 times bigger than Palau's.
  • Guyana is ranked the 162nd most populous country in the world, while Palau is the 194th.
  • The countries together account for 0.01% of the world: 0.01% for Guyana vs 0.0002% for Palau.
  • For the last 10 years, Guyana has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +0.02% in Palau.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guyana has increased from 761K people to 840K (10.4% growth), while Palau has declined from 19.8K to 17.7K (10.9% decline).
  • Guyana is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 960K people, while Palau's population already peaked in 2004 at 19.8K people and is projected to decrease to 11.1K people by 2100.

Guyana vs Palau: live population counter

Guyana Palau
Current population
839919
17663
Population rank 162/197 194/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.0002%
One net population change
1.85 hours
1.63 weeks
One birth every
31.4 minutes
1.89 days
One death every
1.45 hours
1.8 days
One migration net change every
1.62 hours
3.72 weeks
Annual migration change -5,407 -14
Daily growth/decline +13 +0
Annual growth/decline +4,734 -32
Annual growth/decline rate +0.57% -0.18%
Population growth rate rank 129/197 176/197

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

Guyana
Population

Growth rate
Palau
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guyana Palau Guyana Palau
1960 569,143 9,328 - -
1961 582,568 9,555 2.36% 2.43%
1962 595,461 9,793 2.21% 2.49%
1963 608,537 10,037 2.2% 2.49%
1964 621,764 10,292 2.17% 2.54%
1965 635,128 10,547 2.15% 2.48%
1966 648,646 10,805 2.13% 2.45%
1967 662,311 10,988 2.11% 1.69%
1968 676,160 11,080 2.09% 0.84%
1969 690,223 11,159 2.08% 0.71%
1970 702,705 11,368 1.81% 1.87%
1971 712,662 11,759 1.42% 3.44%
1972 721,617 12,194 1.26% 3.7%
1973 730,138 12,552 1.18% 2.94%
1974 738,057 12,687 1.08% 1.08%
1975 745,393 12,655 0.99% -0.25%
1976 752,253 12,598 0.92% -0.45%
1977 758,654 12,525 0.85% -0.58%
1978 764,586 12,440 0.78% -0.68%
1979 770,062 12,337 0.72% -0.83%
1980 774,367 12,271 0.56% -0.53%
1981 776,453 12,402 0.27% 1.07%
1982 776,712 12,694 0.03% 2.35%
1983 775,891 13,006 -0.11% 2.46%
1984 774,111 13,337 -0.23% 2.54%
1985 771,477 13,688 -0.34% 2.63%
1986 768,098 14,024 -0.44% 2.45%
1987 764,120 14,334 -0.52% 2.21%
1988 759,663 14,645 -0.58% 2.17%
1989 754,865 14,945 -0.63% 2.05%
1990 749,894 15,259 -0.66% 2.1%
1991 747,861 15,614 -0.27% 2.33%
1992 749,911 15,989 0.27% 2.4%
1993 752,965 16,372 0.41% 2.4%
1994 755,822 16,770 0.38% 2.43%
1995 758,388 17,195 0.34% 2.53%
1996 760,526 17,654 0.28% 2.67%
1997 762,245 18,108 0.23% 2.57%
1998 763,586 18,524 0.18% 2.3%
1999 764,483 18,901 0.12% 2.04%
2000 764,832 19,178 0.05% 1.47%
2001 764,477 19,352 -0.05% 0.91%
2002 763,652 19,503 -0.11% 0.78%
2003 763,101 19,659 -0.07% 0.8%
2004 762,418 19,820 -0.09% 0.82%
2005 760,914 19,819 -0.2% -0.005%
2006 758,966 19,593 -0.26% -1.14%
2007 756,861 19,302 -0.28% -1.49%
2008 754,606 19,009 -0.3% -1.52%
2009 752,094 18,709 -0.33% -1.58%
2010 749,256 18,396 -0.38% -1.67%
2011 746,153 18,078 -0.41% -1.73%
2012 746,288 17,765 0.02% -1.73%
2013 750,021 17,648 0.5% -0.66%
2014 754,229 17,715 0.56% 0.38%
2015 758,781 17,770 0.6% 0.31%
2016 763,548 17,797 0.63% 0.15%
2017 768,479 17,812 0.65% 0.08%
2018 791,556 17,814 3% 0.01%
2019 807,665 17,798 2.04% -0.09%
2020 807,481 17,792 -0.02% -0.03%
2021 815,482 17,783 0.99% -0.05%
2022 821,637 17,759 0.75% -0.13%
2023 826,353 17,727 0.57% -0.18%
2024 831,087 17,695 0.57% -0.18%
2025 835,986 17,663 0.59% -0.18%
2026 840,883 17,618 0.59% -0.25%
2027 846,019 17,564 0.61% -0.31%
2028 851,161 17,504 0.61% -0.34%
2029 856,040 17,436 0.57% -0.39%
2030 861,037 17,376 0.58% -0.34%
2031 866,080 17,299 0.59% -0.44%
2032 871,237 17,228 0.6% -0.41%
2033 876,346 17,163 0.59% -0.38%
2034 881,223 17,092 0.56% -0.41%
2035 885,935 17,012 0.53% -0.47%
2036 890,320 16,940 0.49% -0.43%
2037 894,649 16,858 0.49% -0.48%
2038 899,021 16,779 0.49% -0.47%
2039 903,316 16,689 0.48% -0.54%
2040 907,506 16,604 0.46% -0.51%
2041 911,723 16,510 0.46% -0.57%
2042 915,811 16,403 0.45% -0.65%
2043 919,575 16,302 0.41% -0.61%
2044 923,121 16,202 0.39% -0.62%
2045 926,355 16,097 0.35% -0.65%
2046 929,478 15,977 0.34% -0.74%
2047 932,483 15,863 0.32% -0.71%
2048 935,329 15,749 0.31% -0.72%
2049 938,062 15,632 0.29% -0.74%
2050 940,601 15,515 0.27% -0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.

Biggest cities by population

Guyana
City Population
Georgetown 235K
Linden 28.7K
New Amsterdam 17.3K
Palau
City Population
Ngerulmud 318
Melekeok 299

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