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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Portugal	Guyana	Portugal
1960	569,143	8,857,716	-	-
1961	582,568	8,929,316	2.36%	0.81%
1962	595,461	8,993,985	2.21%	0.72%
1963	608,537	9,030,355	2.2%	0.4%
1964	621,764	9,035,365	2.17%	0.06%
1965	635,128	8,998,595	2.15%	-0.41%
1966	648,646	8,930,990	2.13%	-0.75%
1967	662,311	8,874,520	2.11%	-0.63%
1968	676,160	8,836,650	2.09%	-0.43%
1969	690,223	8,757,705	2.08%	-0.89%
1970	702,705	8,680,431	1.81%	-0.88%
1971	712,662	8,643,756	1.42%	-0.42%
1972	721,617	8,630,430	1.26%	-0.15%
1973	730,138	8,633,100	1.18%	0.03%
1974	738,057	8,754,365	1.08%	1.4%
1975	745,393	9,093,470	0.99%	3.87%
1976	752,253	9,355,810	0.92%	2.88%
1977	758,654	9,455,675	0.85%	1.07%
1978	764,586	9,558,250	0.78%	1.08%
1979	770,062	9,661,265	0.72%	1.08%
1980	774,367	9,766,312	0.56%	1.09%
1981	776,453	9,851,362	0.27%	0.87%
1982	776,712	9,911,771	0.03%	0.61%
1983	775,891	9,957,865	-0.11%	0.47%
1984	774,111	9,996,232	-0.23%	0.39%
1985	771,477	10,023,613	-0.34%	0.27%
1986	768,098	10,032,734	-0.44%	0.09%
1987	764,120	10,030,031	-0.52%	-0.03%
1988	759,663	10,019,610	-0.58%	-0.1%
1989	754,865	10,005,000	-0.63%	-0.15%
1990	749,894	9,983,218	-0.66%	-0.22%
1991	747,861	9,960,235	-0.27%	-0.23%
1992	749,911	9,952,494	0.27%	-0.08%
1993	752,965	9,964,675	0.41%	0.12%
1994	755,822	9,991,525	0.38%	0.27%
1995	758,388	10,026,176	0.34%	0.35%
1996	760,526	10,063,945	0.28%	0.38%
1997	762,245	10,108,977	0.23%	0.45%
1998	763,586	10,160,196	0.18%	0.51%
1999	764,483	10,217,828	0.12%	0.57%
2000	764,832	10,289,898	0.05%	0.71%
2001	764,477	10,362,722	-0.05%	0.71%
2002	763,652	10,419,631	-0.11%	0.55%
2003	763,101	10,458,821	-0.07%	0.38%
2004	762,418	10,483,861	-0.09%	0.24%
2005	760,914	10,503,330	-0.2%	0.19%
2006	758,966	10,522,288	-0.26%	0.18%
2007	756,861	10,542,964	-0.28%	0.2%
2008	754,606	10,558,177	-0.3%	0.14%
2009	752,094	10,568,247	-0.33%	0.1%
2010	749,256	10,573,100	-0.38%	0.05%
2011	746,153	10,557,560	-0.41%	-0.15%
2012	746,288	10,514,844	0.02%	-0.4%
2013	750,021	10,457,295	0.5%	-0.55%
2014	754,229	10,401,062	0.56%	-0.54%
2015	758,781	10,358,076	0.6%	-0.41%
2016	763,548	10,325,452	0.63%	-0.31%
2017	768,479	10,300,300	0.65%	-0.24%
2018	791,556	10,283,822	3%	-0.16%
2019	807,665	10,286,263	2.04%	0.02%
2020	807,481	10,297,081	-0.02%	0.11%
2021	815,482	10,361,831	0.99%	0.63%
2022	821,637	10,434,332	0.75%	0.7%
2023	826,353	10,578,174	0.57%	1.38%
2024	831,087	10,694,681	0.57%	1.1%
2025	835,986	10,680,873	0.59%	-0.13%
2026	840,883	10,663,982	0.59%	-0.16%
2027	846,019	10,646,150	0.61%	-0.17%
2028	851,161	10,625,957	0.61%	-0.19%
2029	856,040	10,604,587	0.57%	-0.2%
2030	861,037	10,584,552	0.58%	-0.19%
2031	866,080	10,564,548	0.59%	-0.19%
2032	871,237	10,542,600	0.6%	-0.21%
2033	876,346	10,519,640	0.59%	-0.22%
2034	881,223	10,496,056	0.56%	-0.22%
2035	885,935	10,472,033	0.53%	-0.23%
2036	890,320	10,447,836	0.49%	-0.23%
2037	894,649	10,423,350	0.49%	-0.23%
2038	899,021	10,398,185	0.49%	-0.24%
2039	903,316	10,371,223	0.48%	-0.26%
2040	907,506	10,342,789	0.46%	-0.27%
2041	911,723	10,314,869	0.46%	-0.27%
2042	915,811	10,287,416	0.45%	-0.27%
2043	919,575	10,257,925	0.41%	-0.29%
2044	923,121	10,226,892	0.39%	-0.3%
2045	926,355	10,195,202	0.35%	-0.31%
2046	929,478	10,162,323	0.34%	-0.32%
2047	932,483	10,128,572	0.32%	-0.33%
2048	935,329	10,094,854	0.31%	-0.33%
2049	938,062	10,059,522	0.29%	-0.35%
2050	940,601	10,022,734	0.27%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guyana increased by 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guyana gained 77,391 (a 10.1% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2006 and is 162nd in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.