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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Rwanda	Guyana	Rwanda
1960	569,143	3,022,294	-	-
1961	582,568	3,106,779	2.36%	2.8%
1962	595,461	3,186,025	2.21%	2.55%
1963	608,537	3,258,890	2.2%	2.29%
1964	621,764	3,334,834	2.17%	2.33%
1965	635,128	3,423,210	2.15%	2.65%
1966	648,646	3,521,626	2.13%	2.87%
1967	662,311	3,629,577	2.11%	3.07%
1968	676,160	3,744,010	2.09%	3.15%
1969	690,223	3,861,271	2.08%	3.13%
1970	702,705	3,980,669	1.81%	3.09%
1971	712,662	4,100,044	1.42%	3%
1972	721,617	4,220,335	1.26%	2.93%
1973	730,138	4,345,047	1.18%	2.96%
1974	738,057	4,474,228	1.08%	2.97%
1975	745,393	4,607,728	0.99%	2.98%
1976	752,253	4,745,954	0.92%	3%
1977	758,654	4,888,240	0.85%	3%
1978	764,586	5,035,171	0.78%	3.01%
1979	770,062	5,189,541	0.72%	3.07%
1980	774,367	5,353,259	0.56%	3.15%
1981	776,453	5,527,230	0.27%	3.25%
1982	776,712	5,711,549	0.03%	3.33%
1983	775,891	5,905,311	-0.11%	3.39%
1984	774,111	6,107,627	-0.23%	3.43%
1985	771,477	6,317,228	-0.34%	3.43%
1986	768,098	6,531,881	-0.44%	3.4%
1987	764,120	6,749,493	-0.52%	3.33%
1988	759,663	6,968,071	-0.58%	3.24%
1989	754,865	7,184,706	-0.63%	3.11%
1990	749,894	7,375,307	-0.66%	2.65%
1991	747,861	7,526,966	-0.27%	2.06%
1992	749,911	7,683,266	0.27%	2.08%
1993	752,965	7,981,132	0.41%	3.88%
1994	755,822	6,792,352	0.38%	-14.9%
1995	758,388	5,674,118	0.34%	-16.5%
1996	760,526	6,708,764	0.28%	18.2%
1997	762,245	7,755,238	0.23%	15.6%
1998	763,586	8,081,681	0.18%	4.21%
1999	764,483	8,147,912	0.12%	0.82%
2000	764,832	8,213,931	0.05%	0.81%
2001	764,477	8,287,094	-0.05%	0.89%
2002	763,652	8,400,180	-0.11%	1.36%
2003	763,101	8,586,875	-0.07%	2.22%
2004	762,418	8,816,844	-0.09%	2.68%
2005	760,914	9,054,528	-0.2%	2.7%
2006	758,966	9,299,246	-0.26%	2.7%
2007	756,861	9,549,933	-0.28%	2.7%
2008	754,606	9,804,269	-0.3%	2.66%
2009	752,094	10,060,432	-0.33%	2.61%
2010	749,256	10,317,553	-0.38%	2.56%
2011	746,153	10,573,733	-0.41%	2.48%
2012	746,288	10,829,901	0.02%	2.42%
2013	750,021	11,093,340	0.5%	2.43%
2014	754,229	11,364,757	0.56%	2.45%
2015	758,781	11,640,022	0.6%	2.42%
2016	763,548	11,919,183	0.63%	2.4%
2017	768,479	12,202,060	0.65%	2.37%
2018	791,556	12,487,996	3%	2.34%
2019	807,665	12,776,103	2.04%	2.31%
2020	807,481	13,065,837	-0.02%	2.27%
2021	815,482	13,355,260	0.99%	2.22%
2022	821,637	13,651,030	0.75%	2.21%
2023	826,353	13,954,471	0.57%	2.22%
2024	831,087	14,256,567	0.57%	2.16%
2025	835,986	14,569,343	0.59%	2.19%
2026	840,883	14,889,694	0.59%	2.2%
2027	846,019	15,214,324	0.61%	2.18%
2028	851,161	15,536,461	0.61%	2.12%
2029	856,040	15,844,649	0.57%	1.98%
2030	861,037	16,154,698	0.58%	1.96%
2031	866,080	16,473,106	0.59%	1.97%
2032	871,237	16,771,820	0.6%	1.81%
2033	876,346	17,073,475	0.59%	1.8%
2034	881,223	17,402,250	0.56%	1.93%
2035	885,935	17,746,315	0.53%	1.98%
2036	890,320	18,076,769	0.49%	1.86%
2037	894,649	18,395,838	0.49%	1.77%
2038	899,021	18,729,778	0.49%	1.82%
2039	903,316	19,076,783	0.48%	1.85%
2040	907,506	19,440,762	0.46%	1.91%
2041	911,723	19,806,170	0.46%	1.88%
2042	915,811	20,153,979	0.45%	1.76%
2043	919,575	20,500,826	0.41%	1.72%
2044	923,121	20,837,079	0.39%	1.64%
2045	926,355	21,152,650	0.35%	1.51%
2046	929,478	21,459,144	0.34%	1.45%
2047	932,483	21,764,578	0.32%	1.42%
2048	935,329	22,086,112	0.31%	1.48%
2049	938,062	22,403,887	0.29%	1.44%
2050	940,601	22,707,896	0.27%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.