The latest officially reported population of Guyana was 831,087 in 2024 vs 35,300,280 people in Saudi Arabia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guyana's population is 839,919 people compared to 36,428,123 in Saudi Arabia.
Population statistics:
- Saudi Arabia's population is 43.4 times bigger than Guyana's.
- Guyana is ranked the 162nd most populous country in the world, while Saudi Arabia is the 44th.
- The countries together account for 0.45% of the world: 0.01% for Guyana vs 0.44% for Saudi Arabia.
- For the last 10 years, Guyana has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +2.3% in Saudi Arabia.
- Since 2005, the population of Guyana has increased from 761K people to 840K (10.4% growth), while Saudi Arabia has grown from 20.6M to 36.4M (77.2% growth).
- Guyana is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 960K people compared to the peak of 73.8M people in 2100 for Saudi Arabia.
Guyana vs Saudi Arabia: live population counter
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| Current population |
839919
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36428123
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| Population rank | 162/197 | 44/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
1.85 hours
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19.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
31.4 minutes
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57 seconds
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| One death every |
1.45 hours
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6.66 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.62 hours
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4.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,407 | +122,170 |
| Daily growth/decline | +13 | +4,377 |
| Annual growth/decline | +4,734 | +1,597,549 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.57% | +4.74% |
| Population growth rate rank | 129/197 | 3/197 |
Guyana and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 569,143 | 2,435,403 | - | - |
| 1961 | 582,568 | 2,526,347 | 2.36% | 3.73% |
| 1962 | 595,461 | 2,620,910 | 2.21% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 608,537 | 2,719,341 | 2.2% | 3.76% |
| 1964 | 621,764 | 2,821,968 | 2.17% | 3.77% |
| 1965 | 635,128 | 2,928,771 | 2.15% | 3.78% |
| 1966 | 648,646 | 3,039,887 | 2.13% | 3.79% |
| 1967 | 662,311 | 3,157,242 | 2.11% | 3.86% |
| 1968 | 676,160 | 3,282,711 | 2.09% | 3.97% |
| 1969 | 690,223 | 3,417,114 | 2.08% | 4.09% |
| 1970 | 702,705 | 3,562,470 | 1.81% | 4.25% |
| 1971 | 712,662 | 3,724,031 | 1.42% | 4.54% |
| 1972 | 721,617 | 3,905,722 | 1.26% | 4.88% |
| 1973 | 730,138 | 4,106,344 | 1.18% | 5.14% |
| 1974 | 738,057 | 4,323,632 | 1.08% | 5.29% |
| 1975 | 745,393 | 4,556,287 | 0.99% | 5.38% |
| 1976 | 752,253 | 4,807,933 | 0.92% | 5.52% |
| 1977 | 758,654 | 5,083,048 | 0.85% | 5.72% |
| 1978 | 764,586 | 5,381,902 | 0.78% | 5.88% |
| 1979 | 770,062 | 5,703,698 | 0.72% | 5.98% |
| 1980 | 774,367 | 6,047,997 | 0.56% | 6.04% |
| 1981 | 776,453 | 6,420,551 | 0.27% | 6.16% |
| 1982 | 776,712 | 6,824,486 | 0.03% | 6.29% |
| 1983 | 775,891 | 7,252,941 | -0.11% | 6.28% |
| 1984 | 774,111 | 7,697,307 | -0.23% | 6.13% |
| 1985 | 771,477 | 8,151,779 | -0.34% | 5.9% |
| 1986 | 768,098 | 8,628,639 | -0.44% | 5.85% |
| 1987 | 764,120 | 9,130,194 | -0.52% | 5.81% |
| 1988 | 759,663 | 9,629,165 | -0.58% | 5.47% |
| 1989 | 754,865 | 10,128,394 | -0.63% | 5.18% |
| 1990 | 749,894 | 10,640,691 | -0.66% | 5.06% |
| 1991 | 747,861 | 11,160,744 | -0.27% | 4.89% |
| 1992 | 749,911 | 11,686,676 | 0.27% | 4.71% |
| 1993 | 752,965 | 12,215,862 | 0.41% | 4.53% |
| 1994 | 755,822 | 12,750,040 | 0.38% | 4.37% |
| 1995 | 758,388 | 13,289,245 | 0.34% | 4.23% |
| 1996 | 760,526 | 13,831,009 | 0.28% | 4.08% |
| 1997 | 762,245 | 14,374,943 | 0.23% | 3.93% |
| 1998 | 763,586 | 14,922,185 | 0.18% | 3.81% |
| 1999 | 764,483 | 15,472,075 | 0.12% | 3.69% |
| 2000 | 764,832 | 16,177,722 | 0.05% | 4.56% |
| 2001 | 764,477 | 17,041,397 | -0.05% | 5.34% |
| 2002 | 763,652 | 17,910,910 | -0.11% | 5.1% |
| 2003 | 763,101 | 18,786,767 | -0.07% | 4.89% |
| 2004 | 762,418 | 19,669,480 | -0.09% | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 760,914 | 20,559,890 | -0.2% | 4.53% |
| 2006 | 758,966 | 21,459,144 | -0.26% | 4.37% |
| 2007 | 756,861 | 22,368,313 | -0.28% | 4.24% |
| 2008 | 754,606 | 23,287,877 | -0.3% | 4.11% |
| 2009 | 752,094 | 24,217,654 | -0.33% | 3.99% |
| 2010 | 749,256 | 23,978,487 | -0.38% | -0.99% |
| 2011 | 746,153 | 25,091,867 | -0.41% | 4.64% |
| 2012 | 746,288 | 26,168,861 | 0.02% | 4.29% |
| 2013 | 750,021 | 27,624,004 | 0.5% | 5.56% |
| 2014 | 754,229 | 28,309,273 | 0.56% | 2.48% |
| 2015 | 758,781 | 29,816,382 | 0.6% | 5.32% |
| 2016 | 763,548 | 30,954,198 | 0.63% | 3.82% |
| 2017 | 768,479 | 30,977,355 | 0.65% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 791,556 | 30,196,281 | 3% | -2.52% |
| 2019 | 807,665 | 30,063,799 | 2.04% | -0.44% |
| 2020 | 807,481 | 31,552,510 | -0.02% | 4.95% |
| 2021 | 815,482 | 30,784,383 | 0.99% | -2.43% |
| 2022 | 821,637 | 32,175,224 | 0.75% | 4.52% |
| 2023 | 826,353 | 33,702,731 | 0.57% | 4.75% |
| 2024 | 831,087 | 35,300,280 | 0.57% | 4.74% |
| 2025 | 835,986 | 35,927,625 | 0.59% | 1.78% |
| 2026 | 840,883 | 36,550,694 | 0.59% | 1.73% |
| 2027 | 846,019 | 37,167,513 | 0.61% | 1.69% |
| 2028 | 851,161 | 37,775,810 | 0.61% | 1.64% |
| 2029 | 856,040 | 38,364,377 | 0.57% | 1.56% |
| 2030 | 861,037 | 38,918,375 | 0.58% | 1.44% |
| 2031 | 866,080 | 39,450,880 | 0.59% | 1.37% |
| 2032 | 871,237 | 39,983,934 | 0.6% | 1.35% |
| 2033 | 876,346 | 40,517,599 | 0.59% | 1.33% |
| 2034 | 881,223 | 41,052,423 | 0.56% | 1.32% |
| 2035 | 885,935 | 41,588,429 | 0.53% | 1.31% |
| 2036 | 890,320 | 42,125,184 | 0.49% | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 894,649 | 42,661,908 | 0.49% | 1.27% |
| 2038 | 899,021 | 43,198,420 | 0.49% | 1.26% |
| 2039 | 903,316 | 43,734,316 | 0.48% | 1.24% |
| 2040 | 907,506 | 44,269,571 | 0.46% | 1.22% |
| 2041 | 911,723 | 44,804,338 | 0.46% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 915,811 | 45,338,111 | 0.45% | 1.19% |
| 2043 | 919,575 | 45,870,896 | 0.41% | 1.18% |
| 2044 | 923,121 | 46,403,116 | 0.39% | 1.16% |
| 2045 | 926,355 | 46,934,822 | 0.35% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 929,478 | 47,465,267 | 0.34% | 1.13% |
| 2047 | 932,483 | 47,993,976 | 0.32% | 1.11% |
| 2048 | 935,329 | 48,521,364 | 0.31% | 1.1% |
| 2049 | 938,062 | 49,047,461 | 0.29% | 1.08% |
| 2050 | 940,601 | 49,572,202 | 0.27% | 1.07% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).
Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Georgetown | 235K |
| Linden | 28.7K |
| New Amsterdam | 17.3K |
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Population differences between Guyana and Saudi Arabia
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| Life expectancy | 70.4 years | 79.2 years |
| Average age | 30.2 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 26.9 years | 30.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 60.5:39.5 |
| Fertility rate | 2.41 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 10.2 ppl/mi² | 42.5 ppl/mi² |
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