Population in Guyana compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guyana and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Sierra Leone	Guyana	Sierra Leone
1960	569,143	2,268,356	-	-
1961	582,568	2,304,227	2.36%	1.58%
1962	595,461	2,342,242	2.21%	1.65%
1963	608,537	2,382,258	2.2%	1.71%
1964	621,764	2,424,390	2.17%	1.77%
1965	635,128	2,468,666	2.15%	1.83%
1966	648,646	2,514,638	2.13%	1.86%
1967	662,311	2,562,384	2.11%	1.9%
1968	676,160	2,611,532	2.09%	1.92%
1969	690,223	2,661,365	2.08%	1.91%
1970	702,705	2,712,286	1.81%	1.91%
1971	712,662	2,763,222	1.42%	1.88%
1972	721,617	2,814,388	1.26%	1.85%
1973	730,138	2,866,955	1.18%	1.87%
1974	738,057	2,920,459	1.08%	1.87%
1975	745,393	2,974,657	0.99%	1.86%
1976	752,253	3,028,820	0.92%	1.82%
1977	758,654	3,085,354	0.85%	1.87%
1978	764,586	3,145,517	0.78%	1.95%
1979	770,062	3,207,499	0.72%	1.97%
1980	774,367	3,272,089	0.56%	2.01%
1981	776,453	3,338,940	0.27%	2.04%
1982	776,712	3,408,183	0.03%	2.07%
1983	775,891	3,481,646	-0.11%	2.16%
1984	774,111	3,558,758	-0.23%	2.21%
1985	771,477	3,638,438	-0.34%	2.24%
1986	768,098	3,728,380	-0.44%	2.47%
1987	764,120	3,829,718	-0.52%	2.72%
1988	759,663	3,934,517	-0.58%	2.74%
1989	754,865	4,034,037	-0.63%	2.53%
1990	749,894	4,196,828	-0.66%	4.04%
1991	747,861	4,246,267	-0.27%	1.18%
1992	749,911	4,166,366	0.27%	-1.88%
1993	752,965	4,157,130	0.41%	-0.22%
1994	755,822	4,173,105	0.38%	0.38%
1995	758,388	4,179,179	0.34%	0.15%
1996	760,526	4,199,210	0.28%	0.48%
1997	762,245	4,253,716	0.23%	1.3%
1998	763,586	4,295,785	0.18%	0.99%
1999	764,483	4,318,043	0.12%	0.52%
2000	764,832	4,423,611	0.05%	2.44%
2001	764,477	4,692,716	-0.05%	6.08%
2002	763,652	4,971,435	-0.11%	5.94%
2003	763,101	5,177,687	-0.07%	4.15%
2004	762,418	5,355,717	-0.09%	3.44%
2005	760,914	5,501,712	-0.2%	2.73%
2006	758,966	5,624,466	-0.26%	2.23%
2007	756,861	5,749,352	-0.28%	2.22%
2008	754,606	5,894,722	-0.3%	2.53%
2009	752,094	6,055,646	-0.33%	2.73%
2010	749,256	6,222,714	-0.38%	2.76%
2011	746,153	6,387,251	-0.41%	2.64%
2012	746,288	6,551,080	0.02%	2.56%
2013	750,021	6,714,051	0.5%	2.49%
2014	754,229	6,876,385	0.56%	2.42%
2015	758,781	7,037,655	0.6%	2.35%
2016	763,548	7,205,328	0.63%	2.38%
2017	768,479	7,379,299	0.65%	2.41%
2018	791,556	7,554,563	3%	2.38%
2019	807,665	7,731,991	2.04%	2.35%
2020	807,481	7,912,558	-0.02%	2.34%
2021	815,482	8,094,602	0.99%	2.3%
2022	821,637	8,276,807	0.75%	2.25%
2023	826,353	8,460,512	0.57%	2.22%
2024	831,087	8,642,022	0.57%	2.15%
2025	835,986	8,819,789	0.59%	2.06%
2026	840,883	8,996,743	0.59%	2.01%
2027	846,019	9,174,695	0.61%	1.98%
2028	851,161	9,349,021	0.61%	1.9%
2029	856,040	9,520,811	0.57%	1.84%
2030	861,037	9,694,851	0.58%	1.83%
2031	866,080	9,870,295	0.59%	1.81%
2032	871,237	10,047,193	0.6%	1.79%
2033	876,346	10,221,006	0.59%	1.73%
2034	881,223	10,391,485	0.56%	1.67%
2035	885,935	10,563,163	0.53%	1.65%
2036	890,320	10,734,341	0.49%	1.62%
2037	894,649	10,902,263	0.49%	1.56%
2038	899,021	11,066,143	0.49%	1.5%
2039	903,316	11,230,060	0.48%	1.48%
2040	907,506	11,398,391	0.46%	1.5%
2041	911,723	11,566,213	0.46%	1.47%
2042	915,811	11,728,787	0.45%	1.41%
2043	919,575	11,887,934	0.41%	1.36%
2044	923,121	12,049,424	0.39%	1.36%
2045	926,355	12,208,872	0.35%	1.32%
2046	929,478	12,363,446	0.34%	1.27%
2047	932,483	12,512,739	0.32%	1.21%
2048	935,329	12,659,609	0.31%	1.17%
2049	938,062	12,805,136	0.29%	1.15%
2050	940,601	12,948,320	0.27%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guyana increased by 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guyana gained 77,391 (a 10.1% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2006 and is 162nd in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.