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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Somalia	Guyana	Somalia
1960	569,143	2,876,331	-	-
1961	582,568	2,952,054	2.36%	2.63%
1962	595,461	3,030,091	2.21%	2.64%
1963	608,537	3,110,361	2.2%	2.65%
1964	621,764	3,192,796	2.17%	2.65%
1965	635,128	3,277,874	2.15%	2.66%
1966	648,646	3,365,106	2.13%	2.66%
1967	662,311	3,454,537	2.11%	2.66%
1968	676,160	3,546,590	2.09%	2.66%
1969	690,223	3,641,015	2.08%	2.66%
1970	702,705	3,738,448	1.81%	2.68%
1971	712,662	3,837,691	1.42%	2.65%
1972	721,617	3,939,436	1.26%	2.65%
1973	730,138	4,045,592	1.18%	2.69%
1974	738,057	4,151,842	1.08%	2.63%
1975	745,393	4,257,535	0.99%	2.55%
1976	752,253	4,365,812	0.92%	2.54%
1977	758,654	4,484,050	0.85%	2.71%
1978	764,586	4,814,892	0.78%	7.38%
1979	770,062	5,449,117	0.72%	13.2%
1980	774,367	5,936,154	0.56%	8.94%
1981	776,453	5,982,849	0.27%	0.79%
1982	776,712	6,003,840	0.03%	0.35%
1983	775,891	6,198,430	-0.11%	3.24%
1984	774,111	6,428,389	-0.23%	3.71%
1985	771,477	6,693,289	-0.34%	4.12%
1986	768,098	6,974,788	-0.44%	4.21%
1987	764,120	7,228,302	-0.52%	3.63%
1988	759,663	7,235,360	-0.58%	0.1%
1989	754,865	7,114,817	-0.63%	-1.67%
1990	749,894	7,082,811	-0.66%	-0.45%
1991	747,861	6,813,760	-0.27%	-3.8%
1992	749,911	6,495,107	0.27%	-4.68%
1993	752,965	6,681,399	0.41%	2.87%
1994	755,822	7,026,797	0.38%	5.17%
1995	758,388	7,285,007	0.34%	3.67%
1996	760,526	7,554,474	0.28%	3.7%
1997	762,245	7,824,525	0.23%	3.57%
1998	763,586	8,155,417	0.18%	4.23%
1999	764,483	8,492,059	0.12%	4.13%
2000	764,832	8,838,713	0.05%	4.08%
2001	764,477	9,198,493	-0.05%	4.07%
2002	763,652	9,550,063	-0.11%	3.82%
2003	763,101	9,909,157	-0.07%	3.76%
2004	762,418	10,280,998	-0.09%	3.75%
2005	760,914	10,644,228	-0.2%	3.53%
2006	758,966	10,975,502	-0.26%	3.11%
2007	756,861	11,322,582	-0.28%	3.16%
2008	754,606	11,663,084	-0.3%	3.01%
2009	752,094	11,961,201	-0.33%	2.56%
2010	749,256	12,261,756	-0.38%	2.51%
2011	746,153	12,348,830	-0.41%	0.71%
2012	746,288	12,461,160	0.02%	0.91%
2013	750,021	12,869,594	0.5%	3.28%
2014	754,229	13,339,491	0.56%	3.65%
2015	758,781	13,806,963	0.6%	3.5%
2016	763,548	14,348,740	0.63%	3.92%
2017	768,479	14,916,629	0.65%	3.96%
2018	791,556	15,452,487	3%	3.59%
2019	807,665	16,030,971	2.04%	3.74%
2020	807,481	16,651,191	-0.02%	3.87%
2021	815,482	17,271,431	0.99%	3.72%
2022	821,637	17,801,897	0.75%	3.07%
2023	826,353	18,358,615	0.57%	3.13%
2024	831,087	19,009,151	0.57%	3.54%
2025	835,986	19,654,737	0.59%	3.4%
2026	840,883	20,305,905	0.59%	3.31%
2027	846,019	20,959,056	0.61%	3.22%
2028	851,161	21,601,810	0.61%	3.07%
2029	856,040	22,247,714	0.57%	2.99%
2030	861,037	22,915,042	0.58%	3%
2031	866,080	23,589,793	0.59%	2.94%
2032	871,237	24,258,789	0.6%	2.84%
2033	876,346	24,921,830	0.59%	2.73%
2034	881,223	25,593,666	0.56%	2.7%
2035	885,935	26,294,943	0.53%	2.74%
2036	890,320	27,009,199	0.49%	2.72%
2037	894,649	27,731,170	0.49%	2.67%
2038	899,021	28,455,755	0.49%	2.61%
2039	903,316	29,167,897	0.48%	2.5%
2040	907,506	29,896,286	0.46%	2.5%
2041	911,723	30,635,956	0.46%	2.47%
2042	915,811	31,350,028	0.45%	2.33%
2043	919,575	32,057,980	0.41%	2.26%
2044	923,121	32,780,417	0.39%	2.25%
2045	926,355	33,510,163	0.35%	2.23%
2046	929,478	34,248,030	0.34%	2.2%
2047	932,483	34,996,366	0.32%	2.19%
2048	935,329	35,743,960	0.31%	2.14%
2049	938,062	36,474,683	0.29%	2.04%
2050	940,601	37,206,497	0.27%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.