Population in Guyana compared to South Sudan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guyana and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	South Sudan	Guyana	South Sudan
1960	569,143	2,931,559	-	-
1961	582,568	2,976,724	2.36%	1.54%
1962	595,461	3,024,308	2.21%	1.6%
1963	608,537	3,072,669	2.2%	1.6%
1964	621,764	3,129,918	2.17%	1.86%
1965	635,128	3,189,835	2.15%	1.91%
1966	648,646	3,236,423	2.13%	1.46%
1967	662,311	3,277,648	2.11%	1.27%
1968	676,160	3,321,528	2.09%	1.34%
1969	690,223	3,365,533	2.08%	1.32%
1970	702,705	3,409,614	1.81%	1.31%
1971	712,662	3,468,646	1.42%	1.73%
1972	721,617	3,542,497	1.26%	2.13%
1973	730,138	3,627,383	1.18%	2.4%
1974	738,057	3,723,259	1.08%	2.64%
1975	745,393	3,821,494	0.99%	2.64%
1976	752,253	3,921,910	0.92%	2.63%
1977	758,654	4,024,032	0.85%	2.6%
1978	764,586	4,127,657	0.78%	2.58%
1979	770,062	4,232,605	0.72%	2.54%
1980	774,367	4,339,030	0.56%	2.51%
1981	776,453	4,447,272	0.27%	2.49%
1982	776,712	4,557,686	0.03%	2.48%
1983	775,891	4,661,574	-0.11%	2.28%
1984	774,111	4,750,627	-0.23%	1.91%
1985	771,477	4,834,296	-0.34%	1.76%
1986	768,098	4,921,240	-0.44%	1.8%
1987	764,120	4,962,395	-0.52%	0.84%
1988	759,663	4,848,029	-0.58%	-2.3%
1989	754,865	4,713,229	-0.63%	-2.78%
1990	749,894	4,737,633	-0.66%	0.52%
1991	747,861	4,836,677	-0.27%	2.09%
1992	749,911	4,909,749	0.27%	1.51%
1993	752,965	4,956,002	0.41%	0.94%
1994	755,822	5,071,184	0.38%	2.32%
1995	758,388	5,225,836	0.34%	3.05%
1996	760,526	5,356,925	0.28%	2.51%
1997	762,245	5,509,136	0.23%	2.84%
1998	763,586	5,620,068	0.18%	2.01%
1999	764,483	5,771,628	0.12%	2.7%
2000	764,832	6,032,267	0.05%	4.52%
2001	764,477	6,308,391	-0.05%	4.58%
2002	763,652	6,596,806	-0.11%	4.57%
2003	763,101	6,903,127	-0.07%	4.64%
2004	762,418	7,233,041	-0.09%	4.78%
2005	760,914	7,590,143	-0.2%	4.94%
2006	758,966	7,976,526	-0.26%	5.09%
2007	756,861	8,388,788	-0.28%	5.17%
2008	754,606	8,817,647	-0.3%	5.11%
2009	752,094	9,243,556	-0.33%	4.83%
2010	749,256	9,745,953	-0.38%	5.44%
2011	746,153	10,288,109	-0.41%	5.56%
2012	746,288	10,756,240	0.02%	4.55%
2013	750,021	11,166,275	0.5%	3.81%
2014	754,229	11,235,073	0.56%	0.62%
2015	758,781	11,107,561	0.6%	-1.13%
2016	763,548	10,830,102	0.63%	-2.5%
2017	768,479	10,259,154	0.65%	-5.27%
2018	791,556	10,122,977	3%	-1.33%
2019	807,665	10,423,384	2.04%	2.97%
2020	807,481	10,698,467	-0.02%	2.64%
2021	815,482	10,865,780	0.99%	1.56%
2022	821,637	11,021,177	0.75%	1.43%
2023	826,353	11,483,374	0.57%	4.19%
2024	831,087	11,943,408	0.57%	4.01%
2025	835,986	12,188,793	0.59%	2.05%
2026	840,883	12,436,036	0.59%	2.03%
2027	846,019	12,687,301	0.61%	2.02%
2028	851,161	12,941,503	0.61%	2%
2029	856,040	13,198,080	0.57%	1.98%
2030	861,037	13,457,446	0.58%	1.97%
2031	866,080	13,725,413	0.59%	1.99%
2032	871,237	13,996,343	0.6%	1.97%
2033	876,346	14,261,762	0.59%	1.9%
2034	881,223	14,527,550	0.56%	1.86%
2035	885,935	14,798,602	0.53%	1.87%
2036	890,320	15,070,098	0.49%	1.83%
2037	894,649	15,335,700	0.49%	1.76%
2038	899,021	15,595,968	0.49%	1.7%
2039	903,316	15,850,696	0.48%	1.63%
2040	907,506	16,101,470	0.46%	1.58%
2041	911,723	16,350,149	0.46%	1.54%
2042	915,811	16,593,361	0.45%	1.49%
2043	919,575	16,829,209	0.41%	1.42%
2044	923,121	17,060,176	0.39%	1.37%
2045	926,355	17,286,412	0.35%	1.33%
2046	929,478	17,509,693	0.34%	1.29%
2047	932,483	17,728,331	0.32%	1.25%
2048	935,329	17,938,437	0.31%	1.19%
2049	938,062	18,142,893	0.29%	1.14%
2050	940,601	18,341,968	0.27%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guyana increased by 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guyana gained 77,391 (a 10.1% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2006 and is 162nd in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.