The latest officially reported population of Guyana was 831,087 in 2024 vs 48,848,840 people in Spain in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guyana's population is 840,939 people compared to 48,787,930 in Spain.
Population statistics:
- Spain's population is 58 times bigger than Guyana's.
- Guyana is ranked the 162nd most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
- The countries together account for 0.6% of the world: 0.01% for Guyana vs 0.59% for Spain.
- For the last 10 years, Guyana has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +0.43% in Spain.
- Since 2006, the population of Guyana has increased from 759K people to 841K (10.8% growth), while Spain has grown from 44.4M to 48.8M (9.89% growth).
- Guyana is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 960K people, while Spain's population already peaked in 2024 at 48.8M people and is projected to decrease to 33.8M people by 2100.
Guyana vs Spain: live population counter
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| Current population |
840939
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48787930
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| Population rank | 162/197 | 32/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.59% |
| One net population change |
1.85 hours
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1.06 minutes
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| One birth every |
31.4 minutes
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1.62 minutes
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| One death every |
1.45 hours
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1.21 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.62 hours
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4.71 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,407 | +111,674 |
| Daily growth/decline | +13 | +1,360 |
| Annual growth/decline | +4,734 | +496,312 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.57% | +1.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 129/197 | 101/197 |
Guyana and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 569,143 | 30,455,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 582,568 | 30,739,250 | 2.36% | 0.93% |
| 1962 | 595,461 | 31,023,366 | 2.21% | 0.92% |
| 1963 | 608,537 | 31,296,651 | 2.2% | 0.88% |
| 1964 | 621,764 | 31,609,195 | 2.17% | 1% |
| 1965 | 635,128 | 31,954,292 | 2.15% | 1.09% |
| 1966 | 648,646 | 32,283,194 | 2.13% | 1.03% |
| 1967 | 662,311 | 32,682,947 | 2.11% | 1.24% |
| 1968 | 676,160 | 33,113,134 | 2.09% | 1.32% |
| 1969 | 690,223 | 33,441,054 | 2.08% | 0.99% |
| 1970 | 702,705 | 33,814,531 | 1.81% | 1.12% |
| 1971 | 712,662 | 34,224,490 | 1.42% | 1.21% |
| 1972 | 721,617 | 34,604,469 | 1.26% | 1.11% |
| 1973 | 730,138 | 34,988,947 | 1.18% | 1.11% |
| 1974 | 738,057 | 35,373,335 | 1.08% | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 745,393 | 35,757,900 | 0.99% | 1.09% |
| 1976 | 752,253 | 36,137,812 | 0.92% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 758,654 | 36,511,638 | 0.85% | 1.03% |
| 1978 | 764,586 | 36,864,898 | 0.78% | 0.97% |
| 1979 | 770,062 | 37,191,330 | 0.72% | 0.89% |
| 1980 | 774,367 | 37,491,165 | 0.56% | 0.81% |
| 1981 | 776,453 | 37,758,631 | 0.27% | 0.71% |
| 1982 | 776,712 | 37,986,012 | 0.03% | 0.6% |
| 1983 | 775,891 | 38,171,525 | -0.11% | 0.49% |
| 1984 | 774,111 | 38,330,364 | -0.23% | 0.42% |
| 1985 | 771,477 | 38,469,512 | -0.34% | 0.36% |
| 1986 | 768,098 | 38,584,624 | -0.44% | 0.3% |
| 1987 | 764,120 | 38,684,815 | -0.52% | 0.26% |
| 1988 | 759,663 | 38,766,939 | -0.58% | 0.21% |
| 1989 | 754,865 | 38,827,764 | -0.63% | 0.16% |
| 1990 | 749,894 | 38,867,322 | -0.66% | 0.1% |
| 1991 | 747,861 | 38,966,376 | -0.27% | 0.25% |
| 1992 | 749,911 | 39,157,685 | 0.27% | 0.49% |
| 1993 | 752,965 | 39,361,262 | 0.41% | 0.52% |
| 1994 | 755,822 | 39,549,108 | 0.38% | 0.48% |
| 1995 | 758,388 | 39,724,050 | 0.34% | 0.44% |
| 1996 | 760,526 | 39,889,852 | 0.28% | 0.42% |
| 1997 | 762,245 | 40,057,389 | 0.23% | 0.42% |
| 1998 | 763,586 | 40,223,509 | 0.18% | 0.41% |
| 1999 | 764,483 | 40,386,875 | 0.12% | 0.41% |
| 2000 | 764,832 | 40,567,864 | 0.05% | 0.45% |
| 2001 | 764,477 | 40,850,412 | -0.05% | 0.7% |
| 2002 | 763,652 | 41,431,558 | -0.11% | 1.42% |
| 2003 | 763,101 | 42,187,645 | -0.07% | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 762,418 | 42,921,895 | -0.09% | 1.74% |
| 2005 | 760,914 | 43,653,155 | -0.2% | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 758,966 | 44,397,319 | -0.26% | 1.7% |
| 2007 | 756,861 | 45,226,803 | -0.28% | 1.87% |
| 2008 | 754,606 | 45,954,106 | -0.3% | 1.61% |
| 2009 | 752,094 | 46,362,946 | -0.33% | 0.89% |
| 2010 | 749,256 | 46,576,897 | -0.38% | 0.46% |
| 2011 | 746,153 | 46,742,697 | -0.41% | 0.36% |
| 2012 | 746,288 | 46,773,055 | 0.02% | 0.06% |
| 2013 | 750,021 | 46,604,197 | 0.5% | -0.36% |
| 2014 | 754,229 | 46,460,733 | 0.56% | -0.31% |
| 2015 | 758,781 | 46,422,303 | 0.6% | -0.08% |
| 2016 | 763,548 | 46,458,139 | 0.63% | 0.08% |
| 2017 | 768,479 | 46,571,232 | 0.65% | 0.24% |
| 2018 | 791,556 | 46,782,011 | 3% | 0.45% |
| 2019 | 807,665 | 47,118,501 | 2.04% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | 807,481 | 47,359,424 | -0.02% | 0.51% |
| 2021 | 815,482 | 47,443,821 | 0.99% | 0.18% |
| 2022 | 821,637 | 47,786,102 | 0.75% | 0.72% |
| 2023 | 826,353 | 48,352,528 | 0.57% | 1.19% |
| 2024 | 831,087 | 48,848,840 | 0.57% | 1.03% |
| 2025 | 835,986 | 48,827,866 | 0.59% | -0.04% |
| 2026 | 840,883 | 48,787,930 | 0.59% | -0.08% |
| 2027 | 846,019 | 48,738,456 | 0.61% | -0.1% |
| 2028 | 851,161 | 48,683,694 | 0.61% | -0.11% |
| 2029 | 856,040 | 48,619,674 | 0.57% | -0.13% |
| 2030 | 861,037 | 48,542,955 | 0.58% | -0.16% |
| 2031 | 866,080 | 48,454,221 | 0.59% | -0.18% |
| 2032 | 871,237 | 48,362,482 | 0.6% | -0.19% |
| 2033 | 876,346 | 48,271,264 | 0.59% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 881,223 | 48,177,551 | 0.56% | -0.19% |
| 2035 | 885,935 | 48,077,695 | 0.53% | -0.21% |
| 2036 | 890,320 | 47,970,911 | 0.49% | -0.22% |
| 2037 | 894,649 | 47,860,116 | 0.49% | -0.23% |
| 2038 | 899,021 | 47,747,343 | 0.49% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 903,316 | 47,629,540 | 0.48% | -0.25% |
| 2040 | 907,506 | 47,504,152 | 0.46% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 911,723 | 47,373,061 | 0.46% | -0.28% |
| 2042 | 915,811 | 47,234,914 | 0.45% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 919,575 | 47,092,497 | 0.41% | -0.3% |
| 2044 | 923,121 | 46,942,712 | 0.39% | -0.32% |
| 2045 | 926,355 | 46,778,501 | 0.35% | -0.35% |
| 2046 | 929,478 | 46,604,170 | 0.34% | -0.37% |
| 2047 | 932,483 | 46,421,312 | 0.32% | -0.39% |
| 2048 | 935,329 | 46,230,109 | 0.31% | -0.41% |
| 2049 | 938,062 | 46,024,720 | 0.29% | -0.44% |
| 2050 | 940,601 | 45,808,469 | 0.27% | -0.47% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guyana increased by 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guyana gained 77,391 (a 10.1% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).
Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2006 and is 162nd in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.
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 Spain
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| Life expectancy | 70.6 years | 84.1 years |
| Average age | 30.2 years | 44.7 years |
| Median age | 26.9 years | 46.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 2.41 births per woman | 1.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 10.2 ppl/mi² | 253.2 ppl/mi² |
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