Population in Guyana compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guyana and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Sri Lanka	Guyana	Sri Lanka
1960	569,143	9,661,389	-	-
1961	582,568	9,899,372	2.36%	2.46%
1962	595,461	10,143,754	2.21%	2.47%
1963	608,537	10,395,040	2.2%	2.48%
1964	621,764	10,653,397	2.17%	2.49%
1965	635,128	10,916,965	2.15%	2.47%
1966	648,646	11,183,928	2.13%	2.45%
1967	662,311	11,457,328	2.11%	2.44%
1968	676,160	11,736,088	2.09%	2.43%
1969	690,223	12,013,858	2.08%	2.37%
1970	702,705	12,287,110	1.81%	2.27%
1971	712,662	12,551,910	1.42%	2.16%
1972	721,617	12,809,205	1.26%	2.05%
1973	730,138	13,060,916	1.18%	1.97%
1974	738,057	13,305,693	1.08%	1.87%
1975	745,393	13,548,984	0.99%	1.83%
1976	752,253	13,796,770	0.92%	1.83%
1977	758,654	14,049,371	0.85%	1.83%
1978	764,586	14,310,128	0.78%	1.86%
1979	770,062	14,579,614	0.72%	1.88%
1980	774,367	14,847,974	0.56%	1.84%
1981	776,453	15,099,414	0.27%	1.69%
1982	776,712	15,286,567	0.03%	1.24%
1983	775,891	15,388,794	-0.11%	0.67%
1984	774,111	15,441,860	-0.23%	0.34%
1985	771,477	15,544,154	-0.34%	0.66%
1986	768,098	15,731,256	-0.44%	1.2%
1987	764,120	15,916,576	-0.52%	1.18%
1988	759,663	16,078,621	-0.58%	1.02%
1989	754,865	16,248,557	-0.63%	1.06%
1990	749,894	16,352,458	-0.66%	0.64%
1991	747,861	16,475,354	-0.27%	0.75%
1992	749,911	16,739,284	0.27%	1.6%
1993	752,965	17,025,918	0.41%	1.71%
1994	755,822	17,275,773	0.38%	1.47%
1995	758,388	17,564,068	0.34%	1.67%
1996	760,526	17,905,018	0.28%	1.94%
1997	762,245	18,248,200	0.23%	1.92%
1998	763,586	18,596,003	0.18%	1.91%
1999	764,483	18,944,731	0.12%	1.88%
2000	764,832	19,293,054	0.05%	1.84%
2001	764,477	19,600,362	-0.05%	1.59%
2002	763,652	19,805,752	-0.11%	1.05%
2003	763,101	19,951,521	-0.07%	0.74%
2004	762,418	20,087,605	-0.09%	0.68%
2005	760,914	20,216,524	-0.2%	0.64%
2006	758,966	20,352,411	-0.26%	0.67%
2007	756,861	20,492,545	-0.28%	0.69%
2008	754,606	20,629,378	-0.3%	0.67%
2009	752,094	20,756,435	-0.33%	0.62%
2010	749,256	20,879,089	-0.38%	0.59%
2011	746,153	21,009,048	-0.41%	0.62%
2012	746,288	21,169,458	0.02%	0.76%
2013	750,021	20,585,000	0.5%	-2.76%
2014	754,229	20,778,000	0.56%	0.94%
2015	758,781	20,970,000	0.6%	0.92%
2016	763,548	21,209,000	0.63%	1.14%
2017	768,479	21,453,000	0.65%	1.15%
2018	791,556	21,670,000	3%	1.01%
2019	807,665	21,803,000	2.04%	0.61%
2020	807,481	21,919,000	-0.02%	0.53%
2021	815,482	22,156,000	0.99%	1.08%
2022	821,637	22,181,000	0.75%	0.11%
2023	826,353	22,037,000	0.57%	-0.65%
2024	831,087	21,916,000	0.57%	-0.55%
2025	835,986	22,035,440	0.59%	0.54%
2026	840,883	22,148,172	0.59%	0.51%
2027	846,019	22,255,601	0.61%	0.49%
2028	851,161	22,357,682	0.61%	0.46%
2029	856,040	22,453,922	0.57%	0.43%
2030	861,037	22,546,245	0.58%	0.41%
2031	866,080	22,635,106	0.59%	0.39%
2032	871,237	22,720,118	0.6%	0.38%
2033	876,346	22,802,043	0.59%	0.36%
2034	881,223	22,879,527	0.56%	0.34%
2035	885,935	22,952,739	0.53%	0.32%
2036	890,320	23,022,027	0.49%	0.3%
2037	894,649	23,088,877	0.49%	0.29%
2038	899,021	23,152,480	0.49%	0.28%
2039	903,316	23,211,633	0.48%	0.26%
2040	907,506	23,265,986	0.46%	0.23%
2041	911,723	23,315,260	0.46%	0.21%
2042	915,811	23,359,578	0.45%	0.19%
2043	919,575	23,398,752	0.41%	0.17%
2044	923,121	23,433,096	0.39%	0.15%
2045	926,355	23,464,943	0.35%	0.14%
2046	929,478	23,492,738	0.34%	0.12%
2047	932,483	23,512,629	0.32%	0.08%
2048	935,329	23,525,953	0.31%	0.06%
2049	938,062	23,533,940	0.29%	0.03%
2050	940,601	23,538,230	0.27%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.