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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Syria	Guyana	Syria
1960	569,143	4,673,500	-	-
1961	582,568	4,815,466	2.36%	3.04%
1962	595,461	4,959,340	2.21%	2.99%
1963	608,537	5,110,467	2.2%	3.05%
1964	621,764	5,269,087	2.17%	3.1%
1965	635,128	5,435,267	2.15%	3.15%
1966	648,646	5,609,047	2.13%	3.2%
1967	662,311	5,790,198	2.11%	3.23%
1968	676,160	5,978,742	2.09%	3.26%
1969	690,223	6,175,166	2.08%	3.29%
1970	702,705	6,380,609	1.81%	3.33%
1971	712,662	6,598,094	1.42%	3.41%
1972	721,617	6,826,024	1.26%	3.45%
1973	730,138	7,060,321	1.18%	3.43%
1974	738,057	7,302,160	1.08%	3.43%
1975	745,393	7,554,364	0.99%	3.45%
1976	752,253	7,817,320	0.92%	3.48%
1977	758,654	8,090,501	0.85%	3.49%
1978	764,586	8,372,759	0.78%	3.49%
1979	770,062	8,661,909	0.72%	3.45%
1980	774,367	8,957,663	0.56%	3.41%
1981	776,453	9,260,189	0.27%	3.38%
1982	776,712	9,572,511	0.03%	3.37%
1983	775,891	9,904,809	-0.11%	3.47%
1984	774,111	10,258,398	-0.23%	3.57%
1985	771,477	10,625,672	-0.34%	3.58%
1986	768,098	11,002,844	-0.44%	3.55%
1987	764,120	11,388,923	-0.52%	3.51%
1988	759,663	11,782,264	-0.58%	3.45%
1989	754,865	12,179,060	-0.63%	3.37%
1990	749,894	12,579,208	-0.66%	3.29%
1991	747,861	12,980,821	-0.27%	3.19%
1992	749,911	13,385,571	0.27%	3.12%
1993	752,965	13,795,686	0.41%	3.06%
1994	755,822	14,208,583	0.38%	2.99%
1995	758,388	14,616,801	0.34%	2.87%
1996	760,526	15,018,104	0.28%	2.75%
1997	762,245	15,417,542	0.23%	2.66%
1998	763,586	15,820,413	0.18%	2.61%
1999	764,483	16,228,061	0.12%	2.58%
2000	764,832	16,637,888	0.05%	2.53%
2001	764,477	17,051,338	-0.05%	2.48%
2002	763,652	17,468,332	-0.11%	2.45%
2003	763,101	17,889,296	-0.07%	2.41%
2004	762,418	18,336,875	-0.09%	2.5%
2005	760,914	18,814,091	-0.2%	2.6%
2006	758,966	19,637,022	-0.26%	4.37%
2007	756,861	20,884,125	-0.28%	6.35%
2008	754,606	21,636,564	-0.3%	3.6%
2009	752,094	21,976,969	-0.33%	1.57%
2010	749,256	22,482,421	-0.38%	2.3%
2011	746,153	22,878,098	-0.41%	1.76%
2012	746,288	22,759,763	0.02%	-0.52%
2013	750,021	21,666,917	0.5%	-4.8%
2014	754,229	20,273,659	0.56%	-6.43%
2015	758,781	19,424,618	0.6%	-4.19%
2016	763,548	19,193,834	0.63%	-1.19%
2017	768,479	19,224,668	0.65%	0.16%
2018	791,556	19,577,845	3%	1.84%
2019	807,665	20,353,534	2.04%	3.96%
2020	807,481	21,049,429	-0.02%	3.42%
2021	815,482	21,628,839	0.99%	2.75%
2022	821,637	22,462,173	0.75%	3.85%
2023	826,353	23,594,623	0.57%	5.04%
2024	831,087	24,672,760	0.57%	4.57%
2025	835,986	25,620,422	0.59%	3.84%
2026	840,883	26,472,499	0.59%	3.33%
2027	846,019	27,261,544	0.61%	2.98%
2028	851,161	28,006,558	0.61%	2.73%
2029	856,040	28,719,309	0.57%	2.54%
2030	861,037	29,395,545	0.58%	2.35%
2031	866,080	30,029,824	0.59%	2.16%
2032	871,237	30,633,661	0.6%	2.01%
2033	876,346	31,212,478	0.59%	1.89%
2034	881,223	31,768,138	0.56%	1.78%
2035	885,935	32,294,792	0.53%	1.66%
2036	890,320	32,788,153	0.49%	1.53%
2037	894,649	33,258,407	0.49%	1.43%
2038	899,021	33,710,718	0.49%	1.36%
2039	903,316	34,131,238	0.48%	1.25%
2040	907,506	34,533,185	0.46%	1.18%
2041	911,723	34,916,936	0.46%	1.11%
2042	915,811	35,279,863	0.45%	1.04%
2043	919,575	35,623,325	0.41%	0.97%
2044	923,121	35,944,394	0.39%	0.9%
2045	926,355	36,265,295	0.35%	0.89%
2046	929,478	36,583,260	0.34%	0.88%
2047	932,483	36,878,640	0.32%	0.81%
2048	935,329	37,171,029	0.31%	0.79%
2049	938,062	37,477,690	0.29%	0.83%
2050	940,601	37,793,378	0.27%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.