Population in Guyana compared to Trinidad and Tobago: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Trinidad	Guyana	Trinidad
1960	569,143	844,943	-	-
1961	582,568	863,144	2.36%	2.15%
1962	595,461	880,194	2.21%	1.98%
1963	608,537	896,804	2.2%	1.89%
1964	621,764	912,963	2.17%	1.8%
1965	635,128	928,425	2.15%	1.69%
1966	648,646	942,937	2.13%	1.56%
1967	662,311	956,418	2.11%	1.43%
1968	676,160	969,006	2.09%	1.32%
1969	690,223	980,706	2.08%	1.21%
1970	702,705	991,471	1.81%	1.1%
1971	712,662	1,002,585	1.42%	1.12%
1972	721,617	1,014,921	1.26%	1.23%
1973	730,138	1,027,851	1.18%	1.27%
1974	738,057	1,040,761	1.08%	1.26%
1975	745,393	1,053,469	0.99%	1.22%
1976	752,253	1,066,311	0.92%	1.22%
1977	758,654	1,079,554	0.85%	1.24%
1978	764,586	1,093,380	0.78%	1.28%
1979	770,062	1,107,639	0.72%	1.3%
1980	774,367	1,121,744	0.56%	1.27%
1981	776,453	1,135,132	0.27%	1.19%
1982	776,712	1,147,927	0.03%	1.13%
1983	775,891	1,160,534	-0.11%	1.1%
1984	774,111	1,172,984	-0.23%	1.07%
1985	771,477	1,187,366	-0.34%	1.23%
1986	768,098	1,203,124	-0.44%	1.33%
1987	764,120	1,217,364	-0.52%	1.18%
1988	759,663	1,230,069	-0.58%	1.04%
1989	754,865	1,241,600	-0.63%	0.94%
1990	749,894	1,252,208	-0.66%	0.85%
1991	747,861	1,262,171	-0.27%	0.8%
1992	749,911	1,271,674	0.27%	0.75%
1993	752,965	1,280,466	0.41%	0.69%
1994	755,822	1,288,341	0.38%	0.62%
1995	758,388	1,295,169	0.34%	0.53%
1996	760,526	1,300,928	0.28%	0.44%
1997	762,245	1,305,836	0.23%	0.38%
1998	763,586	1,310,225	0.18%	0.34%
1999	764,483	1,314,708	0.12%	0.34%
2000	764,832	1,319,774	0.05%	0.39%
2001	764,477	1,325,567	-0.05%	0.44%
2002	763,652	1,332,011	-0.11%	0.49%
2003	763,101	1,338,709	-0.07%	0.5%
2004	762,418	1,345,380	-0.09%	0.5%
2005	760,914	1,294,494	-0.2%	-3.78%
2006	758,966	1,297,944	-0.26%	0.27%
2007	756,861	1,303,188	-0.28%	0.4%
2008	754,606	1,308,587	-0.3%	0.41%
2009	752,094	1,310,106	-0.33%	0.12%
2010	749,256	1,317,714	-0.38%	0.58%
2011	746,153	1,328,019	-0.41%	0.78%
2012	746,288	1,335,194	0.02%	0.54%
2013	750,021	1,340,557	0.5%	0.4%
2014	754,229	1,345,343	0.56%	0.36%
2015	758,781	1,349,667	0.6%	0.32%
2016	763,548	1,353,895	0.63%	0.31%
2017	768,479	1,356,633	0.65%	0.2%
2018	791,556	1,359,193	3%	0.19%
2019	807,665	1,363,985	2.04%	0.35%
2020	807,481	1,366,725	-0.02%	0.2%
2021	815,482	1,367,558	0.99%	0.06%
2022	821,637	1,365,805	0.75%	-0.13%
2023	826,353	1,367,510	0.57%	0.12%
2024	831,087	1,368,333	0.57%	0.06%
2025	835,986	1,371,404	0.59%	0.22%
2026	840,883	1,373,317	0.59%	0.14%
2027	846,019	1,374,242	0.61%	0.07%
2028	851,161	1,374,318	0.61%	0.006%
2029	856,040	1,373,690	0.57%	-0.05%
2030	861,037	1,372,463	0.58%	-0.09%
2031	866,080	1,370,749	0.59%	-0.12%
2032	871,237	1,368,525	0.6%	-0.16%
2033	876,346	1,365,873	0.59%	-0.19%
2034	881,223	1,362,803	0.56%	-0.22%
2035	885,935	1,359,333	0.53%	-0.25%
2036	890,320	1,355,490	0.49%	-0.28%
2037	894,649	1,351,300	0.49%	-0.31%
2038	899,021	1,346,775	0.49%	-0.33%
2039	903,316	1,341,909	0.48%	-0.36%
2040	907,506	1,336,720	0.46%	-0.39%
2041	911,723	1,331,223	0.46%	-0.41%
2042	915,811	1,325,440	0.45%	-0.43%
2043	919,575	1,319,360	0.41%	-0.46%
2044	923,121	1,313,024	0.39%	-0.48%
2045	926,355	1,306,452	0.35%	-0.5%
2046	929,478	1,299,645	0.34%	-0.52%
2047	932,483	1,292,634	0.32%	-0.54%
2048	935,329	1,285,402	0.31%	-0.56%
2049	938,062	1,277,967	0.29%	-0.58%
2050	940,601	1,270,340	0.27%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guyana increased by 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago gained 55,951 people (a 4.31% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guyana gained 77,391 (a 10.1% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago's population increased by 19,432 (a 1.44% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2006 and is 162nd in 2026. Trinidad and Tobago was ranked 150th in 2006 and ranked 154th 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 Trinidad and Tobago will decrease by 7.5% to 1,270,340 people and rank change from 154th to 158th.