Population in Guyana compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guyana and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	United Kingdom	Guyana	United Kingdom
1960	569,143	52,400,000	-	-
1961	582,568	52,800,000	2.36%	0.76%
1962	595,461	53,250,000	2.21%	0.85%
1963	608,537	53,650,000	2.2%	0.75%
1964	621,764	54,000,000	2.17%	0.65%
1965	635,128	54,348,050	2.15%	0.64%
1966	648,646	54,648,500	2.13%	0.55%
1967	662,311	54,943,600	2.11%	0.54%
1968	676,160	55,211,700	2.09%	0.49%
1969	690,223	55,441,750	2.08%	0.42%
1970	702,705	55,663,250	1.81%	0.4%
1971	712,662	55,896,223	1.42%	0.42%
1972	721,617	56,086,065	1.26%	0.34%
1973	730,138	56,194,527	1.18%	0.19%
1974	738,057	56,229,974	1.08%	0.06%
1975	745,393	56,225,800	0.99%	-0.007%
1976	752,253	56,211,968	0.92%	-0.02%
1977	758,654	56,193,492	0.85%	-0.03%
1978	764,586	56,196,504	0.78%	0.005%
1979	770,062	56,246,951	0.72%	0.09%
1980	774,367	56,314,216	0.56%	0.12%
1981	776,453	56,333,829	0.27%	0.03%
1982	776,712	56,313,641	0.03%	-0.04%
1983	775,891	56,332,848	-0.11%	0.03%
1984	774,111	56,422,072	-0.23%	0.16%
1985	771,477	56,550,268	-0.34%	0.23%
1986	768,098	56,681,396	-0.44%	0.23%
1987	764,120	56,802,050	-0.52%	0.21%
1988	759,663	56,928,327	-0.58%	0.22%
1989	754,865	57,076,711	-0.63%	0.26%
1990	749,894	57,247,586	-0.66%	0.3%
1991	747,861	57,424,897	-0.27%	0.31%
1992	749,911	57,580,402	0.27%	0.27%
1993	752,965	57,718,614	0.41%	0.24%
1994	755,822	57,865,745	0.38%	0.25%
1995	758,388	58,019,030	0.34%	0.26%
1996	760,526	58,166,950	0.28%	0.25%
1997	762,245	58,316,954	0.23%	0.26%
1998	763,586	58,487,141	0.18%	0.29%
1999	764,483	58,682,466	0.12%	0.33%
2000	764,832	58,892,514	0.05%	0.36%
2001	764,477	59,119,673	-0.05%	0.39%
2002	763,652	59,370,479	-0.11%	0.42%
2003	763,101	59,647,577	-0.07%	0.47%
2004	762,418	59,987,905	-0.09%	0.57%
2005	760,914	60,401,206	-0.2%	0.69%
2006	758,966	60,846,820	-0.26%	0.74%
2007	756,861	61,322,463	-0.28%	0.78%
2008	754,606	61,806,995	-0.3%	0.79%
2009	752,094	62,276,270	-0.33%	0.76%
2010	749,256	62,766,365	-0.38%	0.79%
2011	746,153	63,258,810	-0.41%	0.78%
2012	746,288	63,711,000	0.02%	0.71%
2013	750,021	64,139,000	0.5%	0.67%
2014	754,229	64,620,000	0.56%	0.75%
2015	758,781	65,088,000	0.6%	0.72%
2016	763,548	65,607,000	0.63%	0.8%
2017	768,479	65,966,000	0.65%	0.55%
2018	791,556	66,289,000	3%	0.49%
2019	807,665	66,631,000	2.04%	0.52%
2020	807,481	66,744,000	-0.02%	0.17%
2021	815,482	66,984,000	0.99%	0.36%
2022	821,637	67,604,000	0.75%	0.93%
2023	826,353	68,492,000	0.57%	1.31%
2024	831,087	69,226,000	0.57%	1.07%
2025	835,986	69,639,673	0.59%	0.6%
2026	840,883	70,020,350	0.59%	0.55%
2027	846,019	70,382,853	0.61%	0.52%
2028	851,161	70,732,699	0.61%	0.5%
2029	856,040	71,061,482	0.57%	0.46%
2030	861,037	71,377,535	0.58%	0.44%
2031	866,080	71,678,351	0.59%	0.42%
2032	871,237	71,959,934	0.6%	0.39%
2033	876,346	72,234,509	0.59%	0.38%
2034	881,223	72,497,650	0.56%	0.36%
2035	885,935	72,749,096	0.53%	0.35%
2036	890,320	72,990,847	0.49%	0.33%
2037	894,649	73,218,850	0.49%	0.31%
2038	899,021	73,441,349	0.49%	0.3%
2039	903,316	73,658,392	0.48%	0.3%
2040	907,506	73,868,334	0.46%	0.29%
2041	911,723	74,074,316	0.46%	0.28%
2042	915,811	74,275,779	0.45%	0.27%
2043	919,575	74,475,035	0.41%	0.27%
2044	923,121	74,667,284	0.39%	0.26%
2045	926,355	74,848,605	0.35%	0.24%
2046	929,478	75,020,949	0.34%	0.23%
2047	932,483	75,184,478	0.32%	0.22%
2048	935,329	75,337,543	0.31%	0.2%
2049	938,062	75,476,141	0.29%	0.18%
2050	940,601	75,600,588	0.27%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.