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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Venezuela	Guyana	Venezuela
1960	569,143	8,160,090	-	-
1961	582,568	8,455,915	2.36%	3.63%
1962	595,461	8,756,870	2.21%	3.56%
1963	608,537	9,064,021	2.2%	3.51%
1964	621,764	9,377,712	2.17%	3.46%
1965	635,128	9,697,790	2.15%	3.41%
1966	648,646	10,024,854	2.13%	3.37%
1967	662,311	10,358,513	2.11%	3.33%
1968	676,160	10,697,530	2.09%	3.27%
1969	690,223	11,040,280	2.08%	3.2%
1970	702,705	11,387,790	1.81%	3.15%
1971	712,662	11,741,008	1.42%	3.1%
1972	721,617	12,099,180	1.26%	3.05%
1973	730,138	12,463,537	1.18%	3.01%
1974	738,057	12,835,351	1.08%	2.98%
1975	745,393	13,215,892	0.99%	2.96%
1976	752,253	13,606,284	0.92%	2.95%
1977	758,654	14,006,812	0.85%	2.94%
1978	764,586	14,416,684	0.78%	2.93%
1979	770,062	14,834,552	0.72%	2.9%
1980	774,367	15,258,218	0.56%	2.86%
1981	776,453	15,687,297	0.27%	2.81%
1982	776,712	16,121,874	0.03%	2.77%
1983	775,891	16,562,205	-0.11%	2.73%
1984	774,111	17,008,841	-0.23%	2.7%
1985	771,477	17,461,434	-0.34%	2.66%
1986	768,098	17,923,536	-0.44%	2.65%
1987	764,120	18,394,963	-0.52%	2.63%
1988	759,663	18,871,020	-0.58%	2.59%
1989	754,865	19,348,921	-0.63%	2.53%
1990	749,894	19,827,010	-0.66%	2.47%
1991	747,861	20,304,896	-0.27%	2.41%
1992	749,911	20,780,948	0.27%	2.34%
1993	752,965	21,254,520	0.41%	2.28%
1994	755,822	21,725,188	0.38%	2.21%
1995	758,388	22,193,821	0.34%	2.16%
1996	760,526	22,662,113	0.28%	2.11%
1997	762,245	23,131,685	0.23%	2.07%
1998	763,586	23,601,337	0.18%	2.03%
1999	764,483	24,066,593	0.12%	1.97%
2000	764,832	24,526,708	0.05%	1.91%
2001	764,477	24,979,922	-0.05%	1.85%
2002	763,652	25,435,671	-0.11%	1.82%
2003	763,101	25,892,703	-0.07%	1.8%
2004	762,418	26,340,838	-0.09%	1.73%
2005	760,914	26,785,804	-0.2%	1.69%
2006	758,966	27,224,686	-0.26%	1.64%
2007	756,861	27,649,363	-0.28%	1.56%
2008	754,606	28,053,696	-0.3%	1.46%
2009	752,094	28,438,298	-0.33%	1.37%
2010	749,256	28,813,101	-0.38%	1.32%
2011	746,153	29,185,212	-0.41%	1.29%
2012	746,288	29,553,826	0.02%	1.26%
2013	750,021	29,912,198	0.5%	1.21%
2014	754,229	30,254,079	0.56%	1.14%
2015	758,781	30,573,972	0.6%	1.06%
2016	763,548	30,765,720	0.63%	0.63%
2017	768,479	30,565,323	0.65%	-0.65%
2018	791,556	29,807,592	3%	-2.48%
2019	807,665	28,938,098	2.04%	-2.92%
2020	807,481	28,444,077	-0.02%	-1.71%
2021	815,482	28,237,826	0.99%	-0.73%
2022	821,637	28,213,017	0.75%	-0.09%
2023	826,353	28,300,854	0.57%	0.31%
2024	831,087	28,405,543	0.57%	0.37%
2025	835,986	28,516,898	0.59%	0.39%
2026	840,883	28,633,718	0.59%	0.41%
2027	846,019	28,758,565	0.61%	0.44%
2028	851,161	28,885,166	0.61%	0.44%
2029	856,040	29,014,444	0.57%	0.45%
2030	861,037	29,151,809	0.58%	0.47%
2031	866,080	29,295,744	0.59%	0.49%
2032	871,237	29,442,534	0.6%	0.5%
2033	876,346	29,587,099	0.59%	0.49%
2034	881,223	29,735,159	0.56%	0.5%
2035	885,935	29,883,329	0.53%	0.5%
2036	890,320	30,020,167	0.49%	0.46%
2037	894,649	30,146,546	0.49%	0.42%
2038	899,021	30,268,328	0.49%	0.4%
2039	903,316	30,386,284	0.48%	0.39%
2040	907,506	30,495,445	0.46%	0.36%
2041	911,723	30,590,207	0.46%	0.31%
2042	915,811	30,674,532	0.45%	0.28%
2043	919,575	30,749,671	0.41%	0.24%
2044	923,121	30,813,805	0.39%	0.21%
2045	926,355	30,871,490	0.35%	0.19%
2046	929,478	30,923,463	0.34%	0.17%
2047	932,483	30,974,366	0.32%	0.16%
2048	935,329	31,021,600	0.31%	0.15%
2049	938,062	31,059,954	0.29%	0.12%
2050	940,601	31,094,884	0.27%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.