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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Zambia	Guyana	Zambia
1960	569,143	3,153,729	-	-
1961	582,568	3,254,086	2.36%	3.18%
1962	595,461	3,358,099	2.21%	3.2%
1963	608,537	3,465,907	2.2%	3.21%
1964	621,764	3,577,017	2.17%	3.21%
1965	635,128	3,692,086	2.15%	3.22%
1966	648,646	3,812,003	2.13%	3.25%
1967	662,311	3,936,343	2.11%	3.26%
1968	676,160	4,065,593	2.09%	3.28%
1969	690,223	4,197,116	2.08%	3.24%
1970	702,705	4,321,718	1.81%	2.97%
1971	712,662	4,442,525	1.42%	2.8%
1972	721,617	4,569,309	1.26%	2.85%
1973	730,138	4,702,693	1.18%	2.92%
1974	738,057	4,842,746	1.08%	2.98%
1975	745,393	4,990,086	0.99%	3.04%
1976	752,253	5,143,842	0.92%	3.08%
1977	758,654	5,302,480	0.85%	3.08%
1978	764,586	5,465,374	0.78%	3.07%
1979	770,062	5,631,728	0.72%	3.04%
1980	774,367	5,802,833	0.56%	3.04%
1981	776,453	5,983,289	0.27%	3.11%
1982	776,712	6,178,637	0.03%	3.26%
1983	775,891	6,381,038	-0.11%	3.28%
1984	774,111	6,580,490	-0.23%	3.13%
1985	771,477	6,780,953	-0.34%	3.05%
1986	768,098	6,986,471	-0.44%	3.03%
1987	764,120	7,191,282	-0.52%	2.93%
1988	759,663	7,391,440	-0.58%	2.78%
1989	754,865	7,589,216	-0.63%	2.68%
1990	749,894	7,786,169	-0.66%	2.6%
1991	747,861	7,981,650	-0.27%	2.51%
1992	749,911	8,176,680	0.27%	2.44%
1993	752,965	8,373,921	0.41%	2.41%
1994	755,822	8,576,269	0.38%	2.42%
1995	758,388	8,785,763	0.34%	2.44%
1996	760,526	9,004,053	0.28%	2.48%
1997	762,245	9,237,063	0.23%	2.59%
1998	763,586	9,482,408	0.18%	2.66%
1999	764,483	9,740,005	0.12%	2.72%
2000	764,832	10,017,631	0.05%	2.85%
2001	764,477	10,325,185	-0.05%	3.07%
2002	763,652	10,647,949	-0.11%	3.13%
2003	763,101	10,983,595	-0.07%	3.15%
2004	762,418	11,338,198	-0.09%	3.23%
2005	760,914	11,718,819	-0.2%	3.36%
2006	758,966	12,129,553	-0.26%	3.5%
2007	756,861	12,565,085	-0.28%	3.59%
2008	754,606	13,021,324	-0.3%	3.63%
2009	752,094	13,490,389	-0.33%	3.6%
2010	749,256	13,965,594	-0.38%	3.52%
2011	746,153	14,437,796	-0.41%	3.38%
2012	746,288	14,913,629	0.02%	3.3%
2013	750,021	15,398,997	0.5%	3.25%
2014	754,229	15,895,315	0.56%	3.22%
2015	758,781	16,399,089	0.6%	3.17%
2016	763,548	16,914,423	0.63%	3.14%
2017	768,479	17,441,320	0.65%	3.12%
2018	791,556	17,973,569	3%	3.05%
2019	807,665	18,513,839	2.04%	3.01%
2020	807,481	19,059,395	-0.02%	2.95%
2021	815,482	19,603,607	0.99%	2.86%
2022	821,637	20,152,938	0.75%	2.8%
2023	826,353	20,723,965	0.57%	2.83%
2024	831,087	21,314,956	0.57%	2.85%
2025	835,986	21,913,869	0.59%	2.81%
2026	840,883	22,521,905	0.59%	2.77%
2027	846,019	23,138,716	0.61%	2.74%
2028	851,161	23,761,368	0.61%	2.69%
2029	856,040	24,389,681	0.57%	2.64%
2030	861,037	25,024,887	0.58%	2.6%
2031	866,080	25,666,496	0.59%	2.56%
2032	871,237	26,311,946	0.6%	2.51%
2033	876,346	26,960,073	0.59%	2.46%
2034	881,223	27,611,621	0.56%	2.42%
2035	885,935	28,266,887	0.53%	2.37%
2036	890,320	28,925,103	0.49%	2.33%
2037	894,649	29,583,482	0.49%	2.28%
2038	899,021	30,240,549	0.49%	2.22%
2039	903,316	30,895,586	0.48%	2.17%
2040	907,506	31,550,394	0.46%	2.12%
2041	911,723	32,204,340	0.46%	2.07%
2042	915,811	32,856,596	0.45%	2.03%
2043	919,575	33,510,500	0.41%	1.99%
2044	923,121	34,165,920	0.39%	1.96%
2045	926,355	34,821,101	0.35%	1.92%
2046	929,478	35,475,795	0.34%	1.88%
2047	932,483	36,129,270	0.32%	1.84%
2048	935,329	36,782,260	0.31%	1.81%
2049	938,062	37,434,667	0.29%	1.77%
2050	940,601	38,083,369	0.27%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.