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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	Zimbabwe	Guyana	Zimbabwe
1960	569,143	3,809,389	-	-
1961	582,568	3,930,401	2.36%	3.18%
1962	595,461	4,055,959	2.21%	3.19%
1963	608,537	4,185,877	2.2%	3.2%
1964	621,764	4,320,006	2.17%	3.2%
1965	635,128	4,458,462	2.15%	3.2%
1966	648,646	4,601,217	2.13%	3.2%
1967	662,311	4,748,307	2.11%	3.2%
1968	676,160	4,900,440	2.09%	3.2%
1969	690,223	5,058,181	2.08%	3.22%
1970	702,705	5,215,918	1.81%	3.12%
1971	712,662	5,374,712	1.42%	3.04%
1972	721,617	5,542,445	1.26%	3.12%
1973	730,138	5,720,404	1.18%	3.21%
1974	738,057	5,908,328	1.08%	3.29%
1975	745,393	6,098,658	0.99%	3.22%
1976	752,253	6,287,105	0.92%	3.09%
1977	758,654	6,449,512	0.85%	2.58%
1978	764,586	6,543,575	0.78%	1.46%
1979	770,062	6,647,556	0.72%	1.59%
1980	774,367	7,041,303	0.56%	5.92%
1981	776,453	7,498,635	0.27%	6.49%
1982	776,712	7,796,496	0.03%	3.97%
1983	775,891	8,098,404	-0.11%	3.87%
1984	774,111	8,391,488	-0.23%	3.62%
1985	771,477	8,686,813	-0.34%	3.52%
1986	768,098	8,982,578	-0.44%	3.4%
1987	764,120	9,284,644	-0.52%	3.36%
1988	759,663	9,583,094	-0.58%	3.21%
1989	754,865	9,864,798	-0.63%	2.94%
1990	749,894	10,137,281	-0.66%	2.76%
1991	747,861	10,404,816	-0.27%	2.64%
1992	749,911	10,702,700	0.27%	2.86%
1993	752,965	10,860,288	0.41%	1.47%
1994	755,822	10,873,148	0.38%	0.12%
1995	758,388	10,974,599	0.34%	0.93%
1996	760,526	11,158,360	0.28%	1.67%
1997	762,245	11,369,827	0.23%	1.9%
1998	763,586	11,594,297	0.18%	1.97%
1999	764,483	11,783,458	0.12%	1.63%
2000	764,832	11,892,055	0.05%	0.92%
2001	764,477	11,971,901	-0.05%	0.67%
2002	763,652	12,087,653	-0.11%	0.97%
2003	763,101	12,232,323	-0.07%	1.2%
2004	762,418	12,365,896	-0.09%	1.09%
2005	760,914	12,483,432	-0.2%	0.95%
2006	758,966	12,636,445	-0.26%	1.23%
2007	756,861	12,804,058	-0.28%	1.33%
2008	754,606	12,959,149	-0.3%	1.21%
2009	752,094	13,142,790	-0.33%	1.42%
2010	749,256	13,356,548	-0.38%	1.63%
2011	746,153	13,595,424	-0.41%	1.79%
2012	746,288	13,817,887	0.02%	1.64%
2013	750,021	14,013,808	0.5%	1.42%
2014	754,229	14,207,359	0.56%	1.38%
2015	758,781	14,399,013	0.6%	1.35%
2016	763,548	14,600,294	0.63%	1.4%
2017	768,479	14,812,482	0.65%	1.45%
2018	791,556	15,034,452	3%	1.5%
2019	807,665	15,271,368	2.04%	1.58%
2020	807,481	15,526,888	-0.02%	1.67%
2021	815,482	15,797,210	0.99%	1.74%
2022	821,637	16,069,056	0.75%	1.72%
2023	826,353	16,340,822	0.57%	1.69%
2024	831,087	16,634,373	0.57%	1.8%
2025	835,986	16,950,805	0.59%	1.9%
2026	840,883	17,273,591	0.59%	1.9%
2027	846,019	17,600,621	0.61%	1.89%
2028	851,161	17,932,015	0.61%	1.88%
2029	856,040	18,268,967	0.57%	1.88%
2030	861,037	18,610,356	0.58%	1.87%
2031	866,080	18,956,207	0.59%	1.86%
2032	871,237	19,311,368	0.6%	1.87%
2033	876,346	19,675,929	0.59%	1.89%
2034	881,223	20,041,125	0.56%	1.86%
2035	885,935	20,409,159	0.53%	1.84%
2036	890,320	20,778,662	0.49%	1.81%
2037	894,649	21,144,748	0.49%	1.76%
2038	899,021	21,512,919	0.49%	1.74%
2039	903,316	21,881,123	0.48%	1.71%
2040	907,506	22,250,123	0.46%	1.69%
2041	911,723	22,627,428	0.46%	1.7%
2042	915,811	23,000,906	0.45%	1.65%
2043	919,575	23,371,301	0.41%	1.61%
2044	923,121	23,740,630	0.39%	1.58%
2045	926,355	24,102,391	0.35%	1.52%
2046	929,478	24,462,491	0.34%	1.49%
2047	932,483	24,816,449	0.32%	1.45%
2048	935,329	25,168,419	0.31%	1.42%
2049	938,062	25,518,513	0.29%	1.39%
2050	940,601	25,866,397	0.27%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.