Demographics of Guyana
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 05 Jun 2024 |
There are 402k males and 418k females in Guyana. The percentage of the male population is 49.05%, compared to 50.95% of the female population. Guyana has 16k more females than males. The sex ratio in Guyana in 2024 will be 96.278 males per 100 females. Guyana is in the 62nd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 417,719 | 2.38 |
| 1955 | 483,316 | 3.32 |
| 1960 | 571,990 | 2.94 |
| 1965 | 650,207 | 2.10 |
| 1970 | 705,261 | 1.28 |
| 1975 | 745,590 | 1.06 |
| 1980 | 778,176 | 0.31 |
| 1985 | 772,671 | -0.49 |
| 1990 | 747,116 | -0.79 |
| 1995 | 751,689 | 0.27 |
| 2000 | 759,051 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 759,709 | -0.14 |
| 2010 | 747,932 | -0.47 |
| 2015 | 755,031 | 0.53 |
| 2020 | 797,202 | 1.34 |
| 2021 | 804,567 | 0.50 |
| 2022 | 808,726 | 0.53 |
| 2023 | 813,834 | 0.73 |
| 2024 | 819,594 | 0.68 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 7,511 | 17,616 | 17.986 | 42.184 |
| 1955 | 6,587 | 21,679 | 13.640 | 44.894 |
| 1960 | 6,252 | 24,409 | 10.915 | 42.615 |
| 1965 | 6,250 | 25,530 | 9.571 | 39.092 |
| 1970 | 6,415 | 25,529 | 9.030 | 35.939 |
| 1975 | 6,553 | 24,724 | 8.730 | 32.936 |
| 1980 | 6,680 | 24,178 | 8.502 | 30.774 |
| 1985 | 6,689 | 24,121 | 8.533 | 30.773 |
| 1990 | 6,337 | 22,078 | 8.358 | 29.117 |
| 1995 | 6,084 | 21,334 | 8.023 | 28.135 |
| 2000 | 5,664 | 19,729 | 7.399 | 25.772 |
| 2005 | 5,680 | 17,616 | 7.414 | 22.994 |
| 2010 | 5,587 | 16,389 | 7.399 | 21.705 |
| 2015 | 5,635 | 16,160 | 7.431 | 21.310 |
| 2020 | 6,394 | 16,310 | 8.026 | 20.473 |
| 2021 | 8,057 | 16,375 | 9.987 | 20.298 |
| 2022 | 7,913 | 16,129 | 9.762 | 19.897 |
| 2023 | 6,133 | 15,943 | 7.518 | 19.543 |
| 2024 | 6,236 | 15,743 | 7.591 | 19.163 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 113,930 | 292,629 | 28.023 |
| 1955 | 137,627 | 344,928 | 28.521 |
| 1960 | 165,880 | 405,939 | 29.009 |
| 1965 | 190,403 | 461,465 | 29.209 |
| 1970 | 207,428 | 497,506 | 29.425 |
| 1975 | 223,507 | 522,334 | 29.967 |
| 1980 | 237,849 | 542,304 | 30.488 |
| 1985 | 231,388 | 539,047 | 30.033 |
| 1990 | 219,893 | 523,416 | 29.583 |
| 1995 | 221,814 | 539,477 | 29.137 |
| 2000 | 216,152 | 537,149 | 28.694 |
| 2005 | 208,931 | 542,015 | 27.822 |
| 2010 | 198,836 | 547,720 | 26.634 |
| 2015 | 203,204 | 565,310 | 26.441 |
| 2020 | 211,821 | 578,961 | 26.786 |
| 2021 | 213,839 | 581,183 | 26.897 |
| 2022 | 215,949 | 583,197 | 27.022 |
| 2023 | 218,143 | 584,976 | 27.162 |
| 2024 | 220,416 | 586,498 | 27.316 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 39,636 | 38,472 | 78,109 | 9.53 | 103.026 |
| 05-09 | 39,285 | 38,168 | 77,454 | 9.45 | 102.927 |
| 10-14 | 38,566 | 37,404 | 75,970 | 9.27 | 103.107 |
| 15-19 | 37,228 | 35,578 | 72,806 | 8.88 | 104.638 |
| 20-24 | 36,853 | 34,852 | 71,704 | 8.75 | 105.741 |
| 25-29 | 36,688 | 36,154 | 72,842 | 8.89 | 101.477 |
| 30-34 | 31,525 | 33,281 | 64,806 | 7.91 | 94.724 |
| 35-39 | 23,645 | 25,981 | 49,627 | 6.06 | 91.009 |
| 40-44 | 21,397 | 23,820 | 45,217 | 5.52 | 89.828 |
| 45-49 | 21,532 | 24,011 | 45,542 | 5.56 | 89.676 |
| 50-54 | 19,872 | 22,140 | 42,012 | 5.13 | 89.756 |
| 55-59 | 17,592 | 19,750 | 37,342 | 4.56 | 89.073 |
| 60-64 | 14,555 | 16,521 | 31,076 | 3.79 | 88.100 |
| 65-69 | 10,322 | 12,475 | 22,797 | 2.78 | 82.741 |
| 70-74 | 6,375 | 8,396 | 14,771 | 1.80 | 75.929 |
| 75-79 | 3,860 | 5,281 | 9,141 | 1.12 | 73.092 |
| 80-84 | 1,886 | 2,885 | 4,771 | 0.58 | 65.373 |
| 85-89 | 864 | 1,533 | 2,397 | 0.29 | 56.360 |
| 90-94 | 256 | 590 | 846 | 0.10 | 43.390 |
| 95-99 | 74 | 212 | 286 | 0.03 | 34.906 |
| 100+ | 14 | 65 | 79 | 0.01 | 21.538 |
| Total | 402,025 | 417,569 | 819,595 | 96.278 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio