Population growth in Guyana

The population of Guyana changed by 0.59% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Guyana, 2025 0.59% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.02percentage points 2024: 0.57%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 131st of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Guyana over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period GuyanaWorld
2025 0.59% 0.91%
2024 0.57% 0.96%
2023 0.57% 0.93%
2022 0.75% 0.87%
2021 0.99% 0.83%
2020 -0.02% 0.98%
2019 2.01% 1.05%
2018 2.96% 1.08%
2017 0.64% 1.13%
2016 0.63% 1.16%
2015 0.60% 1.18%
2014 0.56% 1.21%
2013 0.50% 1.23%
2012 0.02% 1.26%
2011 -0.42% 1.22%
2010 -0.38% 1.22%
2009 -0.33% 1.25%
2008 -0.30% 1.27%
2007 -0.28% 1.26%
2006 -0.26% 1.27%
2005 -0.20% 1.27%
2004 -0.09% 1.29%
2003 -0.07% 1.29%
2002 -0.11% 1.31%
2001 -0.05% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.02 percentage points from 0.57% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.60%, the figure has changed by −0.01 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Guyana has the 131st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Guyana
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects