Urban population growth in Guyana

The urban population of Guyana changed by 0.64% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Guyana, 2025 0.64% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.02percentage points 2024: 0.62%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 147th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban 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.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period GuyanaWorld
2025 0.64% 1.36%
2024 0.62% 1.40%
2023 0.62% 1.35%
2022 0.79% 1.33%
2021 1.02% 1.48%
2020 0.01% 1.52%
2019 2.04% 1.74%
2018 2.98% 1.85%
2017 0.66% 1.90%
2016 0.64% 2.02%
2015 0.61% 2.14%
2014 0.57% 2.09%
2013 0.50% 2.20%
2012 0.02% 2.13%
2011 -0.64% 2.56%
2010 -0.98% 1.97%
2009 -1.22% 2.22%
2008 -1.37% 2.19%
2007 -1.43% 2.34%
2006 -1.40% 2.31%
2005 -1.24% 2.27%
2004 -0.95% 2.32%
2003 -0.68% 2.41%
2002 -0.60% 2.41%
2001 -0.54% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.02 percentage points from 0.62% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.61%, the figure has changed by +0.03 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Guyana has the 147th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.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 Urbanization Prospects