Guyana vs Suriname
Guyana vs Suriname: Population
Population in 2023: 826,400 people in Guyana and 628,900 people in Suriname, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guyana, by 197,500 people, or 1.31 times that in Suriname.
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What the numbers say
- Guyana has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- In 2023, Guyana ranked 164 and Suriname ranked 170 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Guyana at 889,000 people and Suriname at 709,000 people in 2100.
- The world as a whole: 8.09 billion people in 2023.
Every year
people · UN
| Year | Guyana | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 826,400 | 628,900 | 8.09 billion |
| 2022 | 821,600 | 623,200 | 8.02 billion |
| 2021 | 815,500 | 617,900 | 7.95 billion |
| 2020 | 807,500 | 612,300 | 7.89 billion |
| 2019 | 807,700 | 605,800 | 7.81 billion |
| 2018 | 791,600 | 599,500 | 7.73 billion |
| 2017 | 768,500 | 593,700 | 7.65 billion |
| 2016 | 763,500 | 587,800 | 7.56 billion |
| 2015 | 758,800 | 581,600 | 7.47 billion |
| 2014 | 754,200 | 575,400 | 7.38 billion |
| 2013 | 750,000 | 569,000 | 7.29 billion |
| 2012 | 746,300 | 562,600 | 7.2 billion |
| 2011 | 746,200 | 556,300 | 7.11 billion |
| 2010 | 749,300 | 549,900 | 7.02 billion |
| 2009 | 752,100 | 543,600 | 6.93 billion |
| 2008 | 754,600 | 537,200 | 6.84 billion |
| 2007 | 756,900 | 531,000 | 6.76 billion |
| 2006 | 759,000 | 525,000 | 6.67 billion |
| 2005 | 760,900 | 519,300 | 6.59 billion |
| 2004 | 762,400 | 513,900 | 6.5 billion |
| 2003 | 763,100 | 506,400 | 6.42 billion |
| 2002 | 763,700 | 496,600 | 6.34 billion |
| 2001 | 764,500 | 486,600 | 6.26 billion |
| 2000 | 764,800 | 476,600 | 6.17 billion |
| 1999 | 764,500 | 466,900 | 6.09 billion |
| 1998 | 763,600 | 457,400 | 6.01 billion |
| 1997 | 762,200 | 448,100 | 5.93 billion |
| 1996 | 760,500 | 438,800 | 5.84 billion |
| 1995 | 758,400 | 429,600 | 5.76 billion |
| 1994 | 755,800 | 422,400 | 5.68 billion |
| 1993 | 753,000 | 419,400 | 5.59 billion |
| 1992 | 749,900 | 417,600 | 5.51 billion |
| 1991 | 747,900 | 415,000 | 5.42 billion |
| 1990 | 749,900 | 412,500 | 5.33 billion |
| 1989 | 754,900 | 408,400 | 5.23 billion |
| 1988 | 759,700 | 402,200 | 5.14 billion |
| 1987 | 764,100 | 396,900 | 5.05 billion |
| 1986 | 768,100 | 392,300 | 4.96 billion |
| 1985 | 771,500 | 387,000 | 4.87 billion |
| 1984 | 774,100 | 382,200 | 4.78 billion |
| 1983 | 775,900 | 378,700 | 4.7 billion |
| 1982 | 776,700 | 376,600 | 4.61 billion |
| 1981 | 776,500 | 375,500 | 4.53 billion |
| 1980 | 774,400 | 375,400 | 4.45 billion |
| 1979 | 770,100 | 377,600 | 4.37 billion |
| 1978 | 764,600 | 381,500 | 4.29 billion |
| 1977 | 758,700 | 385,100 | 4.22 billion |
| 1976 | 752,300 | 388,300 | 4.14 billion |
| 1975 | 745,400 | 391,200 | 4.07 billion |
| 1974 | 738,100 | 393,700 | 4 billion |
| 1973 | 730,100 | 395,800 | 3.92 billion |
| 1972 | 721,600 | 397,400 | 3.85 billion |
| 1971 | 712,700 | 391,900 | 3.77 billion |
| 1970 | 702,700 | 379,400 | 3.7 billion |
| 1969 | 690,200 | 366,900 | 3.62 billion |
| 1968 | 676,200 | 354,600 | 3.55 billion |
| 1967 | 662,300 | 342,700 | 3.47 billion |
| 1966 | 648,600 | 331,100 | 3.4 billion |
| 1965 | 635,100 | 320,000 | 3.34 billion |
| 1964 | 621,800 | 309,000 | 3.26 billion |
| 1963 | 608,500 | 297,000 | 3.19 billion |
| 1962 | 595,500 | 283,900 | 3.12 billion |
| 1961 | 582,600 | 272,800 | 3.07 billion |
| 1960 | 569,100 | 263,900 | 3.02 billion |
| 1959 | 553,100 | 255,400 | 2.97 billion |
| 1958 | 535,100 | 247,200 | 2.91 billion |
| 1957 | 517,500 | 239,500 | 2.85 billion |
| 1956 | 500,600 | 232,100 | 2.8 billion |
| 1955 | 484,400 | 225,200 | 2.74 billion |
| 1954 | 469,000 | 218,600 | 2.69 billion |
| 1953 | 454,600 | 212,400 | 2.63 billion |
| 1952 | 441,200 | 206,400 | 2.58 billion |
| 1951 | 429,100 | 200,500 | 2.54 billion |
| 1950 | 418,000 | 195,600 | 2.49 billion |
| 1949 | 407,700 | 191,900 | – |
| 1948 | 398,600 | 188,800 | – |
| 1947 | 390,300 | 186,500 | – |
| 1946 | 382,200 | 184,200 | – |
| 1945 | 374,300 | 182,000 | – |
| 1944 | 366,500 | 179,700 | – |
| 1943 | 358,900 | 177,500 | – |
| 1942 | 351,500 | 175,400 | – |
| 1941 | 344,800 | 173,000 | – |
| 1940 | 339,000 | 170,500 | – |
| 1939 | 333,900 | 167,800 | – |
| 1938 | 329,600 | 164,900 | – |
| 1937 | 326,000 | 161,900 | – |
| 1936 | 322,500 | 159,000 | – |
| 1935 | 319,000 | 156,100 | – |
| 1934 | 315,500 | 153,200 | – |
| 1933 | 312,100 | 150,400 | – |
| 1932 | 308,700 | 147,700 | – |
| 1931 | 305,800 | 145,200 | – |
| 1930 | 303,500 | 142,900 | – |
| 1929 | 301,800 | 140,800 | – |
| 1928 | 300,600 | 139,000 | – |
| 1927 | 299,900 | 137,300 | – |
| 1926 | 299,200 | 135,700 | – |
| 1925 | 298,500 | 134,100 | – |
| 1924 | 297,800 | 132,600 | – |
| 1923 | 297,200 | 131,000 | – |
| 1922 | 296,500 | 129,500 | – |
| 1921 | 295,900 | 127,400 | – |
| 1920 | 295,500 | 124,700 | – |
| 1919 | 295,300 | 121,500 | – |
| 1918 | 295,100 | 117,900 | – |
| 1917 | 295,100 | 113,700 | – |
| 1916 | 295,300 | 109,800 | – |
| 1915 | 295,400 | 106,100 | – |
| 1914 | 295,500 | 102,400 | – |
| 1913 | 295,700 | 98,940 | – |
| 1912 | 295,800 | 95,560 | – |
| 1911 | 296,000 | 92,890 | – |
| 1910 | 296,200 | 90,910 | – |
| 1909 | 296,400 | 89,590 | – |
| 1908 | 296,700 | 88,910 | – |
| 1907 | 297,000 | 88,850 | – |
| 1906 | 297,400 | 88,790 | – |
| 1905 | 297,700 | 88,720 | – |
| 1904 | 298,000 | 88,660 | – |
| 1903 | 298,400 | 88,600 | – |
| 1902 | 298,700 | 88,540 | – |
| 1901 | 298,400 | 88,470 | – |
| 1900 | 297,500 | 88,410 | – |
| 1899 | 296,000 | 88,350 | – |
| 1898 | 293,900 | 88,290 | – |
| 1897 | 291,300 | 88,230 | – |
| 1896 | 288,600 | 88,160 | – |
| 1895 | 286,000 | 88,100 | – |
| 1894 | 283,400 | 88,040 | – |
| 1893 | 280,800 | 87,970 | – |
| 1892 | 278,200 | 87,910 | – |
| 1891 | 275,700 | 87,850 | – |
| 1890 | 273,100 | 87,790 | – |
| 1889 | 270,600 | 87,720 | – |
| 1888 | 268,100 | 87,660 | – |
| 1887 | 265,600 | 87,600 | – |
| 1886 | 263,100 | 87,530 | – |
| 1885 | 260,700 | 87,470 | – |
| 1884 | 258,200 | 87,410 | – |
| 1883 | 255,800 | 87,340 | – |
| 1882 | 253,400 | 87,280 | – |
| 1881 | 250,300 | 87,220 | – |
| 1880 | 246,300 | 87,150 | – |
| 1879 | 241,600 | 87,090 | – |
| 1878 | 236,200 | 87,030 | – |
| 1877 | 230,100 | 86,960 | – |
| 1876 | 224,100 | 86,900 | – |
| 1875 | 218,300 | 86,840 | – |
| 1874 | 212,600 | 86,770 | – |
| 1873 | 207,100 | 86,710 | – |
| 1872 | 201,800 | 86,640 | – |
| 1871 | 196,600 | 86,580 | – |
| 1870 | 191,500 | 86,520 | – |
| 1869 | 186,500 | 86,450 | – |
| 1868 | 181,700 | 86,390 | – |
| 1867 | 177,000 | 86,320 | – |
| 1866 | 172,500 | 86,260 | – |
| 1865 | 168,000 | 86,200 | – |
| 1864 | 163,700 | 86,130 | – |
| 1863 | 159,500 | 86,070 | – |
| 1862 | 155,400 | 86,000 | – |
| 1861 | 151,700 | 85,940 | – |
| 1860 | 148,500 | 85,870 | – |
| 1859 | 145,700 | 85,810 | – |
| 1858 | 143,300 | 85,740 | – |
| 1857 | 141,300 | 85,680 | – |
| 1856 | 139,300 | 85,610 | – |
| 1855 | 137,400 | 85,550 | – |
| 1854 | 135,400 | 85,490 | – |
| 1853 | 133,600 | 85,420 | – |
| 1852 | 131,700 | 85,360 | – |
| 1851 | 129,500 | 85,290 | – |
| 1850 | 127,100 | 85,230 | – |
| 1849 | 124,400 | 85,070 | – |
| 1848 | 121,400 | 84,920 | – |
| 1847 | 118,200 | 84,760 | – |
| 1846 | 115,100 | 84,610 | – |
| 1845 | 112,100 | 84,460 | – |
| 1844 | 109,100 | 84,310 | – |
| 1843 | 106,300 | 84,150 | – |
| 1842 | 103,500 | 84,000 | – |
| 1841 | 101,800 | 83,850 | – |
| 1840 | 101,200 | 83,700 | – |
| 1839 | 101,700 | 83,550 | – |
| 1838 | 103,400 | 83,390 | – |
| 1837 | 106,100 | 83,240 | – |
| 1836 | 109,000 | 83,090 | – |
| 1835 | 111,900 | 82,940 | – |
| 1834 | 114,900 | 82,790 | – |
| 1833 | 117,900 | 82,640 | – |
| 1832 | 121,100 | 82,490 | – |
| 1831 | 124,300 | 82,340 | – |
| 1830 | 127,600 | 82,200 | – |
| 1829 | 131,100 | 82,050 | – |
| 1828 | 134,600 | 81,900 | – |
| 1827 | 138,200 | 81,750 | – |
| 1826 | 141,800 | 81,600 | – |
| 1825 | 145,600 | 81,460 | – |
| 1824 | 149,500 | 81,310 | – |
| 1823 | 153,500 | 81,160 | – |
| 1822 | 157,600 | 81,010 | – |
| 1821 | 160,900 | 80,900 | – |
| 1820 | 163,500 | 80,810 | – |
| 1819 | 165,200 | 80,750 | – |
| 1818 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1817 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1816 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1815 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1814 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1813 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1812 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1811 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1810 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1809 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1808 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1807 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1806 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1805 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1804 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1803 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1802 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1801 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
| 1800 | 166,000 | 80,720 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Guyana | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 831,100822,300–838,800 | 634,400630,900–637,600 | 8.16 billion |
| 2025 | 836,000810,100–859,700 | 639,900628,800–649,900 | 8.23 billion |
| 2026 | 840,900798,000–881,700 | 645,300625,800–663,400 | 8.3 billion |
| 2027 | 846,000785,000–904,900 | 650,600621,500–678,400 | 8.37 billion |
| 2028 | 851,200769,800–930,200 | 655,800616,400–694,500 | 8.44 billion |
| 2029 | 856,000757,300–956,500 | 660,800610,700–712,100 | 8.5 billion |
| 2030 | 861,000745,100–983,200 | 665,700603,800–730,700 | 8.57 billion |
| 2031 | 866,100731,400–1.01 million | 670,400596,200–750,700 | 8.63 billion |
| 2032 | 871,200720,500–1.04 million | 675,100587,600–772,900 | 8.7 billion |
| 2033 | 876,300712,400–1.07 million | 679,600578,500–794,900 | 8.76 billion |
| 2034 | 881,200702,700–1.1 million | 683,900569,300–814,600 | 8.82 billion |
| 2035 | 885,900691,000–1.13 million | 688,200559,600–833,400 | 8.89 billion |
| 2036 | 890,300681,800–1.15 million | 692,300551,300–852,200 | 8.95 billion |
| 2037 | 894,700674,400–1.17 million | 696,200542,800–872,000 | 9.01 billion |
| 2038 | 899,000667,400–1.19 million | 699,900533,100–893,200 | 9.06 billion |
| 2039 | 903,300659,200–1.22 million | 703,600523,400–914,800 | 9.12 billion |
| 2040 | 907,500651,200–1.24 million | 707,200515,500–939,400 | 9.18 billion |
| 2041 | 911,700643,800–1.27 million | 710,600508,800–965,800 | 9.23 billion |
| 2042 | 915,800636,500–1.3 million | 713,900500,700–992,300 | 9.29 billion |
| 2043 | 919,600625,200–1.32 million | 717,000492,000–1.02 million | 9.34 billion |
| 2044 | 923,100613,900–1.34 million | 719,900484,000–1.05 million | 9.39 billion |
| 2045 | 926,400612,700–1.37 million | 722,800475,900–1.08 million | 9.44 billion |
| 2046 | 929,500611,500–1.4 million | 725,300467,200–1.11 million | 9.49 billion |
| 2047 | 932,500607,300–1.43 million | 727,700459,500–1.13 million | 9.54 billion |
| 2048 | 935,300601,300–1.46 million | 730,000452,000–1.16 million | 9.58 billion |
| 2049 | 938,100596,500–1.5 million | 732,000441,500–1.18 million | 9.62 billion |
| 2050 | 940,600596,200–1.53 million | 733,900427,600–1.21 million | 9.66 billion |
| 2051 | 942,700587,500–1.55 million | 735,700414,400–1.24 million | 9.7 billion |
| 2052 | 944,700576,400–1.58 million | 737,400404,600–1.27 million | 9.74 billion |
| 2053 | 946,900569,300–1.62 million | 738,900395,300–1.3 million | 9.78 billion |
| 2054 | 948,800562,600–1.64 million | 740,500385,600–1.33 million | 9.81 billion |
| 2055 | 950,400554,500–1.67 million | 742,000378,500–1.37 million | 9.85 billion |
| 2056 | 951,600545,600–1.69 million | 743,400373,200–1.4 million | 9.88 billion |
| 2057 | 952,700539,600–1.71 million | 744,700363,800–1.44 million | 9.91 billion |
| 2058 | 954,000533,400–1.74 million | 745,800354,500–1.48 million | 9.94 billion |
| 2059 | 955,400527,400–1.77 million | 746,700348,600–1.51 million | 9.96 billion |
| 2060 | 956,800522,500–1.79 million | 747,600343,000–1.55 million | 9.99 billion |
| 2061 | 957,900513,500–1.82 million | 748,400334,300–1.58 million | 10 billion |
| 2062 | 958,800504,000–1.87 million | 749,200324,500–1.62 million | 10 billion |
| 2063 | 959,500495,500–1.9 million | 749,800315,200–1.65 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2064 | 959,900485,300–1.93 million | 750,500307,400–1.67 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2065 | 960,000479,900–1.97 million | 751,300300,400–1.7 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2066 | 960,200475,900–1.99 million | 751,800291,200–1.74 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2067 | 960,200468,800–2.02 million | 752,200280,400–1.77 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2068 | 960,100462,600–2.05 million | 752,500271,300–1.81 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2069 | 959,700456,200–2.08 million | 752,700264,500–1.86 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2070 | 959,100449,300–2.12 million | 752,800255,400–1.91 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2071 | 958,400441,600–2.15 million | 752,900248,000–1.94 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2072 | 957,400436,700–2.19 million | 752,900244,000–1.98 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2073 | 956,300434,600–2.22 million | 752,700238,200–2.03 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2074 | 955,200424,900–2.26 million | 752,400234,100–2.07 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2075 | 954,100414,400–2.3 million | 752,100230,500–2.11 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2076 | 952,700410,300–2.34 million | 751,600224,400–2.15 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2077 | 951,300406,200–2.38 million | 751,100219,700–2.19 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2078 | 949,600401,000–2.43 million | 750,400217,200–2.24 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2079 | 947,800398,200–2.46 million | 749,700214,400–2.33 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2080 | 945,900399,300–2.48 million | 748,800210,000–2.42 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2081 | 943,900399,900–2.52 million | 747,700208,700–2.5 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2082 | 941,800398,100–2.54 million | 746,600207,400–2.56 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2083 | 939,700392,900–2.55 million | 745,300201,800–2.61 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2084 | 937,500387,100–2.57 million | 743,900196,000–2.66 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2085 | 935,000381,400–2.59 million | 742,300194,200–2.74 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2086 | 932,300375,600–2.62 million | 740,600194,300–2.83 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2087 | 929,700372,400–2.64 million | 738,800191,800–2.92 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2088 | 927,000369,700–2.68 million | 736,800188,600–3.01 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2089 | 924,100367,700–2.7 million | 734,600184,000–3.1 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2090 | 921,300364,800–2.73 million | 732,500181,100–3.19 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2091 | 918,500360,300–2.76 million | 730,300179,900–3.28 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2092 | 915,600355,900–2.77 million | 728,000176,200–3.37 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2093 | 912,500351,300–2.79 million | 725,600171,500–3.45 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2094 | 909,400346,400–2.81 million | 723,300166,400–3.55 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2095 | 906,200344,600–2.81 million | 720,900164,400–3.66 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2096 | 902,900345,600–2.81 million | 718,600163,600–3.77 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2097 | 899,600343,800–2.82 million | 716,200160,700–3.87 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2098 | 896,200340,000–2.82 million | 713,800158,200–3.95 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2099 | 892,600336,800–2.86 million | 711,500155,300–4.01 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2100 | 889,000332,100–2.91 million | 709,000152,200–4.11 million | 10.2 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Guyana vs Suriname
Health
- Life expectancyGuyana: 70.2 years in 2023Suriname: 73.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuyana: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024Suriname: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuyana: 21.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Suriname: 14.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuyana: 4.14% in 2017Suriname: 3.97% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuyana: 26.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Suriname: 24.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- Population growthGuyana: 0.55% a year in 2023Suriname: 0.91% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuyana: 2.41 births per woman in 2023Suriname: 2.25 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuyana: 26.5% in 2025Suriname: 65.8% in 2025
- Median ageGuyana: 25.6 years in 2023Suriname: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuyana: 6.5% in 2023Suriname: 7.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuyana: -7.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Suriname: -1.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelGuyana: 3,000 people in 2020Suriname: 2,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuyana: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Suriname: 0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuyana: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Suriname: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuyana: 5 million TIV in 2025Suriname: 12 million TIV in 2024