Guyana vs Suriname

Guyana vs Suriname: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 26.5% in Guyana and 65.8% in Suriname, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Suriname, by 39.3 percentage points, or 2.48 times that in Guyana.

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% of people · UN

Guyana vs Suriname: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 26.5% in Guyana and 65.8% in Suriname, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Suriname, by 39.3 percentage points, or 2.48 times that in Guyana.
GuyanaSurinameUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Suriname has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Guyana ranked 212 and Suriname ranked 111 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Guyana at 27.2% and Suriname at 74.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearGuyanaSuriname
202526.565.8
202426.565.8
202326.565.8
202226.565.9
202126.466
202026.466
201926.466
201826.466.1
201726.466.1
201626.466.1
201526.466.2
201426.466.2
201326.466.3
201226.466.3
201126.466.4
201026.566.4
200926.666.5
200826.966.6
200727.266.6
200627.566.7
200527.866.7
200428.166.7
200328.366.7
200228.566.7
200128.666.7
200028.866.7
199928.966.7
19982966.7
199729.266.6
199629.366.6
199529.466.6
199429.566.5
199329.566.5
199229.666.5
199129.666.4
199029.666.4
198929.666.3
198829.666.3
198729.666.3
198629.566.2
198529.566.2
198429.566.2
198329.566.1
198229.566.1
198129.566.1
198029.566.1
197929.566
197829.666
197729.666
197629.766
197529.866
197429.966
19733066
19723066
197130.165.9
197030.165.9
196930.165.9
196830.165.9
19673065.9
196629.965.9
196529.765.8
196429.665.8
196329.465.6
196229.364.6
196129.163
19602961
195928.958.6
195828.855.9
195728.753.1
195628.650.3
195528.547.7
195428.445.3
195328.443.2
195228.341.7
195128.240.7
195028.140.5
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearGuyanaSuriname
202626.565.8
202726.565.9
202826.566
202926.666.1
203026.666.2
203126.666.3
203226.666.5
203326.666.7
203426.766.9
203526.767.2
203626.767.4
203726.767.7
203826.868.1
203926.868.4
204026.868.8
204126.969.2
204226.969.7
204326.970.2
20442770.7
20452771.3
20462771.9
204727.172.5
204827.173.2
204927.173.9
205027.274.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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