Guyana vs Venezuela: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 26.5% in Guyana and 89.3% in Venezuela, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 62.8 percentage points, or 3.37 times that in Guyana.

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% of people · UN

GuyanaVenezuelaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Venezuela has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Guyana ranked 212 and Venezuela ranked 36 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Guyana at 27.2% and Venezuela at 90.2% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Guyana	Venezuela
2025	26.5	89.3
2024	26.5	89.3
2023	26.5	89.3
2022	26.5	89.2
2021	26.4	89.2
2020	26.4	89.1
2019	26.4	89.1
2018	26.4	89.1
2017	26.4	89
2016	26.4	89
2015	26.4	89
2014	26.4	88.9
2013	26.4	88.9
2012	26.4	88.8
2011	26.4	88.8
2010	26.5	88.8
2009	26.6	88.8
2008	26.9	88.8
2007	27.2	88.7
2006	27.5	88.7
2005	27.8	88.6
2004	28.1	88.6
2003	28.3	88.5
2002	28.5	88.5
2001	28.6	88.4
2000	28.8	88.2
1999	28.9	88
1998	29	87.7
1997	29.2	87.3
1996	29.3	86.8
1995	29.4	86.4
1994	29.5	85.9
1993	29.5	85.4
1992	29.6	84.9
1991	29.6	84.4
1990	29.6	84
1989	29.6	83.6
1988	29.6	83.1
1987	29.6	82.7
1986	29.5	82.3
1985	29.5	81.8
1984	29.5	81.3
1983	29.5	80.9
1982	29.5	80.3
1981	29.5	79.8
1980	29.5	79.2
1979	29.5	78.6
1978	29.6	78
1977	29.6	77.3
1976	29.7	76.6
1975	29.8	75.9
1974	29.9	75.2
1973	30	74.4
1972	30	73.6
1971	30.1	72.8
1970	30.1	71.9
1969	30.1	71
1968	30.1	70
1967	30	69
1966	29.9	67.9
1965	29.7	66.9
1964	29.6	65.8
1963	29.4	64.8
1962	29.3	63.8
1961	29.1	62.8
1960	29	61.9
1959	28.9	61
1958	28.8	60.1
1957	28.7	59.3
1956	28.6	58.4
1955	28.5	57.6
1954	28.4	56.7
1953	28.4	55.9
1952	28.3	55.1
1951	28.2	54.3
1950	28.1	53.5

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Guyana	Venezuela
2026	26.5	89.4
2027	26.5	89.4
2028	26.5	89.4
2029	26.6	89.5
2030	26.6	89.5
2031	26.6	89.5
2032	26.6	89.6
2033	26.6	89.6
2034	26.7	89.6
2035	26.7	89.7
2036	26.7	89.7
2037	26.7	89.7
2038	26.8	89.8
2039	26.8	89.8
2040	26.8	89.8
2041	26.9	89.9
2042	26.9	89.9
2043	26.9	89.9
2044	27	90
2045	27	90
2046	27	90
2047	27.1	90.1
2048	27.1	90.1
2049	27.1	90.1
2050	27.2	90.2

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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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