Guyana
Net migration rate in Guyana
Net migration rate in Guyana: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -7.5 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -7.5 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- −7.9 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 210 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- -1.5 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -34.7 per 1,000 people and 30.6 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 38.2 per 1,000 people in 2018, the lowest -27.9 per 1,000 people in 1990.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Guyana |
|---|---|
| 2023 | -7.5 |
| 2022 | -7.5 |
| 2021 | -0.8 |
| 2020 | -2.2 |
| 2019 | -25.5 |
| 2018 | 38.2 |
| 2017 | -7.9 |
| 2016 | -8.3 |
| 2015 | -8.6 |
| 2014 | -8.9 |
| 2013 | -9.2 |
| 2012 | -9.6 |
| 2011 | -18.7 |
| 2010 | -18.2 |
| 2009 | -17.9 |
| 2008 | -17.4 |
| 2007 | -17.1 |
| 2006 | -16.6 |
| 2005 | -16.2 |
| 2004 | -15.7 |
| 2003 | -15.1 |
| 2002 | -17.2 |
| 2001 | -18.4 |
| 2000 | -18.4 |
| 1999 | -18.5 |
| 1998 | -18.5 |
| 1997 | -18.4 |
| 1996 | -18.2 |
| 1995 | -18 |
| 1994 | -17.8 |
| 1993 | -17.5 |
| 1992 | -17.1 |
| 1991 | -20 |
| 1990 | -27.9 |
| 1989 | -27.7 |
| 1988 | -27.5 |
| 1987 | -27.3 |
| 1986 | -26.9 |
| 1985 | -26.4 |
| 1984 | -25.5 |
| 1983 | -24.6 |
| 1982 | -23.1 |
| 1981 | -21.4 |
| 1980 | -18 |
| 1979 | -15.8 |
| 1978 | -15.5 |
| 1977 | -15.3 |
| 1976 | -15.2 |
| 1975 | -15.1 |
| 1974 | -14.9 |
| 1973 | -14.7 |
| 1972 | -14.5 |
| 1971 | -14.2 |
| 1970 | -12 |
| 1969 | -7.2 |
| 1968 | -7.5 |
| 1967 | -7.8 |
| 1966 | -8.1 |
| 1965 | -8.4 |
| 1964 | -8.7 |
| 1963 | -8.9 |
| 1962 | -9 |
| 1961 | -9 |
| 1960 | -6.7 |
| 1959 | 1.6 |
| 1958 | 2.3 |
| 1957 | 2.1 |
| 1956 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 2.6 |
| 1954 | 2.4 |
| 1953 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 1.3 |
| 1951 | 0.6 |
| 1950 | 0.5 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Guyana |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -6.5-27.5–11.3 |
| 2025 | -6.1-30.4–16.5 |
| 2026 | -5.7-35.2–18.8 |
| 2027 | -4.8-33.7–19.9 |
| 2028 | -5-35.9–22.7 |
| 2029 | -4.7-34.9–24.6 |
| 2030 | -4-35.4–25.7 |
| 2031 | -4-35.8–24.5 |
| 2032 | -3.2-35.9–25.6 |
| 2033 | -3.6-35.2–26.7 |
| 2034 | -3.3-35.3–26.1 |
| 2035 | -3.5-33.2–24.2 |
| 2036 | -3.6-32.7–26.9 |
| 2037 | -3.3-35.5–26.5 |
| 2038 | -3.2-36.2–26.9 |
| 2039 | -3.1-35.9–27 |
| 2040 | -3.1-34.2–28.1 |
| 2041 | -2.7-34.7–28.4 |
| 2042 | -3-36.8–29.6 |
| 2043 | -3-37.5–29.3 |
| 2044 | -3.2-36.2–28.9 |
| 2045 | -3.2-38.6–28.5 |
| 2046 | -2.9-36.5–27.7 |
| 2047 | -3-39–27.7 |
| 2048 | -2.8-36.6–28.6 |
| 2049 | -2.8-36.6–28.1 |
| 2050 | -2.8-37.2–28.8 |
| 2051 | -3.3-35.4–27.7 |
| 2052 | -2.7-38–28.5 |
| 2053 | -2.4-35.8–29.4 |
| 2054 | -2.7-36.4–28.7 |
| 2055 | -2.9-36.1–29.3 |
| 2056 | -3.1-36.5–28.8 |
| 2057 | -2.4-36.5–29.4 |
| 2058 | -2.4-35.7–29.6 |
| 2059 | -1.9-35–29.9 |
| 2060 | -2-35.1–27.4 |
| 2061 | -2.2-33.4–27.8 |
| 2062 | -2.1-34.7–28.8 |
| 2063 | -2.4-35.8–28.8 |
| 2064 | -2.4-37.2–28.9 |
| 2065 | -2.4-37–28.9 |
| 2066 | -2.2-34.8–29.6 |
| 2067 | -2.2-35.9–29.5 |
| 2068 | -2.2-32.3–29 |
| 2069 | -2.6-37.1–28.1 |
| 2070 | -2.3-35.3–30.8 |
| 2071 | -2.4-35.3–28.9 |
| 2072 | -2.5-36.1–30.7 |
| 2073 | -2.5-38.2–28.8 |
| 2074 | -2.1-36–29.3 |
| 2075 | -2-36.2–28.7 |
| 2076 | -2.1-37.2–30 |
| 2077 | -2-37.6–30 |
| 2078 | -2-35.6–31.6 |
| 2079 | -1.9-37.5–30.4 |
| 2080 | -2.1-38.4–29.9 |
| 2081 | -1.6-35.3–30.8 |
| 2082 | -1.9-37.8–29.9 |
| 2083 | -1.5-36.9–30.6 |
| 2084 | -1.7-36.6–29.3 |
| 2085 | -1.9-37.4–28.4 |
| 2086 | -1.9-39–28.2 |
| 2087 | -1.5-35.9–30 |
| 2088 | -1.6-36.5–30 |
| 2089 | -1.7-35.9–29.6 |
| 2090 | -1.4-36.5–30.7 |
| 2091 | -1.3-36.1–32.6 |
| 2092 | -1.5-38.8–30.1 |
| 2093 | -1.4-37.4–30 |
| 2094 | -1.6-37–32 |
| 2095 | -1.5-34.9–31.2 |
| 2096 | -1.5-36.2–32.2 |
| 2097 | -1.2-37–31.5 |
| 2098 | -1.7-35.9–29.2 |
| 2099 | -1.6-36.4–30.1 |
| 2100 | -1.5-34.7–30.6 |
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- 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.
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- Military spending0.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$240M in 2025
- Military spending per person$297 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel3,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 1976