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Guyana — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Guyana, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.59%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -74.8% since 1961
Population growth for Guyana was 0.59% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.96% in 2018. The lowest was -0.66% in 1990 (about -1.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.13% per year.
Guyana ranks 131 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Guyana sits above it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 80% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.59%
First (1961)
2.33%
Change
-74.8%
Highest
2.96%
in 2018
Lowest
-0.66%
in 1990
Average
0.59%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.13%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.59% |
| 2024 | 0.57% |
| 2023 | 0.57% |
| 2022 | 0.75% |
| 2021 | 0.99% |
| 2020 | -0.02% |
| 2019 | 2.01% |
| 2018 | 2.96% |
| 2017 | 0.64% |
| 2016 | 0.63% |
| 2015 | 0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.56% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.