Which has higher number of births, Guyana or Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico, at 18,851 births against 16,764 births in Guyana as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of births between Guyana and Puerto Rico?

2,087 births, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Puerto Rico?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guyana vs Puerto Rico: Number of births

Guyana

16,764 births

in 2023

Puerto Rico

18,851 births

in 2023

Guyana rank

158th

Puerto Rico rank

155th

Number of births over time

Guyana
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 18,851 births against 16,764 births in Guyana, a difference of 2,087 births.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.

Guyana ranks 158th and Puerto Rico ranks 155th of 236 countries.

Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guyana	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1950s	20,923 births	79,979 births	59,056 births	Puerto Rico
1960s	25,202 births	74,418 births	49,216 births	Puerto Rico
1970s	25,334 births	71,210 births	45,876 births	Puerto Rico
1980s	23,936 births	66,938 births	43,002 births	Puerto Rico
1990s	22,033 births	63,622 births	41,589 births	Puerto Rico
2000s	17,421 births	50,314 births	32,893 births	Puerto Rico
2010s	16,937 births	31,847 births	14,910 births	Puerto Rico
2020s	17,017 births	18,770 births	1,754 births	Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Guyana or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 18,851 births against 16,764 births in Guyana as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Guyana and Puerto Rico?: 2,087 births, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Puerto Rico?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guyana and Puerto Rico rank globally for number of births?: Guyana ranks 158th and Puerto Rico ranks 155th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.