Guyana vs Nicaragua: World population growth
Guyana
-0.4%
in 2100
Nicaragua
-0.4%
in 2100
Guyana rank
142nd
Nicaragua rank
144th
World population growth over time
- Guyana
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Guyana currently reports -0.4% against -0.4% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Guyana ahead.
Guyana ranks 142nd and Nicaragua ranks 144th of 238 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 19.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.1% | -0.7% | 0.8% | Guyana |
| 1800s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 1.6% | 1.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | -0.1% | 1.7% | 1.8% | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Nicaragua |
| 1930s | 0.8% | 1.6% | 0.7% | Nicaragua |
| 1940s | 1.8% | 2.6% | 0.8% | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | 3.1% | 2.9% | 0.2% | Guyana |
| 1960s | 2.2% | 3.1% | 0.9% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 1.0% | 3.0% | 1.9% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | -0.3% | 2.5% | 2.8% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.8% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | -0.2% | 1.3% | 1.5% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.7% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | Nicaragua |
| 2030s | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.4% | Nicaragua |
| 2040s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2050s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 2060s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 2070s | -0.1% | -0.1% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 2080s | -0.3% | -0.2% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 2090s | -0.4% | -0.4% | 0.0% | Guyana |
| 2100s | -0.4% | -0.4% | 0.0% | Guyana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, Guyana or Nicaragua?
- Guyana, at -0.4% against -0.4% in Nicaragua as of 2100.
- What is the difference in world population growth between Guyana and Nicaragua?
- 0.0%, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Nicaragua?
- 163 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2100.
- How do Guyana and Nicaragua rank globally for world population growth?
- Guyana ranks 142nd and Nicaragua ranks 144th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.