Fiji vs Guyana
Fiji has 12% more people than Guyana: 933,154 vs 835,986, a gap of 97,168. Guyana is growing faster (+0.59% vs +0.47% a year), adding about 4,913 people a year against +4,380. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Guyana would overtake Fiji in about 93 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2118) — a projection, not a forecast. Fiji is 12.9× as densely populated (50.6 vs 3.9 people per km²). People in Guyana live 2.9 years longer on average (70.3 vs 67.5). GDP per capita is 4.9× higher in Guyana ($32,414 vs $6,642).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Fiji) and 2025 (Guyana); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Fiji vs Guyana — side by side
| Population | 933,1542025 | 835,9862025 |
|---|---|---|
| Growth rate / yr | +0.47%2025 | +0.59%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 17.92024 | 19.92024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 9.52024 | 7.52024 |
| Children per woman | 2.272024 | 2.402024 |
| Life expectancy | 67.5 yrs2024 | 70.3 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 26.8%2025 | 28.9%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 6.6%2025 | 7.0%2025 |
| Density | 50.6 /km²2023 | 3.9 /km²2023 |
| Area | 18,270 km²2023 | 214,970 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 59.5%2025 | 26.5%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -3,2882025 | -5,0922025 |
| GDP per capita | $6,6422025 | $32,4142025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #161 | #164 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Fiji: 2.3× from 1960 to 2025; Guyana: 1.5× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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Fiji: Fiji vs Eswatini, Fiji vs Mauritius, Fiji vs Djibouti, Fiji vs Comoros, Fiji vs Solomon Islands, Fiji vs Guyana.
Guyana: Guyana vs Fiji, Guyana vs Comoros, Guyana vs Solomon Islands, Guyana vs Bhutan, Guyana vs Luxembourg, Guyana vs Macau.
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