Guyana vs Macau
Guyana has 1.2× the population of Macau: 835,986 vs 685,900, a gap of 150,086. Guyana is growing faster (+0.59% vs −0.16% a year), adding about 4,913 people a year against −1,099. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Macau is the older society: 15.1% aged 65+ against 7.0% in Guyana, while Guyana has more children (28.9% under 15 vs 13.7%). Macau is 5255.7× as densely populated (20,569.7 vs 3.9 people per km²). People in Macau live 13.0 years longer on average (83.3 vs 70.3). GDP per capita is 2.3× higher in Macau ($75,902 vs $32,414).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Guyana) and 2025 (Macau); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Guyana vs Macau — side by side
 Guyana |  Macau | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 835,9862025 | 685,9002025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.59%2025 | −0.16%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 19.92024 | 5.32024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.52024 | 3.62024 |
| Children per woman | 2.402024 | 0.582024 |
| Life expectancy | 70.3 yrs2024 | 83.3 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 28.9%2025 | 13.7%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 7.0%2025 | 15.1%2025 |
| Density | 3.9 /km²2023 | 20,569.7 /km²2023 |
| Area | 214,970 km²2023 | 33 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 26.5%2025 | 100.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -5,0922025 | -3282025 |
| GDP per capita | $32,4142025 | $75,9022025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #164 | #167 |
| 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). Guyana: 1.5× from 1960 to 2025; Macau: 4.0× 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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Guyana: Guyana vs Fiji, Guyana vs Comoros, Guyana vs Solomon Islands, Guyana vs Bhutan, Guyana vs Luxembourg, Guyana vs Macau.
Macau: Macau vs Guyana, Macau vs Bhutan, Macau vs Luxembourg, Macau vs Suriname, Macau vs Montenegro, Macau vs Malta.
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