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Urban population share — Guyana

Urban population share in Guyana in 2025 — 26.5%. Ranked 202 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2.5 pp.

2025 26.5% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 202of 217
Period maximum 30.1%1970
Period minimum 26.4%2011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Guyana, 1960–202526272829303119601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 29%1962: 29.3%1964: 29.6%1966: 29.9%1968: 30.1%1970: 30.1%1972: 30%1974: 29.9%1976: 29.7%1978: 29.6%1980: 29.5%1982: 29.5%1984: 29.5%1986: 29.5%1988: 29.6%1990: 29.6%1992: 29.6%1994: 29.4%1996: 29.3%1998: 29%2000: 28.8%2002: 28.5%2004: 28.1%2006: 27.5%2008: 26.9%2010: 26.5%2012: 26.4%2014: 26.4%2016: 26.4%2018: 26.4%2020: 26.4%2022: 26.5%2024: 26.5%2025: 26.5%
Change over the period: −2.5 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guyana

Guyana 26.5%
World 57.8%
Latin America & Caribbean 81.5%
South America computed 85.5%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 26.5 +0 pp
2024 26.5 +0 pp
2023 26.5 +0 pp
2022 26.5 +0 pp
2021 26.4 +0 pp
2020 26.4 +0 pp
2019 26.4 +0 pp
2018 26.4 +0 pp
2017 26.4 +0 pp
2016 26.4 +0 pp
2015 26.4 +0 pp
2014 26.4 +0 pp
2013 26.4 +0 pp
2012 26.4 +0 pp
2011 26.4 −0.1 pp
2010 26.5 −0.2 pp
2009 26.6 −0.2 pp
2008 26.9 −0.3 pp
2007 27.1 −0.3 pp
2006 27.5 −0.3 pp
2005 27.8 −0.3 pp
2004 28.1 −0.2 pp
2003 28.3 −0.2 pp
2002 28.5 −0.1 pp
2001 28.6 −0.1 pp
2000 28.8 −0.1 pp
1999 28.9 −0.1 pp
1998 29 −0.1 pp
1997 29.2 −0.1 pp
1996 29.3 −0.1 pp
1995 29.4 −0.1 pp
1994 29.4 −0.1 pp
1993 29.5 −0 pp
1992 29.6 −0 pp
1991 29.6 +0 pp
1990 29.6 +0 pp
1989 29.6 +0 pp
1988 29.6 +0 pp
1987 29.6 +0 pp
1986 29.5 +0 pp
1985 29.5 +0 pp
1984 29.5 +0 pp
1983 29.5 +0 pp
1982 29.5 +0 pp
1981 29.5 +0 pp
1980 29.5 −0 pp
1979 29.5 −0 pp
1978 29.6 −0.1 pp
1977 29.6 −0.1 pp
1976 29.7 −0.1 pp
1975 29.8 −0.1 pp
1974 29.9 −0.1 pp
1973 30 −0.1 pp
1972 30 −0.1 pp
1971 30.1 −0 pp
1970 30.1 +0 pp
1969 30.1 +0.1 pp
1968 30.1 +0.1 pp
1967 30 +0.1 pp
1966 29.9 +0.1 pp
1965 29.7 +0.1 pp
1964 29.6 +0.1 pp
1963 29.4 +0.1 pp
1962 29.3 +0.1 pp
1961 29.1 +0.1 pp
1960 29 —

South America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

UY Uruguay 95.7 AR Argentina 92.4 VE Venezuela 89.3 CL Chile 89.2 BR Brazil 88.2 PE Peru 85.6 CO Colombia 78.8 BO Bolivia 71.6 PY Paraguay 70.4 SR Suriname 65.8 EC Ecuador 63.4 GY Guyana 26.5
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About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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