Guyana - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Guyana was 210,688 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 237,853 in 1980 and a minimum value of 165,877 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 165,877
1961 171,178
1962 176,363
1963 181,351
1964 186,050
1965 190,403
1966 194,365
1967 197,953
1968 201,239
1969 204,333
1970 207,426
1971 210,772
1972 213,993
1973 217,148
1974 220,306
1975 223,508
1976 226,803
1977 230,145
1978 233,310
1979 236,021
1980 237,853
1981 237,616
1982 236,758
1983 235,361
1984 233,526
1985 231,386
1986 228,898
1987 226,122
1988 223,413
1989 221,236
1990 219,892
1991 219,569
1992 220,117
1993 221,076
1994 221,795
1995 221,819
1996 220,997
1997 219,502
1998 217,623
1999 215,772
2000 214,263
2001 213,174
2002 212,399
2003 210,927
2004 209,284
2005 207,596
2006 205,854
2007 204,109
2008 202,424
2009 200,904
2010 199,603
2011 198,536
2012 199,422
2013 200,450
2014 201,637
2015 202,917
2016 204,272
2017 205,727
2018 207,263
2019 208,915
2020 210,688

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Guyana was 26.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.49 in 1980, while its lowest value was 26.40 in 2011.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 29.01
1961 29.05
1962 29.09
1963 29.13
1964 29.17
1965 29.21
1966 29.25
1967 29.29
1968 29.33
1969 29.37
1970 29.43
1971 29.53
1972 29.64
1973 29.75
1974 29.86
1975 29.97
1976 30.08
1977 30.19
1978 30.30
1979 30.41
1980 30.49
1981 30.40
1982 30.31
1983 30.22
1984 30.12
1985 30.03
1986 29.94
1987 29.85
1988 29.76
1989 29.67
1990 29.58
1991 29.49
1992 29.40
1993 29.32
1994 29.23
1995 29.14
1996 29.05
1997 28.96
1998 28.87
1999 28.78
2000 28.69
2001 28.61
2002 28.52
2003 28.31
2004 28.06
2005 27.82
2006 27.58
2007 27.34
2008 27.11
2009 26.87
2010 26.63
2011 26.40
2012 26.40
2013 26.40
2014 26.41
2015 26.44
2016 26.48
2017 26.54
2018 26.61
2019 26.69
2020 26.79

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization