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Live births in Guyana

Live births in Guyana was 16,764 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1.7% from 2022. That is the 158th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count16,764 Estimated
Change on 2022-1.7%
Rank158th of 236Countries ranked
Series high26,0801971
Series low16,4852005
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Live births in Guyana, 1950 to 2023

16K18K20K22K24K26K28K19501961197219831994200520231950: 18,137 count1951: 18,733 count1952: 19,341 count1953: 19,971 count1954: 20,624 count1955: 21,264 count1956: 21,890 count1957: 22,540 count1958: 23,083 count1959: 23,650 count1960: 24,305 count1961: 24,684 count1962: 24,897 count1963: 25,137 count1964: 25,241 count1965: 25,334 count1966: 25,429 count1967: 25,521 count1968: 25,663 count1969: 25,810 count1970: 25,969 count1971: 26,080 count1972: 26,070 count1973: 25,871 count1974: 25,478 count1975: 25,229 count1976: 25,019 count1977: 24,745 count1978: 24,495 count1979: 24,379 count1980: 24,306 count1981: 24,504 count1982: 24,674 count1983: 24,745 count1984: 24,422 count1985: 24,200 count1986: 23,781 count1987: 23,355 count1988: 22,859 count1989: 22,512 count1990: 22,376 count1991: 22,238 count1992: 22,233 count1993: 22,304 count1994: 22,431 count1995: 22,402 count1996: 22,187 count1997: 21,923 count1998: 21,442 count1999: 20,797 count2000: 20,062 count2001: 19,142 count2002: 18,147 count2003: 17,325 count2004: 16,789 count2005: 16,485 count2006: 16,485 count2007: 16,565 count2008: 16,623 count2009: 16,588 count2010: 16,527 count2011: 16,604 count2012: 16,656 count2013: 16,922 count2014: 17,050 count2015: 17,084 count2016: 17,052 count2017: 16,940 count2018: 16,809 count2019: 17,725 count2020: 17,163 count2021: 17,093 count2022: 17,047 count2023: 16,764 count15K17.5K20K22.5K25K27.5K19501975200020232023: 16,764 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
202316,764 Estimated
202217,047 Estimated
202117,093 Estimated
202017,163 Estimated
201917,725 Estimated
201816,809 Estimated
201716,940 Estimated
201617,052 Estimated
201517,084 Estimated
201417,050 Estimated
201316,922 Estimated
201216,656 Estimated
201116,604 Estimated
201016,527 Estimated
200916,588 Estimated
200816,623 Estimated
200716,565 Estimated
200616,485 Estimated
200516,485 Estimated
200416,789 Estimated
200317,325 Estimated
200218,147 Estimated
200119,142 Estimated
200020,062 Estimated
199920,797 Estimated
199821,442 Estimated
199721,923 Estimated
199622,187 Estimated
199522,402 Estimated
199422,431 Estimated
199322,304 Estimated
199222,233 Estimated
199122,238 Estimated
199022,376 Estimated
198922,512 Estimated
198822,859 Estimated
198723,355 Estimated
198623,781 Estimated
198524,200 Estimated
198424,422 Estimated
198324,745 Estimated
198224,674 Estimated
198124,504 Estimated
198024,306 Estimated
197924,379 Estimated
197824,495 Estimated
197724,745 Estimated
197625,019 Estimated
197525,229 Estimated
197425,478 Estimated
197325,871 Estimated
197226,070 Estimated
197126,080 Estimated
197025,969 Estimated
196925,810 Estimated
196825,663 Estimated
196725,521 Estimated
196625,429 Estimated
196525,334 Estimated
196425,241 Estimated
196325,137 Estimated
196224,897 Estimated
196124,684 Estimated
196024,305 Estimated
195923,650 Estimated
195823,083 Estimated
195722,540 Estimated
195621,890 Estimated
195521,264 Estimated
195420,624 Estimated
195319,971 Estimated
195219,341 Estimated
195118,733 Estimated
195018,137 Estimated

Guyana compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
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Live births, 2023, count. Guyana is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Guyana, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Guyana, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/guyana. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Guyana, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/guyana.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Guyana, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/guyana (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/guyana. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
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What is the live births in Guyana?

Live births in Guyana was 16,764 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1.7% from 2022. That is the 158th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Guyana?

26,080 in 1971, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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