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How many babies are born in Guyana?

16.1 thousand babies born in Guyana in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 158th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Guyana: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Guyana’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~230 ~5.4K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~2.1K ~50K 41.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~3.7K ~90K 40.8 Modelled estimate
1800 ~5.9K ~166K 35.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~10.9K ~298K 36.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 18.1K 418K 43.4 UN estimate
2000 20.1K 765K 26.2 UN estimate
2023 16.8K 826K 20.3 UN estimate
2026 16.1K 841K 19.2 UN projection
2050 13.8K 941K 14.7 UN projection
2075 11.2K 954K 11.8 UN projection
2100 9.08K 889K 10.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Guyana among estimates through 2023 were in 1971, at about 26.1K. That is roughly 115 times the estimated ~227 births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.35 children per woman, fertility in Guyana is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Guyana each year?

An estimated 16.1 thousand babies are born in Guyana in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 44 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Guyana?

Guyana has an estimated 19.2 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.35 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.