Americas · South America
Capital: Georgetown
Guyana
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Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #156
Guyana's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
835,986
#162 of 196
17th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$27.10B
#118 of 196
40th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$201.8M
#128 of 196
35th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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Data unavailable
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Manufacturing Output
$514.5M
#148 of 196
25th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Georgetown
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- South America
- Country code
- GUY
Three interesting facts
Guyana shares land borders with 3 countries: Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Guyana has a low average population density, with large areas containing relatively few residents.
Guyana’s position in South America places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Guyana on the map
Guyana is located in Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela. Its terrain is mostly rolling highlands, low coastal plain, savanna in south. The climate is tropical, hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds, two rainy seasons (May to August, November to January). In area, the country is slightly smaller than Idaho, almost twice the size of Tennessee.
Economy
Economic profile
Guyana's economy is characterized by small, hydrocarbon-driven South American export economy, major forest coverage being leveraged in carbon credit offsets to encourage preservation, strengthening financial sector, large bauxite and gold resources. Major industries include bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining. Important agricultural products include rice, sugarcane, plantains, cassava, papayas, pumpkins/squash, chicken, milk, ginger, eggplants (2023). Notable exports include crude petroleum, railway cargo containers, gold, ships, rice (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Guyana has an estimated population of 772,975. Languages spoken include English (official), Guyanese Creole, Amerindian languages (including Caribbean and Arawak languages), Indian languages (including Caribbean Hindustani, a dialect of Hindi), Chinese (2014 est.). The population includes East Indian 39.8%, African descent 29.3%, mixed 19.9%, Indigenous 10.5%, other 0.5% (includes Portuguese, Chinese, White) (2012 est.). The urban population represents 27.2% of total population (2023).
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