Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Guyana
One in every 8,069 babies in the world is born here: about 16,622 a year, 0.032 a minute.
- Population
- 835,986
- Births a year
- 16,622
- Life expectancy
- 70.4
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 25.2
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
74.1
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
66.6
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
23.2
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
25.2
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
75
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
1.6
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
12
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
5
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
22.3
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
19.1
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.4
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
32
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
93
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
91
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
26
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 6.2
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$83,659
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
45
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
13
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
12
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
12
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
47
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
26
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
26
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
93
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
96
World: 91
Internet users (%)
83
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.99
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.04
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 57.6 → 2026: 69.8 → 2050: 73.7
World
1960: 93 → 2026: 24 → 2050: 13
World
1960: 6.3 → 2026: 2.4 → 2050: 2
World
1960: 29 → 2026: 27 → 2050: 27
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Guyana comes up about once in every 8,069 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.