South America
Guyana
Guyana covers about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²), the 85th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Belarus, at about 207,000 km².
- 211,000km²Area, main territory
- 879,000Population
- 6.89In Belgiums
100 km
- Guyana
Facts
| Area, main territory | 211,000 km²81,600 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 215,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 6.89 |
| Capital | Georgetown |
| Population | 879,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Density | 4.2 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 1°N to 9°N |
| In other languages | Guiana Português · ガイアナ 日本語 · 圭亚那 中文 · 가이아나 한국어 |
| Continent | South America#10 of 13 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Guyana
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 80.4× the size of Guyana.
- Guyana ranks 84th of 239 by area but only 164th of 237 by population: it holds fewer people than its size suggests.
- At 4.2 people per km², Guyana is the 175th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Guyana lies at 5°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Guyana's main territory stretches about 820 km north to south and 545 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 215,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 km², to within 2%.
How Guyana measures up
Guyana holds 1.2% of the land area and 0.2% of the people of the 13 countries listed for South America.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 211,000 km² | 84th of 239 |
| Population | 879,000 | 164th of 237 |
| Density | 4.2 per km² | 175th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 4.8°N | 159th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Guyana is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 6.89× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.87× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.59× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.57× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.39× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.07× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
Where Guyana sits
- Guyana's centre lies at 4.8°N, 59.0°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 530 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 1°N to 9°N, about 820 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Guyana had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Guyana would have 264.5 million people. It has 879,000.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Guyana would have 786,000 people. It has 879,000.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 15.3 million.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2022; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11