What is population, age 17, total in Guyana?

Population, age 17, total in Guyana was 15,516 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 17, total recorded in Guyana?

The highest recorded value was 17,230 in 1990.

What is the lowest population, age 17, total recorded in Guyana?

The lowest recorded value was 11,902 in 2007.

How does Guyana rank for population, age 17, total?

Guyana ranks 154th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 17, total rising or falling in Guyana?

Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Guyana data come from?

The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 17, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 17, total in Guyana

Name: Population, age 17, total in Guyana
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Guyana: Population, age 17, total was 15,516 in 2015. ▼ Falling

Latest (2015)

15,516

Change on year

up 6.1%

World rank

154th

of 191 countries

All-time high

17,230

in 1990

All-time low

11,902

in 2007

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 17, total in Guyana, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2015, population, age 17, total in Guyana stood at 15,516.

That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 17, total in Guyana peaked at 17,230 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 11,902, in 2007.

That places Guyana 154th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	17,010	16,824	17,230	10
2000s	13,430	11,902	16,409	10
2010s	14,040	12,773	15,516	5

Countries ranked near Guyana

151 Latvia 18,156 compare
152 Trinidad and Tobago 18,012 compare
153 Fiji 17,706 compare
155 Bhutan 13,809 compare
156 Equatorial Guinea 13,099 compare
157 Solomon Islands 12,658 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More education data for Guyana

Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
Population ages 0-14 28.9% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 6,330 (2024)
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.4 live births per woman (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 97.3% (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is population, age 17, total in Guyana?: Population, age 17, total in Guyana was 15,516 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 17, total recorded in Guyana?: The highest recorded value was 17,230 in 1990.
What is the lowest population, age 17, total recorded in Guyana?: The lowest recorded value was 11,902 in 2007.
How does Guyana rank for population, age 17, total?: Guyana ranks 154th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 17, total rising or falling in Guyana?: Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guyana data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 17, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 17, total
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,605 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.