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title: "Guyana — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Guyana: capital Georgetown, area 214,969 km², population 835,986 (2025), currency Guyanese dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/guyana/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Guyana

**Guyana: Capital Georgetown**

214,969 km² · 835,986 people (2025) · Guyanese dollar

Kaieteur Falls on the Potaro drops 226 m in a single uninterrupted plunge, about four and a half times the height of Niagara, and is one of the most powerful single-drop falls in the world. Around eighty percent of the country is still forest, and most people live on a narrow coastal strip, much of it below high-tide level and protected by a sea wall.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Georgetown
- **Area:** 214,969 km² — 83,000 sq mi
- **Population:** 835,986 (2025)
- **Density:** 3.9 people per km²
- **Currency:** Guyanese dollar (GYD, $)
- **Official language:** English
- **Time zone:** UTC-04:00
- **Calling code:** +592
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** GY · GUY
- **Continent:** South America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 84 of 200
- **By population:** 165 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Romania | 238,391 | 19,020,271 |
| Laos | 236,800 | 7,873,046 |
| Guyana ← | 214,969 | 835,986 |
| Belarus | 207,600 | 9,085,991 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 199,951 | 7,343,064 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Guyana?

Georgetown

### What currency does Guyana use?

The Guyanese dollar (GYD).

### How big is Guyana?

214,969 km², or 83,000 square miles — 84 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Guyana drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Romania](https://atoneplace.net/country/romania/)
- [Laos](https://atoneplace.net/country/laos/)
- [Belarus](https://atoneplace.net/country/belarus/)
- [Kyrgyzstan](https://atoneplace.net/country/kyrgyzstan/)
- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/country/colombia/)
- [Argentina](https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/)
- [Peru](https://atoneplace.net/country/peru/)
- [Venezuela](https://atoneplace.net/country/venezuela/)
- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Ecuador](https://atoneplace.net/country/ecuador/)
- [Bolivia](https://atoneplace.net/country/bolivia/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]