Population
2.2Mpeople
#147 of 2162025
6% of world average
SERIAL · 624Africa
Guinea-Bissau
CapitalBissau
CurrencyXOF · West African CFA franc
LanguagePortuguese
Since1974
ISOGNB · GW
Population
2.2Mas of 2025
Watermark portrait: Ansu Fati
— THE COUNTRY —
Country in West Africa
Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 2,080,000. It borders Senegal to its north and Guinea to its southeast.
Text: Wikipedia — Guinea-BissauCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-12
— FACTS —
- Capital
- Bissau
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF)
- Official language
- Portuguese
- Drives on the
- Right
- Calling code
- +245
- Top-level domain
- .gw
- Independence / founding
- 1974
- Highest point
- Monte Torin (262 m)
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean (0 m)
- Anthem
- Esta é a Nossa Pátria bem Amada
— LAND —
5 of 5 figures unavailable for Guinea-Bissau.
— PEOPLE —
Population growth
2.2%% per year
#41 of 2162025
219% of world average
Population density
77people per km²
#127 of 2152023
17% of world average
People living in cities
46.7%% of population
#157 of 2162025
74% of world average
Urban population growth
3.3%% per year
#37 of 2162025
217% of world average
People living rurally
53.3%% of population
#60 of 2162025
145% of world average
Population aged 0-14
38.3%% of population
#31 of 2162025
152% of world average
Population aged 15-64
58.4%% of population
#181 of 2162025
91% of world average
Population aged 65+
3.2%% of population
#186 of 2162025
30% of world average
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Age dependency ratio
71.1%% of working-age population
#36 of 2162025
124% of world average
Female population
50.6%% of population
#91 of 2162025
101% of world average
Births per woman
4births per woman
#34 of 2162024
160% of world average
Birth rate
29.6 /1,000per 1,000 people
#33 of 2162024
172% of world average
Death rate
7.0 /1,000per 1,000 people
#119 of 2162024
91% of world average
Net migration
-1,373people (5-year total)
#115 of 2162025
-1247% of world average
Migrants living in the country
0.7%% of population
#184 of 2152024
5% of world average
— MONEY —
External debt
$1.43Bcurrent US$
#17 of 1212024
2% of world average
Income inequality (Gini)
330-100
#59 of 1472021
94% of world average
People below the poverty line
39.9%% of population
#129 of 1472021
312% of world average
Income share held by richest 10%
26.1%%
#67 of 1472021
94% of world average
Income share held by poorest 10%
3.4%%
#35 of 1472021
122% of world average
Money sent home by workers abroad
$217.2Mcurrent US$
#141 of 1862024
4% of world average
Foreign aid received
9.0%% of GNI
#27 of 1372023
150% of world average
Exchange rate
582local currency per US$
#39 of 2112025
40% of world average
Agriculture's share of the economy
40.6%% of GDP
#3 of 1992025
407% of world average
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Industry's share of the economy
15.7%% of GDP
#160 of 2022025
64% of world average
Manufacturing's share of the economy
8.6%% of GDP
#116 of 1952025
78% of world average
Services' share of the economy
39.1%% of GDP
#189 of 2022025
68% of world average
27 of 39 figures unavailable for Guinea-Bissau.
— TRADE —
Exports
13.9%% of GDP
#168 of 1872025
32% of world average
Imports
27.0%% of GDP
#150 of 1872025
54% of world average
Trade balance
-13.1%% of GDP
#138 of 1872025
no comparison
Total trade (openness)
31.7%% of GDP
#173 of 2052025
49% of world average
Goods exported
$313.0Mcurrent US$
#175 of 2072025
0% of world average
Goods imported
$489.0Mcurrent US$
#195 of 2072025
0% of world average
Services exported
$51.0Mcurrent US$
#185 of 1912024
0% of world average
Services imported
$198.4Mcurrent US$
#181 of 1912024
0% of world average
Goods and services exported
$280.4Mcurrent US$
#180 of 1912024
0% of world average
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Goods and services imported
$611.9Mcurrent US$
#179 of 1912024
0% of world average
High-tech share of exports
5.8%% of manufactured exports
not enough data to rank2015
48% of world average
Terms of trade
131index
#24 of 2062024
124% of world average
— HEALTH —
Life expectancy
64.3 yrsyears
#192 of 2162024
87% of world average
Life expectancy, women
66.5 yrsyears
#193 of 2162024
87% of world average
Life expectancy, men
61.8 yrsyears
#194 of 2162024
87% of world average
Infant deaths
42.1 /1,000per 1,000 live births
#172 of 1962024
227% of world average
Deaths under age 5
67.3 /1,000per 1,000 live births
#182 of 1962024
278% of world average
Maternal deaths
505per 100,000 live births
#186 of 1942023
435% of world average
Health spending
8.8%% of GDP
#49 of 1932023
129% of world average
Health spending per person
$82current US$
#153 of 1932023
6% of world average
Physicians
0.3 /1,000per 1,000 people
#150 of 1872022
12% of world average
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Nurses and midwives
1.0 /1,000per 1,000 people
#169 of 1962022
21% of world average
Hospital beds
1.0 /1,000per 1,000 people
not enough data to rank2009
34% of world average
Access to clean drinking water
61.8%% of population
#203 of 2142024
68% of world average
Access to basic sanitation
28.9%% of population
#198 of 2132024
36% of world average
Suicide rate
8per 100,000 people
#99 of 1852021
90% of world average
Adults who smoke
8.2%% of adults
#22 of 1662024
41% of world average
HIV prevalence
2.2%% aged 15-49
#137 of 1532024
160% of world average
Tuberculosis cases
176per 100,000 people
#168 of 2082024
177% of world average
Undernourishment
22.1%% of population
#148 of 1682023
219% of world average
Children vaccinated against measles
65.0%% of children 12-23 months
#176 of 1932024
76% of world average
— LEARNING —
Education spending
2.0%% of GDP
not enough data to rank2013
46% of world average
Education spending
16.2%% of government spending
not enough data to rank2013
120% of world average
Adult literacy
63.9%% aged 15+
#102 of 1192022
76% of world average
Youth literacy
82.2%% aged 15-24
#102 of 1262022
90% of world average
Primary school enrolment
113.4%% gross
not enough data to rank2010
113% of world average
Secondary school enrolment
34.4%% gross
not enough data to rank2006
39% of world average
University enrolment
2.6%% gross
not enough data to rank2006
5% of world average
Primary school completion
62.6%% of relevant age group
not enough data to rank2010
70% of world average
Pupils per teacher, primary school
52pupils per teacher
not enough data to rank2010
234% of world average
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Years of compulsory education
9.0 yrsyears
#126 of 1972025
90% of world average
— WORK —
Unemployment
2.7%% of labour force
#27 of 1862025
39% of world average
Youth unemployment
2.8%% of labour force aged 15-24
#10 of 1862025
18% of world average
Labour force participation
64.8%% aged 15+
#65 of 1862025
107% of world average
Women in the labour force
60.3%% of women aged 15+
#49 of 1862025
118% of world average
Men in the labour force
69.6%% of men aged 15+
#99 of 1862025
100% of world average
Labour force
899,220people
#147 of 1862025
4% of world average
Working in agriculture
61.1%% of employment
#13 of 1862025
277% of world average
Working in industry
9.7%% of employment
#166 of 1862025
50% of world average
Working in services
29.2%% of employment
#174 of 1862025
50% of world average
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Self-employed
75.5%% of employment
#27 of 1862025
195% of world average
Labour force with advanced education
81.0%% of labour force
#50 of 1712022
106% of world average
Employed
63.1%% aged 15+
#50 of 1862025
111% of world average
— CONNECTED —
People online
29.8%% of population
#185 of 2072024
42% of world average
Mobile phone subscriptions
147per 100 people
#33 of 2102024
127% of world average
Fixed broadband subscriptions
0per 100 people
#181 of 2082024
2% of world average
Fixed telephone lines
0per 100 people
#211 of 2132022
0% of world average
Access to electricity
43.7%% of population
#201 of 2142024
49% of world average
Access to clean cooking fuel
0.8%% of population
#186 of 1892023
1% of world average
Energy used per person
65kg oil equivalent per person
not enough data to rank2007
3% of world average
Air passengers carried
20,400passengers
not enough data to rank1998
0% of world average
Air freight
0million tonne-km
not enough data to rank1997
0% of world average
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Container port traffic
28,700TEU
#150 of 1672019
1% of world average
Scientific journal articles published
14count
#181 of 1972023
0% of world average
Tourists arriving
52,400count
#178 of 1942019
1% of world average
6 of 18 figures unavailable for Guinea-Bissau.
— NATURE —
12 of 12 figures unavailable for Guinea-Bissau.
— STATE —
7 of 7 figures unavailable for Guinea-Bissau.
— TRADE PARTNERS —
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— TRADE —
No trade data available for Guinea-Bissau.
— EXTRAS —
Landmarks
No landmark photos on file for Guinea-Bissau yet
People
Ansu FatiBisau-Guinean association football player
João Bernardo VieiraPresident of Guinea-Bissau (1939-2009)
Umaro Sissoco EmbalóPresident of Guinea-Bissau from 2020 to 2025
ÉderPortuguese footballer
Malam Bacai SanháPresident of Guinea-Bissau (1947-2012)
Luís CabralPrime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (1931-2009)
José Mário VazPresident of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to 2020
Kumba IaláBissau-Guinean politician (1953-2014)
BrumaPortuguese association football player
Manuel Serifo NhamadjoGuinea-Bissauan politician (1958-2020)
Henrique RosaPresident of Guinea-Bissau (1946-2013)
Carmen PereiraGuinea-Bissauan politician (1937-2016)
History
1974Guinea-Bissau — founding / independence (Wikidata)
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1960 → now
2026
Population2.2M2025
GDP$2.53B2025
GDP per person$1,1242025