Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Guinea-Bissau has a population of 2.2M (ranked 146/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Guinea-Bissau's land area is 10,857 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 139th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Guinea-Bissau ranks 178/197 ($2.12B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Guinea-Bissau ranks 181/197 ($963), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Guinea-Bissau

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Guinea-Bissau	Sierra Leone
1960	-	$322,151,961
1961	-	$327,978,758
1962	-	$342,872,549
1963	-	$348,700,980
1964	-	$372,011,438
1965	-	$359,523,810
1966	-	$375,630,252
1967	-	$348,895,028
1968	-	$329,991,597
1969	-	$408,853,541
1970	$204,670,551	$434,584,634
1971	$204,167,297	$419,495,788
1972	$227,986,203	$465,254,682
1973	$232,331,281	$575,471,814
1974	$256,769,730	$648,940,351
1975	$283,311,997	$679,352,876
1976	$292,152,321	$594,810,422
1977	$298,871,675	$692,079,407
1978	$318,876,550	$960,765,043
1979	$308,143,183	$1,109,343,425
1980	$287,648,258	$1,100,476,190
1981	$402,230,865	$1,114,926,661
1982	$430,284,022	$1,294,995,964
1983	$425,225,177	$995,278,515
1984	$359,980,491	$1,087,450,199
1985	$373,959,151	$856,890,459
1986	$338,524,233	$490,181,457
1987	$451,893,375	$660,106,336
1988	$427,514,322	$1,055,083,933
1989	$554,072,303	$932,974,420
1990	$634,187,269	$649,644,098
1991	$668,470,891	$779,981,987
1992	$588,309,271	$679,940,814
1993	$615,779,519	$768,867,883
1994	$612,502,085	$911,853,802
1995	$660,195,402	$870,740,292
1996	$702,965,148	$941,709,423
1997	$698,107,222	$850,232,760
1998	$591,034,143	$672,368,187
1999	$579,365,780	$669,386,624
2000	$391,345,597	$635,866,404
2001	$412,610,872	$1,681,473,894
2002	$466,773,711	$1,933,863,911
2003	$553,614,800	$2,142,618,046
2004	$582,169,841	$2,237,350,687
2005	$639,776,041	$2,545,275,313
2006	$634,781,901	$3,263,697,467
2007	$753,162,998	$3,632,957,611
2008	$952,667,544	$4,157,895,298
2009	$890,167,833	$3,953,403,098
2010	$940,112,539	$4,262,805,967
2011	$1,157,074,319	$4,861,632,885
2012	$1,049,412,177	$6,141,666,509
2013	$1,109,682,824	$7,502,762,863
2014	$1,135,250,721	$7,686,138,791
2015	$1,152,384,167	$6,788,352,975
2016	$1,245,074,264	$6,084,297,211
2017	$1,469,978,606	$5,749,846,528
2018	$1,554,133,594	$6,390,514,689
2019	$1,588,767,976	$6,526,183,564
2020	$1,683,619,352	$6,693,888,876
2021	$1,878,659,687	$7,173,379,137
2022	$1,839,048,748	$7,124,465,160
2023	$2,077,816,135	$6,411,787,856
2024	$2,119,865,935	$7,547,843,281

Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Guinea-Bissau

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Guinea-Bissau	Sierra Leone
1960	-	$142
1961	-	$142.3
1962	-	$146.4
1963	-	$146.4
1964	-	$153.4
1965	-	$145.6
1966	-	$149.4
1967	-	$136.2
1968	-	$126.4
1969	-	$153.6
1970	$350	$160.2
1971	$348	$151.8
1972	$389	$165.3
1973	$392	$200.7
1974	$419	$222.2
1975	$435	$228.4
1976	$421	$196.4
1977	$403	$224.3
1978	$403	$305
1979	$376	$346
1980	$347	$336
1981	$477	$334
1982	$503	$380
1983	$489	$285.9
1984	$407	$306
1985	$417	$235.5
1986	$371	$131.5
1987	$488	$172.4
1988	$454	$268.2
1989	$578	$231.3
1990	$651	$154.8
1991	$672	$183.7
1992	$574	$163.2
1993	$582	$185
1994	$561	$218.5
1995	$589	$208.4
1996	$615	$224.3
1997	$599	$199.9
1998	$498	$156.5
1999	$479	$155
2000	$317	$143.7
2001	$327	$358
2002	$362	$389
2003	$420	$414
2004	$431	$418
2005	$463	$463
2006	$449	$580
2007	$519	$632
2008	$640	$705
2009	$583	$653
2010	$600	$685
2011	$720	$761
2012	$635	$938
2013	$654	$1,117
2014	$652	$1,118
2015	$645	$965
2016	$680	$844
2017	$783	$779
2018	$809	$846
2019	$807	$844
2020	$836	$846
2021	$912	$886
2022	$873	$861
2023	$965	$758
2024	$963	$873

Guinea-Bissau vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Guinea-Bissau

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Guinea-Bissau	Sierra Leone
1950	35.7	28.9
1951	35.9	29.3
1952	36.1	29.7
1953	36.3	30.1
1954	36.4	30.5
1955	36.6	30.9
1956	36.8	31.3
1957	37	31.8
1958	37.1	32.1
1959	37.3	32.6
1960	37.6	33.1
1961	37.8	33.6
1962	38	34.2
1963	35.6	34.7
1964	35.8	35.3
1965	35.9	35.9
1966	36.1	36.6
1967	36.3	37.3
1968	36.7	37.8
1969	37	38.2
1970	37.3	38.6
1971	37.5	39.1
1972	37.8	39.5
1973	38.2	40
1974	41.6	40.4
1975	41.9	41
1976	42.3	41.4
1977	42.6	41.8
1978	42.9	42.2
1979	43.2	42.5
1980	43.6	42.8
1981	43.9	43.1
1982	44.3	43.3
1983	44.6	43.5
1984	44.9	43.6
1985	45.3	43.6
1986	45.5	43.5
1987	45.8	43.7
1988	46.3	43.8
1989	46.6	43.7
1990	46.9	43.7
1991	47.2	43.3
1992	47.5	43.5
1993	47.8	43.4
1994	47.8	42.8
1995	48.5	42.6
1996	48.8	43.5
1997	48	43.6
1998	48.1	42.7
1999	48.5	42
2000	50.6	44.8
2001	51.1	45.4
2002	51.6	46.2
2003	52.2	46.8
2004	52.8	47.5
2005	52.9	48.3
2006	54.1	49.5
2007	54.9	50
2008	55.3	50.7
2009	56.3	51.3
2010	57	51.9
2011	57.7	52.6
2012	58.3	53.2
2013	58.9	54.1
2014	59.5	54.3
2015	60.1	55.5
2016	60.6	56.9
2017	61.1	57.8
2018	61.7	59.1
2019	62.2	59.6
2020	61.3	59.7
2021	61.7	60.3
2022	63.6	61.3
2023	64.1	61.8
2024	64.3	62
2025	64.4	62.2

Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Guinea-Bissau

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Guinea-Bissau	Sierra Leone
1960	577,633	2,268,356
1961	582,532	2,304,227
1962	589,474	2,342,242
1963	594,418	2,382,258
1964	588,543	2,424,390
1965	575,005	2,468,666
1966	566,908	2,514,638
1967	569,011	2,562,384
1968	578,170	2,611,532
1969	581,610	2,661,365
1970	584,403	2,712,286
1971	586,221	2,763,222
1972	586,620	2,814,388
1973	592,808	2,866,955
1974	613,338	2,920,459
1975	650,966	2,974,657
1976	694,191	3,028,820
1977	741,789	3,085,354
1978	791,694	3,145,517
1979	819,867	3,207,499
1980	829,303	3,272,089
1981	842,432	3,338,940
1982	855,891	3,408,183
1983	869,592	3,481,646
1984	883,519	3,558,758
1985	897,697	3,638,438
1986	912,126	3,728,380
1987	926,862	3,829,718
1988	942,061	3,934,517
1989	957,789	4,034,037
1990	973,669	4,196,828
1991	994,639	4,246,267
1992	1,024,356	4,166,366
1993	1,058,745	4,157,130
1994	1,092,031	4,173,105
1995	1,119,949	4,179,179
1996	1,143,535	4,199,210
1997	1,165,545	4,253,716
1998	1,187,473	4,295,785
1999	1,210,206	4,318,043
2000	1,234,741	4,423,611
2001	1,261,273	4,692,716
2002	1,289,307	4,971,435
2003	1,318,806	5,177,687
2004	1,349,563	5,355,717
2005	1,381,585	5,501,712
2006	1,415,303	5,624,466
2007	1,450,986	5,749,352
2008	1,488,054	5,894,722
2009	1,526,377	6,055,646
2010	1,566,347	6,222,714
2011	1,608,076	6,387,251
2012	1,651,417	6,551,080
2013	1,695,973	6,714,051
2014	1,741,122	6,876,385
2015	1,786,457	7,037,655
2016	1,831,893	7,205,328
2017	1,877,072	7,379,299
2018	1,922,168	7,554,563
2019	1,967,696	7,731,991
2020	2,013,255	7,912,558
2021	2,058,841	8,094,602
2022	2,105,529	8,276,807
2023	2,153,339	8,460,512
2024	2,201,352	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Guinea-Bissau

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Sierra Leone
1960	5.92	6.18
1961	5.93	6.21
1962	5.94	6.22
1963	5.95	6.26
1964	5.96	6.29
1965	5.97	6.31
1966	5.98	6.35
1967	5.99	6.38
1968	6.01	6.39
1969	6.02	6.39
1970	6.04	6.41
1971	6.06	6.43
1972	6.08	6.45
1973	6.1	6.47
1974	6.12	6.53
1975	6.15	6.55
1976	6.19	6.55
1977	6.25	6.57
1978	6.32	6.59
1979	6.4	6.58
1980	6.49	6.56
1981	6.57	6.55
1982	6.64	6.56
1983	6.69	6.57
1984	6.73	6.59
1985	6.74	6.59
1986	6.73	6.6
1987	6.72	6.61
1988	6.69	6.59
1989	6.66	6.57
1990	6.5	6.57
1991	6.47	6.55
1992	6.44	6.56
1993	6.37	6.57
1994	6.3	6.56
1995	6.22	6.56
1996	6.14	6.55
1997	6.06	6.53
1998	5.97	6.5
1999	5.87	6.42
2000	5.79	6.36
2001	5.69	6.31
2002	5.63	6.23
2003	5.58	6.09
2004	5.5	5.92
2005	5.46	5.81
2006	5.41	5.74
2007	5.37	5.64
2008	5.27	5.56
2009	5.18	5.45
2010	5.11	5.33
2011	5.07	5.21
2012	5	5.06
2013	4.93	4.87
2014	4.79	4.7
2015	4.66	4.55
2016	4.52	4.47
2017	4.35	4.39
2018	4.24	4.29
2019	4.15	4.19
2020	4.08	4.08
2021	4	3.98
2022	3.91	3.88
2023	3.84	3.79

Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Guinea-Bissau

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Guinea-Bissau	Sierra Leone
1960	22.9	21.1
1961	22.9	21.1
1962	22.6	21.1
1963	22.3	21
1964	21.7	21
1965	20.7	20.9
1966	19.9	20.9
1967	19.6	20.8
1968	19.5	20.7
1969	19.3	20.6
1970	19.1	20.4
1971	19	20.2
1972	18.8	20.1
1973	18.9	19.9
1974	18.9	19.8
1975	18.8	19.6
1976	18.5	19.5
1977	18.2	19.4
1978	17.8	19.3
1979	17.6	19.2
1980	17.7	19.1
1981	17.6	19.1
1982	17.5	19
1983	17.3	18.9
1984	17.2	18.9
1985	17.2	18.8
1986	17.1	18.7
1987	17.1	18.7
1988	17	18.6
1989	17	18.6
1990	17.1	18.5
1991	17.1	18.5
1992	17.1	18.4
1993	17.1	18.4
1994	17.1	18.3
1995	17.2	18.2
1996	17.2	18.2
1997	17.3	18.1
1998	17.3	18.1
1999	17.4	18
2000	17.4	18
2001	17.5	18
2002	17.6	17.9
2003	17.6	17.9
2004	17.7	17.9
2005	17.8	18
2006	17.9	18
2007	17.9	18
2008	18	18.1
2009	18.1	18.1
2010	18.2	18.2
2011	18.3	18.3
2012	18.3	18.4
2013	18.4	18.5
2014	18.5	18.6
2015	18.6	18.7
2016	18.8	18.9
2017	18.9	19.1
2018	19.1	19.2
2019	19.2	19.4
2020	19.4	19.6
2021	19.6	19.8
2022	19.8	20
2023	19.9	20.3
2024	20.2	20.5

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