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Guinea vs Rwanda statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guinea has a population of 14.8M (ranked 75/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). Guinea's land area is 94,873 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 77th vs. 146th).

By GDP, Guinea ranks 117/197 ($25.3B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, Guinea ranks 161/197 ($1,717), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Main facts and rankings

Guinea Rwanda
Population
15374667
14826674
Population rank 75/197 77/197
GDP
$25.3B
2024
$14.3B
2024
GDP rank 117/197 144/197
GDP per capita
$1,717
2024
$1,000
2024
GDP per capita rank 161/197 177/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,579
2024
$3,711
2024
Government debt
$12.1B
2024
$9.58B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
39.6%
2025
77.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$821
2024
$672
2024
Government debt per person rank 147/185 156/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$23,703
2025
$2,587
2025
Land area
94,873 sq mi
2025
9,525 sq mi
2025
Population density
155.5 ppl/mi²
2024
1,497 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.22
2023
3.7
2023
Median age
19.2 years
2024
20.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
61.1 years
2025
68.2 years
2025

Guinea and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Guinea and Rwanda economies compared

GDP
Guinea

Rwanda
Year GDP
Guinea Rwanda
1960 - $119,000,024
1961 - $122,000,016
1962 - $125,000,008
1963 - $128,000,000
1964 - $129,999,994
1965 - $148,799,980
1966 - $124,525,703
1967 - $159,560,018
1968 - $172,200,018
1969 - $188,700,037
1970 $3,220,224,608 $219,900,006
1971 $3,594,302,908 $222,952,504
1972 $4,203,069,035 $246,457,838
1973 $5,152,080,388 $290,746,157
1974 $5,691,417,541 $308,458,423
1975 $6,102,769,605 $571,863,500
1976 $6,762,781,871 $637,753,853
1977 $6,914,381,291 $746,650,613
1978 $8,087,305,999 $905,709,076
1979 $8,877,094,497 $1,109,346,131
1980 $9,746,524,915 $1,254,765,642
1981 $9,646,440,667 $1,407,062,527
1982 $11,926,032,493 $1,407,243,139
1983 $15,129,893,722 $1,479,687,587
1984 $18,421,497,251 $1,587,413,084
1985 $22,787,644,566 $1,715,626,331
1986 $2,909,130,355 $1,944,710,684
1987 $2,976,714,019 $2,157,432,668
1988 $3,476,480,303 $2,395,492,687
1989 $3,546,079,263 $2,405,022,593
1990 $3,888,320,666 $2,550,185,679
1991 $4,396,178,694 $1,911,600,237
1992 $4,789,220,417 $2,029,026,962
1993 $4,781,166,117 $1,971,525,712
1994 $4,932,800,407 $753,636,370
1995 $5,385,704,166 $1,293,535,193
1996 $5,641,243,100 $1,382,334,879
1997 $5,516,916,163 $1,851,558,197
1998 $5,232,118,046 $1,989,343,546
1999 $5,046,806,783 $2,157,108,263
2000 $4,367,458,867 $2,068,836,754
2001 $4,125,527,603 $1,966,600,715
2002 $4,301,608,753 $1,966,003,468
2003 $5,025,167,975 $2,138,237,279
2004 $5,300,767,961 $2,376,496,067
2005 $4,282,468,637 $2,933,819,766
2006 $4,220,019,845 $3,319,784,539
2007 $6,281,918,226 $4,070,507,895
2008 $6,964,179,983 $5,179,854,065
2009 $6,716,905,340 $5,674,476,969
2010 $6,853,467,146 $6,124,756,654
2011 $6,785,137,203 $6,884,913,658
2012 $7,638,044,557 $7,654,761,045
2013 $8,376,613,539 $7,819,964,024
2014 $8,778,473,373 $8,238,966,120
2015 $8,794,201,743 $8,543,760,206
2016 $8,595,955,222 $8,695,272,061
2017 $10,324,668,271 $9,252,833,894
2018 $11,857,030,367 $9,637,904,519
2019 $13,442,861,496 $10,349,300,277
2020 $14,088,693,743 $10,174,386,855
2021 $17,069,115,738 $11,078,787,095
2022 $19,910,452,542 $13,316,161,006
2023 $22,407,615,556 $14,331,722,700
2024 $25,334,307,879 $14,251,642,231

Guinea and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita
Guinea

Rwanda
Year GDP per capita
Guinea Rwanda
1960 - $39.4
1961 - $39.3
1962 - $39.2
1963 - $39.3
1964 - $39
1965 - $43.5
1966 - $35.4
1967 - $44
1968 - $46
1969 - $48.9
1970 $753 $55.2
1971 $825 $54.4
1972 $948 $58.4
1973 $1,143 $66.9
1974 $1,243 $68.9
1975 $1,311 $124.1
1976 $1,431 $134.4
1977 $1,440 $152.7
1978 $1,658 $179.9
1979 $1,790 $213.8
1980 $1,931 $234.4
1981 $1,876 $254.6
1982 $2,273 $246.4
1983 $2,823 $250.6
1984 $3,362 $259.9
1985 $4,062 $271.6
1986 $506 $297.7
1987 $505 $320
1988 $574 $344
1989 $570 $335
1990 $604 $346
1991 $656 $254
1992 $693 $264.1
1993 $671 $247
1994 $672 $111
1995 $713 $228
1996 $726 $206
1997 $696 $238.7
1998 $647 $246.2
1999 $611 $264.7
2000 $518 $251.9
2001 $483 $237.3
2002 $496 $234
2003 $566 $249
2004 $585 $269.5
2005 $463 $324
2006 $447 $357
2007 $650 $426
2008 $704 $528
2009 $662 $564
2010 $659 $594
2011 $637 $651
2012 $699 $707
2013 $748 $705
2014 $765 $725
2015 $747 $734
2016 $712 $730
2017 $834 $758
2018 $933 $772
2019 $1,031 $810
2020 $1,054 $779
2021 $1,245 $830
2022 $1,417 $975
2023 $1,555 $1,027
2024 $1,717 $1,000

Guinea vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guinea

Rwanda
Year Life expectancy, years
Guinea Rwanda
1950 35.6 43.2
1951 35.6 43.5
1952 35.7 43.8
1953 35.8 44.1
1954 35.9 44.4
1955 36 44.8
1956 36.1 45.2
1957 36.2 45.6
1958 36.4 46.1
1959 36.5 46.5
1960 36.6 47
1961 36.8 47.5
1962 37 47.8
1963 37.2 44
1964 37.4 48.1
1965 37.7 48.2
1966 38 48.1
1967 38.2 48
1968 38.5 47.7
1969 38.8 47.4
1970 39.1 47.1
1971 39.4 46.8
1972 39.7 46.3
1973 39.9 45.9
1974 40.2 45.6
1975 40.6 45.3
1976 41 45.3
1977 41.4 45.6
1978 41.9 46.2
1979 42.3 47.1
1980 42.8 48.1
1981 43.3 49.2
1982 43.9 50.2
1983 44.2 50.9
1984 44.9 51.4
1985 45.3 51.7
1986 45.7 51.7
1987 46.1 51.5
1988 46.5 50.9
1989 46.9 49.5
1990 47.3 47.8
1991 47.8 46.2
1992 48.3 44.4
1993 48.8 42.9
1994 49.2 12.2
1995 49.8 41.5
1996 50.5 42.5
1997 51.1 42
1998 51.6 43.1
1999 52 45.7
2000 52.4 47.8
2001 52.7 49.5
2002 53.2 51.3
2003 53.6 53.5
2004 54 55.5
2005 54.4 57
2006 54.9 58.3
2007 55.2 59.5
2008 55.7 60.6
2009 56.1 61.8
2010 56.4 62.8
2011 56.8 63.5
2012 57.1 64.2
2013 57.5 64.7
2014 57.6 65.1
2015 57.9 65.4
2016 58.5 65.7
2017 58.7 66.1
2018 59 66.4
2019 59.4 66.7
2020 59.3 67
2021 59.4 66.8
2022 60.4 67.5
2023 60.7 67.8
2024 60.9 68
2025 61.1 68.2

Guinea and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population
Guinea

Rwanda
Year Population
Guinea Rwanda
1960 3,556,749 3,022,294
1961 3,619,551 3,106,779
1962 3,684,273 3,186,025
1963 3,750,954 3,258,890
1964 3,819,722 3,334,834
1965 3,890,716 3,423,210
1966 3,964,155 3,521,626
1967 4,040,153 3,629,577
1968 4,118,550 3,744,010
1969 4,198,300 3,861,271
1970 4,277,535 3,980,669
1971 4,355,200 4,100,044
1972 4,431,292 4,220,335
1973 4,506,324 4,345,047
1974 4,580,510 4,474,228
1975 4,653,876 4,607,728
1976 4,727,022 4,745,954
1977 4,801,128 4,888,240
1978 4,877,854 5,035,171
1979 4,959,283 5,189,541
1980 5,047,419 5,353,259
1981 5,143,288 5,527,230
1982 5,247,672 5,711,549
1983 5,359,814 5,905,311
1984 5,480,096 6,107,627
1985 5,610,373 6,317,228
1986 5,750,668 6,531,881
1987 5,900,198 6,749,493
1988 6,056,574 6,968,071
1989 6,215,811 7,184,706
1990 6,434,374 7,375,307
1991 6,697,166 7,526,966
1992 6,914,366 7,683,266
1993 7,128,177 7,981,132
1994 7,345,107 6,792,352
1995 7,553,249 5,674,118
1996 7,770,035 6,708,764
1997 7,931,370 7,755,238
1998 8,081,990 8,081,681
1999 8,265,123 8,147,912
2000 8,428,832 8,213,931
2001 8,539,960 8,287,094
2002 8,674,066 8,400,180
2003 8,870,781 8,586,875
2004 9,062,726 8,816,844
2005 9,245,844 9,054,528
2006 9,441,171 9,299,246
2007 9,662,281 9,549,933
2008 9,898,870 9,804,269
2009 10,143,534 10,060,432
2010 10,396,086 10,317,553
2011 10,656,810 10,573,733
2012 10,921,581 10,829,901
2013 11,191,873 11,093,340
2014 11,472,924 11,364,757
2015 11,767,070 11,640,022
2016 12,073,030 11,919,183
2017 12,385,659 12,202,060
2018 12,704,774 12,487,996
2019 13,034,346 12,776,103
2020 13,371,183 13,065,837
2021 13,710,513 13,355,260
2022 14,055,137 13,651,030
2023 14,405,468 13,954,471
2024 14,754,785 14,256,567

Fertility rates in Guinea and Rwanda

Fertility rate
Guinea

Rwanda
Year Fertility rate
Guinea Rwanda
1960 6.11 8.28
1961 6.13 8.28
1962 6.14 8.27
1963 6.15 8.27
1964 6.17 8.27
1965 6.18 8.25
1966 6.19 8.23
1967 6.2 8.21
1968 6.21 8.19
1969 6.23 8.18
1970 6.24 8.15
1971 6.26 8.09
1972 6.28 8.09
1973 6.31 8.09
1974 6.34 8.1
1975 6.37 8.1
1976 6.4 8.12
1977 6.43 8.14
1978 6.44 8.16
1979 6.45 8.13
1980 6.46 8.12
1981 6.46 8.1
1982 6.49 8.06
1983 6.49 8
1984 6.51 7.91
1985 6.53 7.79
1986 6.55 7.61
1987 6.57 7.43
1988 6.56 7.23
1989 6.55 7.03
1990 6.52 6.8
1991 6.48 6.62
1992 6.45 6.54
1993 6.41 6.48
1994 6.36 6.42
1995 6.29 6.35
1996 6.21 6.29
1997 6.12 6.24
1998 6.05 6.17
1999 5.99 6.06
2000 5.92 5.97
2001 5.83 5.89
2002 5.78 5.82
2003 5.74 5.74
2004 5.73 5.64
2005 5.73 5.5
2006 5.7 5.34
2007 5.66 5.14
2008 5.6 4.92
2009 5.53 4.71
2010 5.44 4.52
2011 5.34 4.33
2012 5.23 4.2
2013 5.15 4.14
2014 5.07 4.12
2015 5 4.11
2016 4.92 4.11
2017 4.79 4.08
2018 4.67 4.05
2019 4.58 3.99
2020 4.49 3.91
2021 4.4 3.84
2022 4.3 3.78
2023 4.22 3.7

Guinea and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age
Guinea

Rwanda
Year Median age, years
Guinea Rwanda
1960 20.6 15.5
1961 20.5 15.1
1962 20.4 14.9
1963 20.4 14.8
1964 20.3 14.7
1965 20.2 14.8
1966 20.1 14.9
1967 20.1 15.1
1968 20 15.3
1969 20 15.5
1970 19.9 15.7
1971 19.8 15.9
1972 19.8 16
1973 19.7 16.2
1974 19.5 16.3
1975 19.4 16.4
1976 19.3 16.5
1977 19.2 16.6
1978 19 16.6
1979 18.9 16.5
1980 18.8 16.5
1981 18.7 16.4
1982 18.6 16.2
1983 18.5 16.1
1984 18.5 16
1985 18.4 15.8
1986 18.4 15.7
1987 18.4 15.6
1988 18.4 15.6
1989 18.3 15.5
1990 18.3 15.5
1991 18.3 15.5
1992 18.2 15.6
1993 18.2 15.7
1994 18.1 15
1995 18.1 14.3
1996 18 14.6
1997 17.9 14.8
1998 17.7 15.3
1999 17.6 15.8
2000 17.5 16.3
2001 17.3 16.8
2002 17.2 17.1
2003 17.2 17.4
2004 17.2 17.6
2005 17.2 17.8
2006 17.2 18
2007 17.2 18.1
2008 17.3 18.3
2009 17.3 18.4
2010 17.4 18.5
2011 17.5 18.7
2012 17.6 18.8
2013 17.7 19
2014 17.8 19.1
2015 18 19.3
2016 18.1 19.4
2017 18.2 19.6
2018 18.3 19.7
2019 18.5 19.8
2020 18.6 19.9
2021 18.8 20
2022 18.9 20.3
2023 19 20.5
2024 19.2 20.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guinea Rwanda
GNI, Atlas method
$21.7B
2024
$14.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
17.3%
2025
27.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.72%
2023
4.69%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.13%
2023
1.27%
2023
Armed forces personnel
13,000
2020
35,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.77%
2025
-6.29%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.02%
2019
11.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
37.5%
2024
47.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.3%
2024
21%
2024
Economic freedom index
54.6
2025
54.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.1%
2018
33.4%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.5%
2018
3.1%
2023
Listed domestic companies n/a
5
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.75B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.89B
2023
$2.41B
2024
Personal remittances received
$616M
2024
$537M
2024
International tourist arrivals
99,000
2017
1,634,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
0.01%
2020
11%
2020
Banked people share
36%
2024
50%
2017

Energy

Guinea Rwanda
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
373 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$8.31
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.72 megatons
2023
1.65 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.26 tons
2023
0.12 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
66.6%
2022
79.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.97%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
10.6%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
68.1 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
88.1%
2021
61%
2021
Hydroelectric share
87.4%
2021
50.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
51.1%
2023
63.9%
2023

Society

Guinea Rwanda
% of world population
0.18%
2024
0.18%
2024
Annual migration change
-12,024
2024
-15,582
2024
Urban population
38.5%
2024
18.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.14 ft
2025
Quality of life index
29.7
2025
33.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
28
2024
57
2024
Higher education index
1
2025
9
2025
Homicides per 100K people
8.82
2015
3.59
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.7
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
63
2025
73
2025
Adult literacy rate
45.3%
2021
78.8%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
15%
2023
People using the Internet
26.5%
2023
34.2%
2023

Health

Guinea Rwanda
Government health expenditure per capita
$55
2022
$76.8
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$30.5
2022
$7.39
2022
Life expectancy
61.1 years
2025
68.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
20.7%
2022
42.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.02
2022
0.12
2019
Age at first childbirth
19.9 years
2025
23 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
494
2023
229
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
95
2023
40
2023
Obesity rate
9.74%
2022
4.99%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
2.1%
2024
Air quality index
15
2025
6
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
14.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.52 liters
2020
2.87 liters
2020

Territory

Guinea Rwanda
% of world land
0.16%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
6,430 sq mi
2024
668 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
69,475 sq mi
2025
7,271 sq mi
2025
Forest area
23,433 sq mi
2025
1,077 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
2,920 mi
2021

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