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Guinea vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guinea has a population of 14.8M (ranked 75/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Guinea's land area is 94,873 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 77th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Guinea ranks 117/197 ($25.3B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Guinea ranks 161/197 ($1,717), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Main facts and rankings

Guinea Zimbabwe
Population
15374667
17210092
Population rank 75/197 74/197
GDP
$25.3B
2024
$44.2B
2024
GDP rank 117/197 99/197
GDP per capita
$1,717
2024
$2,656
2024
GDP per capita rank 161/197 144/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,579
2024
$3,922
2024
Government debt
$12.1B
2024
$41.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
39.6%
2025
58.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$821
2024
$2,513
2024
Government debt per person rank 147/185 111/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$23,703
2025
$2,797
2025
Land area
94,873 sq mi
2025
149,364 sq mi
2025
Population density
155.5 ppl/mi²
2024
111.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.22
2023
3.72
2023
Median age
19.2 years
2024
19 years
2024
Life expectancy
61.1 years
2025
63.3 years
2025

Guinea and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Guinea and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP
Guinea

Zimbabwe
Year GDP
Guinea Zimbabwe
1960 - $1,052,990,485
1961 - $1,096,646,688
1962 - $1,117,601,690
1963 - $1,159,511,793
1964 - $1,217,138,098
1965 - $1,311,435,906
1966 - $1,281,749,603
1967 - $1,397,002,112
1968 - $1,479,600,019
1969 - $1,747,998,941
1970 $3,220,224,608 $1,884,206,452
1971 $3,594,302,908 $2,178,716,475
1972 $4,203,069,035 $2,677,729,616
1973 $5,152,080,388 $3,309,353,866
1974 $5,691,417,541 $3,982,161,721
1975 $6,102,769,605 $4,371,301,052
1976 $6,762,781,871 $4,318,372,348
1977 $6,914,381,291 $4,364,382,451
1978 $8,087,305,999 $4,351,600,850
1979 $8,877,094,497 $5,177,459,817
1980 $9,746,524,915 $6,678,868,738
1981 $9,646,440,667 $8,011,374,445
1982 $11,926,032,493 $8,539,701,388
1983 $15,129,893,722 $7,764,067,625
1984 $18,421,497,251 $6,352,126,411
1985 $22,787,644,566 $5,637,259,754
1986 $2,909,130,355 $6,217,524,201
1987 $2,976,714,019 $6,741,215,643
1988 $3,476,480,303 $7,814,784,729
1989 $3,546,079,263 $8,286,323,367
1990 $3,888,320,666 $8,783,817,407
1991 $4,396,178,694 $8,641,482,396
1992 $4,789,220,417 $6,751,472,744
1993 $4,781,166,117 $6,563,813,829
1994 $4,932,800,407 $6,890,675,555
1995 $5,385,704,166 $7,111,271,273
1996 $5,641,243,100 $8,553,147,289
1997 $5,516,916,163 $8,529,572,287
1998 $5,232,118,046 $6,401,968,715
1999 $5,046,806,783 $6,858,013,652
2000 $4,367,458,867 $6,689,958,139
2001 $4,125,527,603 $6,777,385,246
2002 $4,301,608,753 $6,342,116,911
2003 $5,025,167,975 $5,727,592,261
2004 $5,300,767,961 $5,805,598,867
2005 $4,282,468,637 $5,755,215,663
2006 $4,220,019,845 $5,443,896,938
2007 $6,281,918,226 $5,291,950,526
2008 $6,964,179,983 $4,415,703,156
2009 $6,716,905,340 $9,665,815,601
2010 $6,853,467,146 $12,041,602,762
2011 $6,785,137,203 $14,101,801,031
2012 $7,638,044,557 $17,114,762,914
2013 $8,376,613,539 $19,091,004,042
2014 $8,778,473,373 $19,495,547,523
2015 $8,794,201,743 $19,963,058,858
2016 $8,595,955,222 $20,548,759,858
2017 $10,324,668,271 $51,074,726,484
2018 $11,857,030,367 $34,156,057,417
2019 $13,442,861,496 $25,715,657,177
2020 $14,088,693,743 $26,868,564,055
2021 $17,069,115,738 $27,240,507,842
2022 $19,910,452,542 $32,789,657,378
2023 $22,407,615,556 $35,231,369,343
2024 $25,334,307,879 $44,187,704,410

Guinea and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita
Guinea

Zimbabwe
Year GDP per capita
Guinea Zimbabwe
1960 - $276.4
1961 - $279
1962 - $275.5
1963 - $277
1964 - $281.7
1965 - $294.1
1966 - $278.6
1967 - $294.2
1968 - $302
1969 - $346
1970 $753 $361
1971 $825 $405
1972 $948 $483
1973 $1,143 $579
1974 $1,243 $674
1975 $1,311 $717
1976 $1,431 $687
1977 $1,440 $677
1978 $1,658 $665
1979 $1,790 $779
1980 $1,931 $949
1981 $1,876 $1,068
1982 $2,273 $1,095
1983 $2,823 $959
1984 $3,362 $757
1985 $4,062 $649
1986 $506 $692
1987 $505 $726
1988 $574 $815
1989 $570 $840
1990 $604 $866
1991 $656 $831
1992 $693 $631
1993 $671 $604
1994 $672 $634
1995 $713 $648
1996 $726 $767
1997 $696 $750
1998 $647 $552
1999 $611 $582
2000 $518 $563
2001 $483 $566
2002 $496 $525
2003 $566 $468
2004 $585 $469
2005 $463 $461
2006 $447 $431
2007 $650 $413
2008 $704 $341
2009 $662 $735
2010 $659 $902
2011 $637 $1,037
2012 $699 $1,239
2013 $748 $1,362
2014 $765 $1,372
2015 $747 $1,386
2016 $712 $1,407
2017 $834 $3,448
2018 $933 $2,272
2019 $1,031 $1,684
2020 $1,054 $1,730
2021 $1,245 $1,724
2022 $1,417 $2,041
2023 $1,555 $2,156
2024 $1,717 $2,656

Guinea vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guinea

Zimbabwe
Year Life expectancy, years
Guinea Zimbabwe
1950 35.6 49.4
1951 35.6 49.8
1952 35.7 50.2
1953 35.8 50.6
1954 35.9 51
1955 36 51.4
1956 36.1 51.8
1957 36.2 52.2
1958 36.4 52.6
1959 36.5 53
1960 36.6 53.5
1961 36.8 54
1962 37 54.5
1963 37.2 54.9
1964 37.4 55.4
1965 37.7 55.9
1966 38 56.4
1967 38.2 56.8
1968 38.5 57.1
1969 38.8 57.5
1970 39.1 57.8
1971 39.4 58
1972 39.7 58.2
1973 39.9 58.1
1974 40.2 58.2
1975 40.6 58.2
1976 41 57.6
1977 41.4 57
1978 41.9 54.7
1979 42.3 54.9
1980 42.8 59.1
1981 43.3 59.4
1982 43.9 59.9
1983 44.2 60
1984 44.9 60.6
1985 45.3 60.9
1986 45.7 61
1987 46.1 60.7
1988 46.5 60.2
1989 46.9 59.4
1990 47.3 58.3
1991 47.8 57
1992 48.3 55.6
1993 48.8 54
1994 49.2 52.5
1995 49.8 51.1
1996 50.5 49
1997 51.1 48.5
1998 51.6 47.6
1999 52 46.4
2000 52.4 46
2001 52.7 44.5
2002 53.2 45.9
2003 53.6 45.4
2004 54 46
2005 54.4 46.6
2006 54.9 47.1
2007 55.2 47.6
2008 55.7 48.5
2009 56.1 49.7
2010 56.4 51.9
2011 56.8 53.9
2012 57.1 55.4
2013 57.5 56.8
2014 57.6 58.1
2015 57.9 59
2016 58.5 59.8
2017 58.7 60.3
2018 59 60.9
2019 59.4 61.1
2020 59.3 61.5
2021 59.4 60.1
2022 60.4 62.4
2023 60.7 62.8
2024 60.9 63.1
2025 61.1 63.3

Guinea and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population
Guinea

Zimbabwe
Year Population
Guinea Zimbabwe
1960 3,556,749 3,809,389
1961 3,619,551 3,930,401
1962 3,684,273 4,055,959
1963 3,750,954 4,185,877
1964 3,819,722 4,320,006
1965 3,890,716 4,458,462
1966 3,964,155 4,601,217
1967 4,040,153 4,748,307
1968 4,118,550 4,900,440
1969 4,198,300 5,058,181
1970 4,277,535 5,215,918
1971 4,355,200 5,374,712
1972 4,431,292 5,542,445
1973 4,506,324 5,720,404
1974 4,580,510 5,908,328
1975 4,653,876 6,098,658
1976 4,727,022 6,287,105
1977 4,801,128 6,449,512
1978 4,877,854 6,543,575
1979 4,959,283 6,647,556
1980 5,047,419 7,041,303
1981 5,143,288 7,498,635
1982 5,247,672 7,796,496
1983 5,359,814 8,098,404
1984 5,480,096 8,391,488
1985 5,610,373 8,686,813
1986 5,750,668 8,982,578
1987 5,900,198 9,284,644
1988 6,056,574 9,583,094
1989 6,215,811 9,864,798
1990 6,434,374 10,137,281
1991 6,697,166 10,404,816
1992 6,914,366 10,702,700
1993 7,128,177 10,860,288
1994 7,345,107 10,873,148
1995 7,553,249 10,974,599
1996 7,770,035 11,158,360
1997 7,931,370 11,369,827
1998 8,081,990 11,594,297
1999 8,265,123 11,783,458
2000 8,428,832 11,892,055
2001 8,539,960 11,971,901
2002 8,674,066 12,087,653
2003 8,870,781 12,232,323
2004 9,062,726 12,365,896
2005 9,245,844 12,483,432
2006 9,441,171 12,636,445
2007 9,662,281 12,804,058
2008 9,898,870 12,959,149
2009 10,143,534 13,142,790
2010 10,396,086 13,356,548
2011 10,656,810 13,595,424
2012 10,921,581 13,817,887
2013 11,191,873 14,013,808
2014 11,472,924 14,207,359
2015 11,767,070 14,399,013
2016 12,073,030 14,600,294
2017 12,385,659 14,812,482
2018 12,704,774 15,034,452
2019 13,034,346 15,271,368
2020 13,371,183 15,526,888
2021 13,710,513 15,797,210
2022 14,055,137 16,069,056
2023 14,405,468 16,340,822
2024 14,754,785 16,634,373

Fertility rates in Guinea and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate
Guinea

Zimbabwe
Year Fertility rate
Guinea Zimbabwe
1960 6.11 7.2
1961 6.13 7.21
1962 6.14 7.23
1963 6.15 7.23
1964 6.17 7.23
1965 6.18 7.23
1966 6.19 7.2
1967 6.2 7.16
1968 6.21 7.11
1969 6.23 7.04
1970 6.24 6.98
1971 6.26 6.94
1972 6.28 6.94
1973 6.31 6.94
1974 6.34 6.88
1975 6.37 6.83
1976 6.4 6.77
1977 6.43 6.71
1978 6.44 6.66
1979 6.45 6.59
1980 6.46 6.52
1981 6.46 6.45
1982 6.49 6.33
1983 6.49 6.2
1984 6.51 6.04
1985 6.53 5.87
1986 6.55 5.69
1987 6.57 5.5
1988 6.56 5.28
1989 6.55 5.07
1990 6.52 4.88
1991 6.48 4.72
1992 6.45 4.57
1993 6.41 4.39
1994 6.36 4.28
1995 6.29 4.15
1996 6.21 4.11
1997 6.12 4.08
1998 6.05 4.07
1999 5.99 4.06
2000 5.92 4.01
2001 5.83 3.98
2002 5.78 3.93
2003 5.74 3.86
2004 5.73 3.78
2005 5.73 3.69
2006 5.7 3.64
2007 5.66 3.68
2008 5.6 3.78
2009 5.53 3.95
2010 5.44 4.04
2011 5.34 4.13
2012 5.23 4.13
2013 5.15 4.11
2014 5.07 4.01
2015 5 3.91
2016 4.92 3.83
2017 4.79 3.77
2018 4.67 3.74
2019 4.58 3.75
2020 4.49 3.75
2021 4.4 3.77
2022 4.3 3.77
2023 4.22 3.72

Guinea and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age
Guinea

Zimbabwe
Year Median age, years
Guinea Zimbabwe
1960 20.6 16.4
1961 20.5 16.2
1962 20.4 16
1963 20.4 15.8
1964 20.3 15.7
1965 20.2 15.7
1966 20.1 15.7
1967 20.1 15.7
1968 20 15.7
1969 20 15.7
1970 19.9 15.7
1971 19.8 15.8
1972 19.8 15.8
1973 19.7 15.8
1974 19.5 15.9
1975 19.4 15.9
1976 19.3 15.8
1977 19.2 15.8
1978 19 15.7
1979 18.9 15.6
1980 18.8 15.6
1981 18.7 15.7
1982 18.6 15.8
1983 18.5 15.8
1984 18.5 15.8
1985 18.4 15.9
1986 18.4 15.9
1987 18.4 15.9
1988 18.4 15.9
1989 18.3 16.1
1990 18.3 16.3
1991 18.3 16.5
1992 18.2 16.4
1993 18.2 16.3
1994 18.1 16.4
1995 18.1 16.6
1996 18 16.9
1997 17.9 17.2
1998 17.7 17.5
1999 17.6 17.7
2000 17.5 17.8
2001 17.3 18
2002 17.2 18.1
2003 17.2 18.2
2004 17.2 18.3
2005 17.2 18.3
2006 17.2 18.5
2007 17.2 18.5
2008 17.3 18.5
2009 17.3 18.4
2010 17.4 18.3
2011 17.5 18.2
2012 17.6 18.1
2013 17.7 18
2014 17.8 18
2015 18 18
2016 18.1 18
2017 18.2 18.1
2018 18.3 18.2
2019 18.5 18.3
2020 18.6 18.5
2021 18.8 18.6
2022 18.9 18.7
2023 19 18.9
2024 19.2 19

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guinea Zimbabwe
GNI, Atlas method
$21.7B
2024
$37.6B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
17.3%
2025
19.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.72%
2023
0.38%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.13%
2023
0.25%
2023
Armed forces personnel
13,000
2020
51,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.77%
2025
-0.5%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.02%
2019
9.29%
2023
Services, % of GDP
37.5%
2024
55.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.3%
2024
31.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
54.6
2025
35.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.1%
2018
40.5%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
3.5%
2018
1.9%
2019
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
69
1999
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.46B
1999
Total reserves including gold
$1.89B
2023
$485M
2024
Personal remittances received
$616M
2024
$3.6B
2024
International tourist arrivals
99,000
2017
639,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.01%
2020
1.25%
2020
Banked people share
36%
2024
49.5%
2024

Energy

Guinea Zimbabwe
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
417 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$8.55
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.72 megatons
2023
11.7 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.26 tons
2023
0.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
45.3%
2022
Renewable energy use share
66.6%
2022
82.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
7.59%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
17%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
539 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
88.1%
2021
72.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
87.4%
2021
67.6%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
51.1%
2023
62%
2023

Society

Guinea Zimbabwe
% of world population
0.18%
2024
0.2%
2024
Annual migration change
-12,024
2024
-60,528
2024
Urban population
38.5%
2024
32.7%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
5.6 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
29.7
2025
28.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
28
2024
21
2024
Higher education index
1
2025
46
2025
Homicides per 100K people
8.82
2015
0.51
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.7
2019
41.2
2019
Visa free countries
63
2025
72
2025
Adult literacy rate
45.3%
2021
89.8%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
82.1%
2023
People using the Internet
26.5%
2023
38.4%
2023

Health

Guinea Zimbabwe
Government health expenditure per capita
$55
2022
$70.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$30.5
2022
$5.76
2022
Life expectancy
61.1 years
2025
63.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
20.7%
2022
50%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.02
2022
0.17
2022
Age at first childbirth
19.9 years
2025
20.3 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
494
2023
358
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
95
2023
44.2
2023
Obesity rate
9.74%
2022
14.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
1.5%
2024
Air quality index
15
2025
29
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
11.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.52 liters
2020
2.67 liters
2020

Territory

Guinea Zimbabwe
% of world land
0.16%
2025
0.26%
2025
Land area per capita
6,430 sq mi
2024
8,979 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
69,475 sq mi
2025
62,422 sq mi
2025
Forest area
23,433 sq mi
2025
66,820 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
60,439 mi
2019

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