The current population of Guinea-Bissau is 2,288,306 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 2,201,352 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach 4.67M people in 2100.
- Guinea-Bissau is ranked 146/197 by population and was ranked 148th in 2005.
- Guinea-Bissau accounts for 0.03% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of 3.28% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth in 20 years).
Guinea-Bissau population clock
Guinea-Bissau
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World
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
2288306
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8266870341
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| Population rank | 146/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | N/A |
| One net population change |
10.9 minutes
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0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
8.13 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
34.6 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +132 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +48,013 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.23% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 44/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
5.12 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -1,712 | N/A |
Guinea-Bissau population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 577,633 | - |
| 1961 | 582,532 | 0.85% |
| 1962 | 589,474 | 1.19% |
| 1963 | 594,418 | 0.84% |
| 1964 | 588,543 | -0.99% |
| 1965 | 575,005 | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 566,908 | -1.41% |
| 1967 | 569,011 | 0.37% |
| 1968 | 578,170 | 1.61% |
| 1969 | 581,610 | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 584,403 | 0.48% |
| 1971 | 586,221 | 0.31% |
| 1972 | 586,620 | 0.07% |
| 1973 | 592,808 | 1.05% |
| 1974 | 613,338 | 3.46% |
| 1975 | 650,966 | 6.13% |
| 1976 | 694,191 | 6.64% |
| 1977 | 741,789 | 6.86% |
| 1978 | 791,694 | 6.73% |
| 1979 | 819,867 | 3.56% |
| 1980 | 829,303 | 1.15% |
| 1981 | 842,432 | 1.58% |
| 1982 | 855,891 | 1.6% |
| 1983 | 869,592 | 1.6% |
| 1984 | 883,519 | 1.6% |
| 1985 | 897,697 | 1.6% |
| 1986 | 912,126 | 1.61% |
| 1987 | 926,862 | 1.62% |
| 1988 | 942,061 | 1.64% |
| 1989 | 957,789 | 1.67% |
| 1990 | 973,669 | 1.66% |
| 1991 | 994,639 | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 1,024,356 | 2.99% |
| 1993 | 1,058,745 | 3.36% |
| 1994 | 1,092,031 | 3.14% |
| 1995 | 1,119,949 | 2.56% |
| 1996 | 1,143,535 | 2.11% |
| 1997 | 1,165,545 | 1.92% |
| 1998 | 1,187,473 | 1.88% |
| 1999 | 1,210,206 | 1.91% |
| 2000 | 1,234,741 | 2.03% |
| 2001 | 1,261,273 | 2.15% |
| 2002 | 1,289,307 | 2.22% |
| 2003 | 1,318,806 | 2.29% |
| 2004 | 1,349,563 | 2.33% |
| 2005 | 1,381,585 | 2.37% |
| 2006 | 1,415,303 | 2.44% |
| 2007 | 1,450,986 | 2.52% |
| 2008 | 1,488,054 | 2.55% |
| 2009 | 1,526,377 | 2.58% |
| 2010 | 1,566,347 | 2.62% |
| 2011 | 1,608,076 | 2.66% |
| 2012 | 1,651,417 | 2.7% |
| 2013 | 1,695,973 | 2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,741,122 | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 1,786,457 | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 1,831,893 | 2.54% |
| 2017 | 1,877,072 | 2.47% |
| 2018 | 1,922,168 | 2.4% |
| 2019 | 1,967,696 | 2.37% |
| 2020 | 2,013,255 | 2.32% |
| 2021 | 2,058,841 | 2.26% |
| 2022 | 2,105,529 | 2.27% |
| 2023 | 2,153,339 | 2.27% |
| 2024 | 2,201,352 | 2.23% |
| 2025 | 2,249,512 | 2.19% |
| 2026 | 2,297,807 | 2.15% |
| 2027 | 2,346,190 | 2.11% |
| 2028 | 2,394,226 | 2.05% |
| 2029 | 2,441,574 | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 2,488,931 | 1.94% |
| 2031 | 2,536,893 | 1.93% |
| 2032 | 2,585,565 | 1.92% |
| 2033 | 2,634,701 | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 2,683,078 | 1.84% |
| 2035 | 2,730,136 | 1.75% |
| 2036 | 2,777,887 | 1.75% |
| 2037 | 2,826,159 | 1.74% |
| 2038 | 2,873,929 | 1.69% |
| 2039 | 2,921,973 | 1.67% |
| 2040 | 2,969,699 | 1.63% |
| 2041 | 3,016,537 | 1.58% |
| 2042 | 3,063,161 | 1.55% |
| 2043 | 3,109,927 | 1.53% |
| 2044 | 3,156,704 | 1.5% |
| 2045 | 3,204,242 | 1.51% |
| 2046 | 3,251,465 | 1.47% |
| 2047 | 3,298,563 | 1.45% |
| 2048 | 3,345,853 | 1.43% |
| 2049 | 3,392,557 | 1.4% |
| 2050 | 3,438,597 | 1.36% |
Guinea-Bissau has a population of 2.29M as of 2025, compared to 1.79M in 2015, 1.38M in 2005, and 1.12M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.81% per year. Guinea-Bissau is ranked 41st out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Guinea-Bissau will have 3,204,242 people (40% growth) with a rank change from 146th to 139th.
By the year 2100, Guinea-Bissau's population is projected to grow by 103.9% to 4.67M people.
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Guinea-Bissau population statistics
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Guinea-Bissau
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 64.4 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 24.2 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 20.2 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.84 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 202.8 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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