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Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Indonesia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 283,487,931 people in Indonesia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 287,460,768 in Indonesia.

Population statistics:

  • Indonesia's population is 125.6 times bigger than Guinea-Bissau's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while Indonesia is the 4th.
  • The countries together account for 3.5% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 3.48% for Indonesia.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +0.94% in Indonesia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while Indonesia has grown from 231M to 287M (24.5% growth).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people compared to the peak of 323M people in 2058 for Indonesia.

Guinea-Bissau vs Indonesia: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau Indonesia
Current population
2288306
287460768
Population rank 146/197 4/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 3.48%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
13.7 seconds
One birth every
8.13 minutes
7.04 seconds
One death every
34.6 minutes
14.9 seconds
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
13.7 minutes
Annual migration change -1,712 -38,469
Daily growth/decline +132 +6,296
Annual growth/decline +48,013 +2,297,864
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% +0.82%
Population growth rate rank 44/197 117/197

Guinea-Bissau and Indonesia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
Indonesia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia
1960 577,633 88,296,070 - -
1961 582,532 90,791,249 0.85% 2.83%
1962 589,474 93,375,850 1.19% 2.85%
1963 594,418 96,051,424 0.84% 2.87%
1964 588,543 98,833,749 -0.99% 2.9%
1965 575,005 101,365,130 -2.3% 2.56%
1966 566,908 103,792,754 -1.41% 2.39%
1967 569,011 106,526,393 0.37% 2.63%
1968 578,170 109,450,006 1.61% 2.74%
1969 581,610 112,517,639 0.59% 2.8%
1970 584,403 115,657,495 0.48% 2.79%
1971 586,221 118,833,702 0.31% 2.75%
1972 586,620 122,039,841 0.07% 2.7%
1973 592,808 125,288,515 1.05% 2.66%
1974 613,338 128,555,045 3.46% 2.61%
1975 650,966 131,843,848 6.13% 2.56%
1976 694,191 135,173,655 6.64% 2.53%
1977 741,789 138,533,541 6.86% 2.49%
1978 791,694 141,953,163 6.73% 2.47%
1979 819,867 145,434,834 3.56% 2.45%
1980 829,303 148,950,540 1.15% 2.42%
1981 842,432 152,485,035 1.58% 2.37%
1982 855,891 156,052,152 1.6% 2.34%
1983 869,592 159,651,381 1.6% 2.31%
1984 883,519 163,251,124 1.6% 2.25%
1985 897,697 166,776,185 1.6% 2.16%
1986 912,126 170,175,065 1.61% 2.04%
1987 926,862 173,511,154 1.62% 1.96%
1988 942,061 176,855,065 1.64% 1.93%
1989 957,789 180,201,630 1.67% 1.89%
1990 973,669 183,501,098 1.66% 1.83%
1991 994,639 186,778,238 2.15% 1.79%
1992 1,024,356 190,043,744 2.99% 1.75%
1993 1,058,745 193,305,168 3.36% 1.72%
1994 1,092,031 196,591,828 3.14% 1.7%
1995 1,119,949 199,888,057 2.56% 1.68%
1996 1,143,535 203,204,348 2.11% 1.66%
1997 1,165,545 206,536,095 1.92% 1.64%
1998 1,187,473 209,826,788 1.88% 1.59%
1999 1,210,206 213,004,668 1.91% 1.51%
2000 1,234,741 216,077,790 2.03% 1.44%
2001 1,261,273 219,097,902 2.15% 1.4%
2002 1,289,307 222,088,495 2.22% 1.36%
2003 1,318,806 225,048,008 2.29% 1.33%
2004 1,349,563 227,926,649 2.33% 1.28%
2005 1,381,585 230,871,650 2.37% 1.29%
2006 1,415,303 233,951,652 2.44% 1.33%
2007 1,450,986 237,062,337 2.52% 1.33%
2008 1,488,054 240,157,903 2.55% 1.31%
2009 1,526,377 243,220,028 2.58% 1.28%
2010 1,566,347 246,305,322 2.62% 1.27%
2011 1,608,076 249,470,032 2.66% 1.28%
2012 1,651,417 252,698,525 2.7% 1.29%
2013 1,695,973 255,852,467 2.7% 1.25%
2014 1,741,122 258,877,399 2.66% 1.18%
2015 1,786,457 261,799,249 2.6% 1.13%
2016 1,831,893 264,627,418 2.54% 1.08%
2017 1,877,072 267,346,658 2.47% 1.03%
2018 1,922,168 269,951,846 2.4% 0.97%
2019 1,967,696 272,489,381 2.37% 0.94%
2020 2,013,255 274,814,866 2.32% 0.85%
2021 2,058,841 276,758,053 2.26% 0.71%
2022 2,105,529 278,830,529 2.27% 0.75%
2023 2,153,339 281,190,067 2.27% 0.85%
2024 2,201,352 283,487,931 2.23% 0.82%
2025 2,249,512 285,721,231 2.19% 0.79%
2026 2,297,807 287,886,778 2.15% 0.76%
2027 2,346,190 289,986,520 2.11% 0.73%
2028 2,394,226 292,016,774 2.05% 0.7%
2029 2,441,574 293,978,106 1.98% 0.67%
2030 2,488,931 295,876,644 1.94% 0.65%
2031 2,536,893 297,719,741 1.93% 0.62%
2032 2,585,565 299,510,654 1.92% 0.6%
2033 2,634,701 301,250,975 1.9% 0.58%
2034 2,683,078 302,938,571 1.84% 0.56%
2035 2,730,136 304,566,615 1.75% 0.54%
2036 2,777,887 306,135,097 1.75% 0.51%
2037 2,826,159 307,646,407 1.74% 0.49%
2038 2,873,929 309,096,450 1.69% 0.47%
2039 2,921,973 310,481,116 1.67% 0.45%
2040 2,969,699 311,797,391 1.63% 0.42%
2041 3,016,537 313,041,656 1.58% 0.4%
2042 3,063,161 314,211,278 1.55% 0.37%
2043 3,109,927 315,304,309 1.53% 0.35%
2044 3,156,704 316,318,412 1.5% 0.32%
2045 3,204,242 317,249,609 1.51% 0.29%
2046 3,251,465 318,096,567 1.47% 0.27%
2047 3,298,563 318,862,018 1.45% 0.24%
2048 3,345,853 319,554,646 1.43% 0.22%
2049 3,392,557 320,173,244 1.4% 0.19%
2050 3,438,597 320,712,941 1.36% 0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2005 and still ranked 4th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Indonesia will increase by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.

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