The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 91,567,738 people in Iran in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 93,020,793 in Iran.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 40.7 times bigger than Guinea-Bissau's.
- Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while Iran is the 17th.
- The countries together account for 1.15% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 1.13% for Iran.
- For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +1.19% in Iran.
- Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while Iran has grown from 71.8M to 93M (29.5% growth).
- Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people compared to the peak of 102M people in 2053 for Iran.
Guinea-Bissau vs Iran: live population counter
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| Current population |
2288306
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93020793
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| Population rank | 146/197 | 17/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 1.13% |
| One net population change |
10.9 minutes
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32.9 seconds
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| One birth every |
8.13 minutes
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26.9 seconds
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| One death every |
34.6 minutes
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1.24 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.12 hours
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2.76 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,712 | +190,156 |
| Daily growth/decline | +132 | +2,627 |
| Annual growth/decline | +48,013 | +959,031 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.23% | +1.06% |
| Population growth rate rank | 44/197 | 100/197 |
Guinea-Bissau and Iran: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 577,633 | 21,470,434 | - | - |
| 1961 | 582,532 | 22,125,726 | 0.85% | 3.05% |
| 1962 | 589,474 | 22,807,907 | 1.19% | 3.08% |
| 1963 | 594,418 | 23,519,005 | 0.84% | 3.12% |
| 1964 | 588,543 | 24,262,859 | -0.99% | 3.16% |
| 1965 | 575,005 | 25,036,978 | -2.3% | 3.19% |
| 1966 | 566,908 | 25,829,270 | -1.41% | 3.16% |
| 1967 | 569,011 | 26,628,432 | 0.37% | 3.09% |
| 1968 | 578,170 | 27,437,391 | 1.61% | 3.04% |
| 1969 | 581,610 | 28,273,482 | 0.59% | 3.05% |
| 1970 | 584,403 | 29,145,100 | 0.48% | 3.08% |
| 1971 | 586,221 | 30,029,071 | 0.31% | 3.03% |
| 1972 | 586,620 | 30,921,179 | 0.07% | 2.97% |
| 1973 | 592,808 | 31,839,838 | 1.05% | 2.97% |
| 1974 | 613,338 | 32,796,463 | 3.46% | 3% |
| 1975 | 650,966 | 33,802,973 | 6.13% | 3.07% |
| 1976 | 694,191 | 34,837,271 | 6.64% | 3.06% |
| 1977 | 741,789 | 35,933,181 | 6.86% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 791,694 | 37,126,535 | 6.73% | 3.32% |
| 1979 | 819,867 | 38,424,952 | 3.56% | 3.5% |
| 1980 | 829,303 | 39,842,324 | 1.15% | 3.69% |
| 1981 | 842,432 | 41,989,312 | 1.58% | 5.39% |
| 1982 | 855,891 | 44,272,141 | 1.6% | 5.44% |
| 1983 | 869,592 | 46,029,535 | 1.6% | 3.97% |
| 1984 | 883,519 | 47,793,998 | 1.6% | 3.83% |
| 1985 | 897,697 | 49,582,289 | 1.6% | 3.74% |
| 1986 | 912,126 | 51,446,045 | 1.61% | 3.76% |
| 1987 | 926,862 | 53,323,493 | 1.62% | 3.65% |
| 1988 | 942,061 | 55,072,694 | 1.64% | 3.28% |
| 1989 | 957,789 | 56,704,914 | 1.67% | 2.96% |
| 1990 | 973,669 | 58,380,092 | 1.66% | 2.95% |
| 1991 | 994,639 | 59,986,931 | 2.15% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 1,024,356 | 61,184,983 | 2.99% | 2% |
| 1993 | 1,058,745 | 61,403,543 | 3.36% | 0.36% |
| 1994 | 1,092,031 | 61,520,598 | 3.14% | 0.19% |
| 1995 | 1,119,949 | 62,205,567 | 2.56% | 1.11% |
| 1996 | 1,143,535 | 62,881,300 | 2.11% | 1.09% |
| 1997 | 1,165,545 | 63,639,638 | 1.92% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 1,187,473 | 64,519,859 | 1.88% | 1.38% |
| 1999 | 1,210,206 | 65,445,391 | 1.91% | 1.43% |
| 2000 | 1,234,741 | 66,418,659 | 2.03% | 1.49% |
| 2001 | 1,261,273 | 67,452,005 | 2.15% | 1.56% |
| 2002 | 1,289,307 | 68,011,317 | 2.22% | 0.83% |
| 2003 | 1,318,806 | 68,769,340 | 2.29% | 1.11% |
| 2004 | 1,349,563 | 70,256,316 | 2.33% | 2.16% |
| 2005 | 1,381,585 | 71,828,455 | 2.37% | 2.24% |
| 2006 | 1,415,303 | 73,392,747 | 2.44% | 2.18% |
| 2007 | 1,450,986 | 74,602,648 | 2.52% | 1.65% |
| 2008 | 1,488,054 | 75,514,204 | 2.55% | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 1,526,377 | 76,457,825 | 2.58% | 1.25% |
| 2010 | 1,566,347 | 77,420,842 | 2.62% | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 1,608,076 | 78,383,598 | 2.66% | 1.24% |
| 2012 | 1,651,417 | 79,370,580 | 2.7% | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 1,695,973 | 80,414,686 | 2.7% | 1.32% |
| 2014 | 1,741,122 | 81,502,045 | 2.66% | 1.35% |
| 2015 | 1,786,457 | 82,619,362 | 2.6% | 1.37% |
| 2016 | 1,831,893 | 83,812,228 | 2.54% | 1.44% |
| 2017 | 1,877,072 | 85,026,754 | 2.47% | 1.45% |
| 2018 | 1,922,168 | 86,117,998 | 2.4% | 1.28% |
| 2019 | 1,967,696 | 87,051,648 | 2.37% | 1.08% |
| 2020 | 2,013,255 | 87,723,443 | 2.32% | 0.77% |
| 2021 | 2,058,841 | 88,455,488 | 2.26% | 0.83% |
| 2022 | 2,105,529 | 89,524,246 | 2.27% | 1.21% |
| 2023 | 2,153,339 | 90,608,707 | 2.27% | 1.21% |
| 2024 | 2,201,352 | 91,567,738 | 2.23% | 1.06% |
| 2025 | 2,249,512 | 92,417,685 | 2.19% | 0.93% |
| 2026 | 2,297,807 | 93,168,494 | 2.15% | 0.81% |
| 2027 | 2,346,190 | 93,838,646 | 2.11% | 0.72% |
| 2028 | 2,394,226 | 94,440,024 | 2.05% | 0.64% |
| 2029 | 2,441,574 | 94,985,102 | 1.98% | 0.58% |
| 2030 | 2,488,931 | 95,486,672 | 1.94% | 0.53% |
| 2031 | 2,536,893 | 95,960,723 | 1.93% | 0.5% |
| 2032 | 2,585,565 | 96,415,457 | 1.92% | 0.47% |
| 2033 | 2,634,701 | 96,850,659 | 1.9% | 0.45% |
| 2034 | 2,683,078 | 97,271,044 | 1.84% | 0.43% |
| 2035 | 2,730,136 | 97,679,258 | 1.75% | 0.42% |
| 2036 | 2,777,887 | 98,075,324 | 1.75% | 0.41% |
| 2037 | 2,826,159 | 98,458,805 | 1.74% | 0.39% |
| 2038 | 2,873,929 | 98,828,318 | 1.69% | 0.38% |
| 2039 | 2,921,973 | 99,182,806 | 1.67% | 0.36% |
| 2040 | 2,969,699 | 99,524,286 | 1.63% | 0.34% |
| 2041 | 3,016,537 | 99,853,719 | 1.58% | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 3,063,161 | 100,167,076 | 1.55% | 0.31% |
| 2043 | 3,109,927 | 100,462,092 | 1.53% | 0.29% |
| 2044 | 3,156,704 | 100,737,592 | 1.5% | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 3,204,242 | 100,990,622 | 1.51% | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 3,251,465 | 101,219,689 | 1.47% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 3,298,563 | 101,424,009 | 1.45% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 3,345,853 | 101,601,932 | 1.43% | 0.18% |
| 2049 | 3,392,557 | 101,748,544 | 1.4% | 0.14% |
| 2050 | 3,438,597 | 101,862,002 | 1.36% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).
Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.
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Population differences between Guinea-Bissau and Iran
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| Life expectancy | 64.4 years | 78.1 years |
| Average age | 24.2 years | 34.3 years |
| Median age | 20.2 years | 34.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 3.84 births per woman | 1.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 202.8 ppl/mi² | 146.2 ppl/mi² |
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