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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • Guinea-Bissau's population is 16.6 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.

Guinea-Bissau vs Kiribati: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau Kiribati
Current population
2288306
138067
Population rank 146/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.002%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
4.41 hours
One birth every
8.13 minutes
2.56 hours
One death every
34.6 minutes
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
18.6 hours
Annual migration change -1,712 -471
Daily growth/decline +132 +5
Annual growth/decline +48,013 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 44/197 74/197

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

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau Kiribati Guinea-Bissau Kiribati
1960 577,633 47,157 - -
1961 582,532 48,323 0.85% 2.47%
1962 589,474 49,538 1.19% 2.51%
1963 594,418 50,791 0.84% 2.53%
1964 588,543 52,088 -0.99% 2.55%
1965 575,005 53,439 -2.3% 2.59%
1966 566,908 54,425 -1.41% 1.85%
1967 569,011 54,996 0.37% 1.05%
1968 578,170 55,529 1.61% 0.97%
1969 581,610 56,360 0.59% 1.5%
1970 584,403 57,510 0.48% 2.04%
1971 586,221 58,652 0.31% 1.99%
1972 586,620 59,778 0.07% 1.92%
1973 592,808 60,824 1.05% 1.75%
1974 613,338 61,219 3.46% 0.65%
1975 650,966 60,987 6.13% -0.38%
1976 694,191 60,661 6.64% -0.53%
1977 741,789 60,267 6.86% -0.65%
1978 791,694 59,864 6.73% -0.67%
1979 819,867 60,172 3.56% 0.51%
1980 829,303 61,148 1.15% 1.62%
1981 842,432 62,121 1.58% 1.59%
1982 855,891 63,134 1.6% 1.63%
1983 869,592 64,169 1.6% 1.64%
1984 883,519 65,228 1.6% 1.65%
1985 897,697 66,496 1.6% 1.94%
1986 912,126 68,059 1.61% 2.35%
1987 926,862 69,733 1.62% 2.46%
1988 942,061 71,427 1.64% 2.43%
1989 957,789 73,147 1.67% 2.41%
1990 973,669 74,855 1.66% 2.34%
1991 994,639 76,367 2.15% 2.02%
1992 1,024,356 77,641 2.99% 1.67%
1993 1,058,745 78,841 3.36% 1.55%
1994 1,092,031 80,021 3.14% 1.5%
1995 1,119,949 81,234 2.56% 1.52%
1996 1,143,535 82,623 2.11% 1.71%
1997 1,165,545 84,147 1.92% 1.84%
1998 1,187,473 85,657 1.88% 1.79%
1999 1,210,206 87,126 1.91% 1.71%
2000 1,234,741 88,613 2.03% 1.71%
2001 1,261,273 90,335 2.15% 1.94%
2002 1,289,307 92,264 2.22% 2.14%
2003 1,318,806 94,175 2.29% 2.07%
2004 1,349,563 96,085 2.33% 2.03%
2005 1,381,585 98,035 2.37% 2.03%
2006 1,415,303 100,017 2.44% 2.02%
2007 1,450,986 102,068 2.52% 2.05%
2008 1,488,054 104,222 2.55% 2.11%
2009 1,526,377 106,467 2.58% 2.15%
2010 1,566,347 108,704 2.62% 2.1%
2011 1,608,076 110,647 2.66% 1.79%
2012 1,651,417 112,284 2.7% 1.48%
2013 1,695,973 113,838 2.7% 1.38%
2014 1,741,122 115,326 2.66% 1.31%
2015 1,786,457 116,815 2.6% 1.29%
2016 1,831,893 118,478 2.54% 1.42%
2017 1,877,072 120,275 2.47% 1.52%
2018 1,922,168 122,084 2.4% 1.5%
2019 1,967,696 123,921 2.37% 1.5%
2020 2,013,255 126,099 2.32% 1.76%
2021 2,058,841 128,377 2.26% 1.81%
2022 2,105,529 130,469 2.27% 1.63%
2023 2,153,339 132,530 2.27% 1.58%
2024 2,201,352 134,518 2.23% 1.5%
2025 2,249,512 136,501 2.19% 1.47%
2026 2,297,807 138,451 2.15% 1.43%
2027 2,346,190 140,405 2.11% 1.41%
2028 2,394,226 142,335 2.05% 1.37%
2029 2,441,574 144,231 1.98% 1.33%
2030 2,488,931 146,130 1.94% 1.32%
2031 2,536,893 148,028 1.93% 1.3%
2032 2,585,565 149,915 1.92% 1.27%
2033 2,634,701 151,768 1.9% 1.24%
2034 2,683,078 153,602 1.84% 1.21%
2035 2,730,136 155,447 1.75% 1.2%
2036 2,777,887 157,316 1.75% 1.2%
2037 2,826,159 159,188 1.74% 1.19%
2038 2,873,929 161,050 1.69% 1.17%
2039 2,921,973 162,895 1.67% 1.15%
2040 2,969,699 164,711 1.63% 1.11%
2041 3,016,537 166,508 1.58% 1.09%
2042 3,063,161 168,325 1.55% 1.09%
2043 3,109,927 170,182 1.53% 1.1%
2044 3,156,704 172,012 1.5% 1.08%
2045 3,204,242 173,818 1.51% 1.05%
2046 3,251,465 175,629 1.47% 1.04%
2047 3,298,563 177,392 1.45% 1%
2048 3,345,853 179,152 1.43% 0.99%
2049 3,392,557 180,915 1.4% 0.98%
2050 3,438,597 182,629 1.36% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

Biggest cities by population

Guinea-Bissau
City Population
Bissau 492K
Bafata 29.6K
Kiribati
City Population
South Tarawa 63.4K
London 1.9K

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