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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Mali	Guinea-Bissau	Mali
1960	577,633	5,402,550	-	-
1961	582,532	5,482,283	0.85%	1.48%
1962	589,474	5,563,917	1.19%	1.49%
1963	594,418	5,646,605	0.84%	1.49%
1964	588,543	5,730,125	-0.99%	1.48%
1965	575,005	5,815,487	-2.3%	1.49%
1966	566,908	5,902,204	-1.41%	1.49%
1967	569,011	5,990,906	0.37%	1.5%
1968	578,170	6,082,979	1.61%	1.54%
1969	581,610	6,177,704	0.59%	1.56%
1970	584,403	6,276,472	0.48%	1.6%
1971	586,221	6,377,944	0.31%	1.62%
1972	586,620	6,483,726	0.07%	1.66%
1973	592,808	6,597,106	1.05%	1.75%
1974	613,338	6,715,436	3.46%	1.79%
1975	650,966	6,837,261	6.13%	1.81%
1976	694,191	6,960,979	6.64%	1.81%
1977	741,789	7,090,979	6.86%	1.87%
1978	791,694	7,229,651	6.73%	1.96%
1979	819,867	7,375,266	3.56%	2.01%
1980	829,303	7,530,515	1.15%	2.1%
1981	842,432	7,692,766	1.58%	2.15%
1982	855,891	7,860,194	1.6%	2.18%
1983	869,592	8,034,400	1.6%	2.22%
1984	883,519	8,208,599	1.6%	2.17%
1985	897,697	8,374,663	1.6%	2.02%
1986	912,126	8,531,277	1.61%	1.87%
1987	926,862	8,681,164	1.62%	1.76%
1988	942,061	8,833,996	1.64%	1.76%
1989	957,789	8,999,938	1.67%	1.88%
1990	973,669	9,178,830	1.66%	1.99%
1991	994,639	9,362,888	2.15%	2.01%
1992	1,024,356	9,553,540	2.99%	2.04%
1993	1,058,745	9,754,786	3.36%	2.11%
1994	1,092,031	9,967,031	3.14%	2.18%
1995	1,119,949	10,185,365	2.56%	2.19%
1996	1,143,535	10,407,278	2.11%	2.18%
1997	1,165,545	10,646,495	1.92%	2.3%
1998	1,187,473	10,919,573	1.88%	2.56%
1999	1,210,206	11,227,415	1.91%	2.82%
2000	1,234,741	11,559,290	2.03%	2.96%
2001	1,261,273	11,912,158	2.15%	3.05%
2002	1,289,307	12,288,050	2.22%	3.16%
2003	1,318,806	12,684,955	2.29%	3.23%
2004	1,349,563	13,102,409	2.33%	3.29%
2005	1,381,585	13,538,647	2.37%	3.33%
2006	1,415,303	13,990,139	2.44%	3.33%
2007	1,450,986	14,457,775	2.52%	3.34%
2008	1,488,054	14,940,782	2.55%	3.34%
2009	1,526,377	15,435,539	2.58%	3.31%
2010	1,566,347	15,945,198	2.62%	3.3%
2011	1,608,076	16,469,049	2.66%	3.29%
2012	1,651,417	16,957,033	2.7%	2.96%
2013	1,695,973	17,459,615	2.7%	2.96%
2014	1,741,122	18,020,267	2.66%	3.21%
2015	1,786,457	18,593,022	2.6%	3.18%
2016	1,831,893	19,191,289	2.54%	3.22%
2017	1,877,072	19,813,011	2.47%	3.24%
2018	1,922,168	20,442,030	2.4%	3.17%
2019	1,967,696	21,068,405	2.37%	3.06%
2020	2,013,255	21,713,836	2.32%	3.06%
2021	2,058,841	22,388,630	2.26%	3.11%
2022	2,105,529	23,072,640	2.27%	3.06%
2023	2,153,339	23,769,127	2.27%	3.02%
2024	2,201,352	24,478,595	2.23%	2.98%
2025	2,249,512	25,198,817	2.19%	2.94%
2026	2,297,807	25,932,275	2.15%	2.91%
2027	2,346,190	26,679,171	2.11%	2.88%
2028	2,394,226	27,440,613	2.05%	2.85%
2029	2,441,574	28,215,513	1.98%	2.82%
2030	2,488,931	29,002,864	1.94%	2.79%
2031	2,536,893	29,804,545	1.93%	2.76%
2032	2,585,565	30,618,893	1.92%	2.73%
2033	2,634,701	31,442,801	1.9%	2.69%
2034	2,683,078	32,276,672	1.84%	2.65%
2035	2,730,136	33,118,344	1.75%	2.61%
2036	2,777,887	33,967,889	1.75%	2.57%
2037	2,826,159	34,823,450	1.74%	2.52%
2038	2,873,929	35,685,576	1.69%	2.48%
2039	2,921,973	36,549,487	1.67%	2.42%
2040	2,969,699	37,413,641	1.63%	2.36%
2041	3,016,537	38,280,868	1.58%	2.32%
2042	3,063,161	39,151,280	1.55%	2.27%
2043	3,109,927	40,026,317	1.53%	2.24%
2044	3,156,704	40,902,500	1.5%	2.19%
2045	3,204,242	41,778,984	1.51%	2.14%
2046	3,251,465	42,655,642	1.47%	2.1%
2047	3,298,563	43,530,852	1.45%	2.05%
2048	3,345,853	44,405,715	1.43%	2.01%
2049	3,392,557	45,279,772	1.4%	1.97%
2050	3,438,597	46,154,079	1.36%	1.93%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Mali gained 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Mali's population increased by 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Mali was ranked 66th in 2005 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 79% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.