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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Mozambique	Guinea-Bissau	Mozambique
1960	577,633	6,713,695	-	-
1961	582,532	6,834,936	0.85%	1.81%
1962	589,474	6,969,364	1.19%	1.97%
1963	594,418	7,109,828	0.84%	2.02%
1964	588,543	7,255,061	-0.99%	2.04%
1965	575,005	7,406,421	-2.3%	2.09%
1966	566,908	7,562,990	-1.41%	2.11%
1967	569,011	7,724,550	0.37%	2.14%
1968	578,170	7,892,613	1.61%	2.18%
1969	581,610	8,066,951	0.59%	2.21%
1970	584,403	8,250,506	0.48%	2.28%
1971	586,221	8,456,317	0.31%	2.49%
1972	586,620	8,692,935	0.07%	2.8%
1973	592,808	8,954,242	1.05%	3.01%
1974	613,338	9,236,093	3.46%	3.15%
1975	650,966	9,540,817	6.13%	3.3%
1976	694,191	9,867,209	6.64%	3.42%
1977	741,789	10,224,975	6.86%	3.63%
1978	791,694	10,618,250	6.73%	3.85%
1979	819,867	11,028,809	3.56%	3.87%
1980	829,303	11,336,221	1.15%	2.79%
1981	842,432	11,568,127	1.58%	2.05%
1982	855,891	11,824,370	1.6%	2.22%
1983	869,592	12,073,822	1.6%	2.11%
1984	883,519	12,315,954	1.6%	2.01%
1985	897,697	12,548,949	1.6%	1.89%
1986	912,126	12,770,578	1.61%	1.77%
1987	926,862	12,822,574	1.62%	0.41%
1988	942,061	12,800,558	1.64%	-0.17%
1989	957,789	12,906,842	1.67%	0.83%
1990	973,669	13,094,537	1.66%	1.45%
1991	994,639	13,352,090	2.15%	1.97%
1992	1,024,356	13,613,316	2.99%	1.96%
1993	1,058,745	14,051,192	3.36%	3.22%
1994	1,092,031	15,033,853	3.14%	6.99%
1995	1,119,949	15,960,530	2.56%	6.16%
1996	1,143,535	16,492,480	2.11%	3.33%
1997	1,165,545	16,949,982	1.92%	2.77%
1998	1,187,473	17,340,464	1.88%	2.3%
1999	1,210,206	17,734,506	1.91%	2.27%
2000	1,234,741	18,129,653	2.03%	2.23%
2001	1,261,273	18,537,729	2.15%	2.25%
2002	1,289,307	18,958,338	2.22%	2.27%
2003	1,318,806	19,392,475	2.29%	2.29%
2004	1,349,563	19,840,313	2.33%	2.31%
2005	1,381,585	20,304,569	2.37%	2.34%
2006	1,415,303	20,787,087	2.44%	2.38%
2007	1,450,986	21,287,635	2.52%	2.41%
2008	1,488,054	21,819,036	2.55%	2.5%
2009	1,526,377	22,391,745	2.58%	2.62%
2010	1,566,347	22,999,235	2.62%	2.71%
2011	1,608,076	23,649,039	2.66%	2.83%
2012	1,651,417	24,337,846	2.7%	2.91%
2013	1,695,973	25,051,611	2.7%	2.93%
2014	1,741,122	25,788,475	2.66%	2.94%
2015	1,786,457	26,547,572	2.6%	2.94%
2016	1,831,893	27,337,105	2.54%	2.97%
2017	1,877,072	28,166,393	2.47%	3.03%
2018	1,922,168	29,018,644	2.4%	3.03%
2019	1,967,696	29,884,380	2.37%	2.98%
2020	2,013,255	30,783,688	2.32%	3.01%
2021	2,058,841	31,707,800	2.26%	3%
2022	2,105,529	32,656,246	2.27%	2.99%
2023	2,153,339	33,635,160	2.27%	3%
2024	2,201,352	34,631,766	2.23%	2.96%
2025	2,249,512	35,631,656	2.19%	2.89%
2026	2,297,807	36,639,853	2.15%	2.83%
2027	2,346,190	37,668,656	2.11%	2.81%
2028	2,394,226	38,714,097	2.05%	2.78%
2029	2,441,574	39,774,947	1.98%	2.74%
2030	2,488,931	40,846,749	1.94%	2.69%
2031	2,536,893	41,931,250	1.93%	2.66%
2032	2,585,565	43,032,887	1.92%	2.63%
2033	2,634,701	44,144,533	1.9%	2.58%
2034	2,683,078	45,273,522	1.84%	2.56%
2035	2,730,136	46,411,774	1.75%	2.51%
2036	2,777,887	47,548,671	1.75%	2.45%
2037	2,826,159	48,684,563	1.74%	2.39%
2038	2,873,929	49,822,039	1.69%	2.34%
2039	2,921,973	50,971,124	1.67%	2.31%
2040	2,969,699	52,124,215	1.63%	2.26%
2041	3,016,537	53,271,004	1.58%	2.2%
2042	3,063,161	54,423,407	1.55%	2.16%
2043	3,109,927	55,574,711	1.53%	2.12%
2044	3,156,704	56,716,585	1.5%	2.05%
2045	3,204,242	57,851,787	1.51%	2%
2046	3,251,465	58,981,102	1.47%	1.95%
2047	3,298,563	60,117,587	1.45%	1.93%
2048	3,345,853	61,254,584	1.43%	1.89%
2049	3,392,557	62,397,018	1.4%	1.87%
2050	3,438,597	63,530,955	1.36%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.