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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 19,051,804 people in Romania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,298,335 people compared to 18,836,893 in Romania.

Population statistics:

  • Romania's population is 8.2 times bigger than Guinea-Bissau's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 70th.
  • The countries together account for 0.26% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 0.23% for Romania.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs -0.43% in Romania.
  • Since 2006, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.42M people to 2.3M (62.4% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.2M to 18.8M (11.1% decline).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people, while Romania's population already peaked in 1990 at 23.2M people and is projected to decrease to 10.8M people by 2100.

Guinea-Bissau vs Romania: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau Romania
Current population
2298335
18836893
Population rank 146/197 70/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.23%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
56.8 minutes
One birth every
8.13 minutes
3.45 minutes
One death every
34.6 minutes
2.17 minutes
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
18.5 minutes
Annual migration change -1,712 -28,466
Daily growth/decline +132 -25
Annual growth/decline +48,013 -9,258
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% -0.05%
Population growth rate rank 42/197 170/197

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

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
Romania
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau Romania Guinea-Bissau Romania
1960 577,633 18,406,905 - -
1961 582,532 18,555,250 0.85% 0.81%
1962 589,474 18,676,550 1.19% 0.65%
1963 594,418 18,797,850 0.84% 0.65%
1964 588,543 18,919,126 -0.99% 0.65%
1965 575,005 19,031,576 -2.3% 0.59%
1966 566,908 19,215,450 -1.41% 0.97%
1967 569,011 19,534,242 0.37% 1.66%
1968 578,170 19,799,831 1.61% 1.36%
1969 581,610 20,009,141 0.59% 1.06%
1970 584,403 20,250,398 0.48% 1.21%
1971 586,221 20,461,567 0.31% 1.04%
1972 586,620 20,657,957 0.07% 0.96%
1973 592,808 20,835,681 1.05% 0.86%
1974 613,338 21,029,429 3.46% 0.93%
1975 650,966 21,293,583 6.13% 1.26%
1976 694,191 21,551,634 6.64% 1.21%
1977 741,789 21,756,096 6.86% 0.95%
1978 791,694 21,951,464 6.73% 0.9%
1979 819,867 22,090,488 3.56% 0.63%
1980 829,303 22,207,282 1.15% 0.53%
1981 842,432 22,353,070 1.58% 0.66%
1982 855,891 22,475,741 1.6% 0.55%
1983 869,592 22,560,478 1.6% 0.38%
1984 883,519 22,640,547 1.6% 0.35%
1985 897,697 22,732,999 1.6% 0.41%
1986 912,126 22,836,841 1.61% 0.46%
1987 926,862 22,949,430 1.62% 0.49%
1988 942,061 23,057,662 1.64% 0.47%
1989 957,789 23,161,458 1.67% 0.45%
1990 973,669 23,201,835 1.66% 0.17%
1991 994,639 23,001,155 2.15% -0.86%
1992 1,024,356 22,794,284 2.99% -0.9%
1993 1,058,745 22,763,280 3.36% -0.14%
1994 1,092,031 22,730,211 3.14% -0.15%
1995 1,119,949 22,684,270 2.56% -0.2%
1996 1,143,535 22,619,004 2.11% -0.29%
1997 1,165,545 22,553,978 1.92% -0.29%
1998 1,187,473 22,507,344 1.88% -0.21%
1999 1,210,206 22,472,040 1.91% -0.16%
2000 1,234,741 22,442,971 2.03% -0.13%
2001 1,261,273 22,131,970 2.15% -1.39%
2002 1,289,307 21,730,496 2.22% -1.81%
2003 1,318,806 21,574,326 2.29% -0.72%
2004 1,349,563 21,451,748 2.33% -0.57%
2005 1,381,585 21,319,685 2.37% -0.62%
2006 1,415,303 21,193,760 2.44% -0.59%
2007 1,450,986 20,882,982 2.52% -1.47%
2008 1,488,054 20,537,875 2.55% -1.65%
2009 1,526,377 20,367,487 2.58% -0.83%
2010 1,566,347 20,246,871 2.62% -0.59%
2011 1,608,076 20,147,528 2.66% -0.49%
2012 1,651,417 20,058,035 2.7% -0.44%
2013 1,695,973 19,983,693 2.7% -0.37%
2014 1,741,122 19,908,979 2.66% -0.37%
2015 1,786,457 19,815,616 2.6% -0.47%
2016 1,831,893 19,702,267 2.54% -0.57%
2017 1,877,072 19,588,715 2.47% -0.58%
2018 1,922,168 19,473,970 2.4% -0.59%
2019 1,967,696 19,371,648 2.37% -0.53%
2020 2,013,255 19,265,250 2.32% -0.55%
2021 2,058,841 19,122,059 2.26% -0.74%
2022 2,105,529 19,048,502 2.27% -0.38%
2023 2,153,339 19,061,062 2.27% 0.07%
2024 2,201,352 19,051,804 2.23% -0.05%
2025 2,249,512 18,945,157 2.19% -0.56%
2026 2,297,807 18,836,893 2.15% -0.57%
2027 2,346,190 18,727,645 2.11% -0.58%
2028 2,394,226 18,617,757 2.05% -0.59%
2029 2,441,574 18,506,702 1.98% -0.6%
2030 2,488,931 18,394,947 1.94% -0.6%
2031 2,536,893 18,282,991 1.93% -0.61%
2032 2,585,565 18,170,681 1.92% -0.61%
2033 2,634,701 18,057,661 1.9% -0.62%
2034 2,683,078 17,943,814 1.84% -0.63%
2035 2,730,136 17,828,772 1.75% -0.64%
2036 2,777,887 17,712,177 1.75% -0.65%
2037 2,826,159 17,595,189 1.74% -0.66%
2038 2,873,929 17,477,597 1.69% -0.67%
2039 2,921,973 17,360,012 1.67% -0.67%
2040 2,969,699 17,242,939 1.63% -0.67%
2041 3,016,537 17,124,773 1.58% -0.69%
2042 3,063,161 17,006,515 1.55% -0.69%
2043 3,109,927 16,888,882 1.53% -0.69%
2044 3,156,704 16,770,593 1.5% -0.7%
2045 3,204,242 16,652,406 1.51% -0.7%
2046 3,251,465 16,534,847 1.47% -0.71%
2047 3,298,563 16,416,456 1.45% -0.72%
2048 3,345,853 16,297,099 1.43% -0.73%
2049 3,392,557 16,177,534 1.4% -0.73%
2050 3,438,597 16,058,209 1.36% -0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea-Bissau gained 466,442 (a 25.5% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2006 and is 146th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.

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