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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Seychelles	Guinea-Bissau	Seychelles
1960	577,633	41,700	-	-
1961	582,532	42,889	0.85%	2.85%
1962	589,474	44,042	1.19%	2.69%
1963	594,418	45,176	0.84%	2.57%
1964	588,543	46,322	-0.99%	2.54%
1965	575,005	47,500	-2.3%	2.54%
1966	566,908	48,699	-1.41%	2.52%
1967	569,011	49,911	0.37%	2.49%
1968	578,170	51,134	1.61%	2.45%
1969	581,610	52,365	0.59%	2.41%
1970	584,403	53,600	0.48%	2.36%
1971	586,221	54,695	0.31%	2.04%
1972	586,620	56,029	0.07%	2.44%
1973	592,808	56,892	1.05%	1.54%
1974	613,338	57,937	3.46%	1.84%
1975	650,966	59,292	6.13%	2.34%
1976	694,191	60,504	6.64%	2.04%
1977	741,789	61,786	6.86%	2.12%
1978	791,694	62,150	6.73%	0.59%
1979	819,867	62,686	3.56%	0.86%
1980	829,303	63,261	1.15%	0.92%
1981	842,432	64,035	1.58%	1.22%
1982	855,891	64,413	1.6%	0.59%
1983	869,592	64,335	1.6%	-0.12%
1984	883,519	64,717	1.6%	0.59%
1985	897,697	65,244	1.6%	0.81%
1986	912,126	65,652	1.61%	0.63%
1987	926,862	68,499	1.62%	4.34%
1988	942,061	68,755	1.64%	0.37%
1989	957,789	69,167	1.67%	0.6%
1990	973,669	69,507	1.66%	0.49%
1991	994,639	70,439	2.15%	1.34%
1992	1,024,356	70,763	2.99%	0.46%
1993	1,058,745	72,253	3.36%	2.11%
1994	1,092,031	74,205	3.14%	2.7%
1995	1,119,949	75,304	2.56%	1.48%
1996	1,143,535	76,417	2.11%	1.48%
1997	1,165,545	77,319	1.92%	1.18%
1998	1,187,473	78,846	1.88%	1.97%
1999	1,210,206	80,410	1.91%	1.98%
2000	1,234,741	81,131	2.03%	0.9%
2001	1,261,273	81,202	2.15%	0.09%
2002	1,289,307	83,723	2.22%	3.1%
2003	1,318,806	82,781	2.29%	-1.13%
2004	1,349,563	82,475	2.33%	-0.37%
2005	1,381,585	82,858	2.37%	0.46%
2006	1,415,303	84,600	2.44%	2.1%
2007	1,450,986	85,033	2.52%	0.51%
2008	1,488,054	86,956	2.55%	2.26%
2009	1,526,377	87,298	2.58%	0.39%
2010	1,566,347	89,770	2.62%	2.83%
2011	1,608,076	87,441	2.66%	-2.59%
2012	1,651,417	88,303	2.7%	0.99%
2013	1,695,973	89,949	2.7%	1.86%
2014	1,741,122	91,359	2.66%	1.57%
2015	1,786,457	93,419	2.6%	2.25%
2016	1,831,893	94,677	2.54%	1.35%
2017	1,877,072	95,843	2.47%	1.23%
2018	1,922,168	96,762	2.4%	0.96%
2019	1,967,696	97,625	2.37%	0.89%
2020	2,013,255	98,462	2.32%	0.86%
2021	2,058,841	99,258	2.26%	0.81%
2022	2,105,529	119,878	2.27%	20.8%
2023	2,153,339	119,773	2.27%	-0.09%
2024	2,201,352	121,354	2.23%	1.32%
2025	2,249,512	123,549	2.19%	1.81%
2026	2,297,807	125,581	2.15%	1.64%
2027	2,346,190	127,380	2.11%	1.43%
2028	2,394,226	128,883	2.05%	1.18%
2029	2,441,574	130,011	1.98%	0.87%
2030	2,488,931	130,635	1.94%	0.48%
2031	2,536,893	130,989	1.93%	0.27%
2032	2,585,565	131,305	1.92%	0.24%
2033	2,634,701	131,578	1.9%	0.21%
2034	2,683,078	131,816	1.84%	0.18%
2035	2,730,136	132,027	1.75%	0.16%
2036	2,777,887	132,202	1.75%	0.13%
2037	2,826,159	132,348	1.74%	0.11%
2038	2,873,929	132,467	1.69%	0.09%
2039	2,921,973	132,552	1.67%	0.06%
2040	2,969,699	132,631	1.63%	0.06%
2041	3,016,537	132,681	1.58%	0.04%
2042	3,063,161	132,700	1.55%	0.01%
2043	3,109,927	132,698	1.53%	-0.001%
2044	3,156,704	132,665	1.5%	-0.03%
2045	3,204,242	132,613	1.51%	-0.04%
2046	3,251,465	132,531	1.47%	-0.06%
2047	3,298,563	132,415	1.45%	-0.09%
2048	3,345,853	132,264	1.43%	-0.11%
2049	3,392,557	132,085	1.4%	-0.14%
2050	3,438,597	131,885	1.36%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.