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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 48,807,137 people in Spain in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 48,786,181 in Spain.

Population statistics:

  • Spain's population is 21.3 times bigger than Guinea-Bissau's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.62% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 0.59% for Spain.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +0.42% in Spain.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while Spain has grown from 43.7M to 48.8M (11.8% growth).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people, while Spain's population already peaked in 2024 at 48.8M people and is projected to decrease to 33.7M people by 2100.

Guinea-Bissau vs Spain: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau Spain
Current population
2288306
48786181
Population rank 146/197 32/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.59%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
1.14 minutes
One birth every
8.13 minutes
1.62 minutes
One death every
34.6 minutes
1.21 minutes
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
4.71 minutes
Annual migration change -1,712 +111,674
Daily growth/decline +132 +1,258
Annual growth/decline +48,013 +459,227
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% +0.95%
Population growth rate rank 44/197 108/197

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

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
Spain
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau Spain Guinea-Bissau Spain
1960 577,633 30,455,000 - -
1961 582,532 30,739,250 0.85% 0.93%
1962 589,474 31,023,366 1.19% 0.92%
1963 594,418 31,296,651 0.84% 0.88%
1964 588,543 31,609,195 -0.99% 1%
1965 575,005 31,954,292 -2.3% 1.09%
1966 566,908 32,283,194 -1.41% 1.03%
1967 569,011 32,682,947 0.37% 1.24%
1968 578,170 33,113,134 1.61% 1.32%
1969 581,610 33,441,054 0.59% 0.99%
1970 584,403 33,814,531 0.48% 1.12%
1971 586,221 34,224,490 0.31% 1.21%
1972 586,620 34,604,469 0.07% 1.11%
1973 592,808 34,988,947 1.05% 1.11%
1974 613,338 35,373,335 3.46% 1.1%
1975 650,966 35,757,900 6.13% 1.09%
1976 694,191 36,137,812 6.64% 1.06%
1977 741,789 36,511,638 6.86% 1.03%
1978 791,694 36,864,898 6.73% 0.97%
1979 819,867 37,191,330 3.56% 0.89%
1980 829,303 37,491,165 1.15% 0.81%
1981 842,432 37,758,631 1.58% 0.71%
1982 855,891 37,986,012 1.6% 0.6%
1983 869,592 38,171,525 1.6% 0.49%
1984 883,519 38,330,364 1.6% 0.42%
1985 897,697 38,469,512 1.6% 0.36%
1986 912,126 38,584,624 1.61% 0.3%
1987 926,862 38,684,815 1.62% 0.26%
1988 942,061 38,766,939 1.64% 0.21%
1989 957,789 38,827,764 1.67% 0.16%
1990 973,669 38,867,322 1.66% 0.1%
1991 994,639 38,966,376 2.15% 0.25%
1992 1,024,356 39,157,685 2.99% 0.49%
1993 1,058,745 39,361,262 3.36% 0.52%
1994 1,092,031 39,549,108 3.14% 0.48%
1995 1,119,949 39,724,050 2.56% 0.44%
1996 1,143,535 39,889,852 2.11% 0.42%
1997 1,165,545 40,057,389 1.92% 0.42%
1998 1,187,473 40,223,509 1.88% 0.41%
1999 1,210,206 40,386,875 1.91% 0.41%
2000 1,234,741 40,567,864 2.03% 0.45%
2001 1,261,273 40,850,412 2.15% 0.7%
2002 1,289,307 41,431,558 2.22% 1.42%
2003 1,318,806 42,187,645 2.29% 1.82%
2004 1,349,563 42,921,895 2.33% 1.74%
2005 1,381,585 43,653,155 2.37% 1.7%
2006 1,415,303 44,397,319 2.44% 1.7%
2007 1,450,986 45,226,803 2.52% 1.87%
2008 1,488,054 45,954,106 2.55% 1.61%
2009 1,526,377 46,362,946 2.58% 0.89%
2010 1,566,347 46,576,897 2.62% 0.46%
2011 1,608,076 46,742,697 2.66% 0.36%
2012 1,651,417 46,773,055 2.7% 0.06%
2013 1,695,973 46,604,197 2.7% -0.36%
2014 1,741,122 46,460,733 2.66% -0.31%
2015 1,786,457 46,422,303 2.6% -0.08%
2016 1,831,893 46,458,139 2.54% 0.08%
2017 1,877,072 46,571,232 2.47% 0.24%
2018 1,922,168 46,782,011 2.4% 0.45%
2019 1,967,696 47,118,501 2.37% 0.72%
2020 2,013,255 47,359,424 2.32% 0.51%
2021 2,058,841 47,443,821 2.26% 0.18%
2022 2,105,529 47,786,102 2.27% 0.72%
2023 2,153,339 48,347,910 2.27% 1.18%
2024 2,201,352 48,807,137 2.23% 0.95%
2025 2,249,512 48,786,181 2.19% -0.04%
2026 2,297,807 48,746,279 2.15% -0.08%
2027 2,346,190 48,696,847 2.11% -0.1%
2028 2,394,226 48,642,132 2.05% -0.11%
2029 2,441,574 48,578,166 1.98% -0.13%
2030 2,488,931 48,501,513 1.94% -0.16%
2031 2,536,893 48,412,854 1.93% -0.18%
2032 2,585,565 48,321,195 1.92% -0.19%
2033 2,634,701 48,230,054 1.9% -0.19%
2034 2,683,078 48,136,421 1.84% -0.19%
2035 2,730,136 48,036,650 1.75% -0.21%
2036 2,777,887 47,929,957 1.75% -0.22%
2037 2,826,159 47,819,257 1.74% -0.23%
2038 2,873,929 47,706,580 1.69% -0.24%
2039 2,921,973 47,588,878 1.67% -0.25%
2040 2,969,699 47,463,597 1.63% -0.26%
2041 3,016,537 47,332,618 1.58% -0.28%
2042 3,063,161 47,194,588 1.55% -0.29%
2043 3,109,927 47,052,293 1.53% -0.3%
2044 3,156,704 46,902,636 1.5% -0.32%
2045 3,204,242 46,738,565 1.51% -0.35%
2046 3,251,465 46,564,383 1.47% -0.37%
2047 3,298,563 46,381,681 1.45% -0.39%
2048 3,345,853 46,190,642 1.43% -0.41%
2049 3,392,557 45,985,428 1.4% -0.44%
2050 3,438,597 45,769,362 1.36% -0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.

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