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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 23,308,308 in Taiwan.

Population statistics:

  • Taiwan's population is 10.2 times bigger than Guinea-Bissau's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
  • The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while Taiwan has grown from 22.7M to 23.3M (2.55% growth).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people, while Taiwan's population already peaked in 2019 at 23.6M people and is projected to decrease to 10.1M people by 2100.

Guinea-Bissau vs Taiwan: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau Taiwan
Current population
2288306
23308308
Population rank 146/197 60/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.28%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
7.75 minutes
One birth every
8.13 minutes
3.9 minutes
One death every
34.6 minutes
2.6 minutes
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
11.2 minutes
Annual migration change -1,712 +47,029
Daily growth/decline +132 +186
Annual growth/decline +48,013 +67,790
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% +0.29%
Population growth rate rank 44/197 150/197

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

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
Taiwan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau Taiwan Guinea-Bissau Taiwan
1960 577,633 - - -
1961 582,532 11,030,385 0.85% -
1962 589,474 11,392,513 1.19% 3.28%
1963 594,418 11,762,101 0.84% 3.24%
1964 588,543 12,137,143 -0.99% 3.19%
1965 575,005 12,511,863 -2.3% 3.09%
1966 566,908 12,874,153 -1.41% 2.9%
1967 569,011 13,210,344 0.37% 2.61%
1968 578,170 13,548,537 1.61% 2.56%
1969 581,610 14,068,984 0.59% 3.84%
1970 584,403 14,582,944 0.48% 3.65%
1971 586,221 14,913,564 0.31% 2.27%
1972 586,620 15,220,495 0.07% 2.06%
1973 592,808 15,505,121 1.05% 1.87%
1974 613,338 15,784,817 3.46% 1.8%
1975 650,966 16,075,128 6.13% 1.84%
1976 694,191 16,401,413 6.64% 2.03%
1977 741,789 16,730,895 6.86% 2.01%
1978 791,694 17,042,272 6.73% 1.86%
1979 819,867 17,372,779 3.56% 1.94%
1980 829,303 17,704,538 1.15% 1.91%
1981 842,432 18,029,982 1.58% 1.84%
1982 855,891 18,354,855 1.6% 1.8%
1983 869,592 18,653,146 1.6% 1.63%
1984 883,519 18,929,866 1.6% 1.48%
1985 897,697 19,191,510 1.6% 1.38%
1986 912,126 19,411,454 1.61% 1.15%
1987 926,862 19,617,046 1.62% 1.06%
1988 942,061 19,839,704 1.64% 1.14%
1989 957,789 20,055,492 1.67% 1.09%
1990 973,669 20,278,946 1.66% 1.11%
1991 994,639 20,503,568 2.15% 1.11%
1992 1,024,356 20,704,227 2.99% 0.98%
1993 1,058,745 20,899,019 3.36% 0.94%
1994 1,092,031 21,086,645 3.14% 0.9%
1995 1,119,949 21,267,653 2.56% 0.86%
1996 1,143,535 21,441,432 2.11% 0.82%
1997 1,165,545 21,634,124 1.92% 0.9%
1998 1,187,473 21,835,703 1.88% 0.93%
1999 1,210,206 22,010,489 1.91% 0.8%
2000 1,234,741 22,184,530 2.03% 0.79%
2001 1,261,273 22,341,120 2.15% 0.71%
2002 1,289,307 22,463,172 2.22% 0.55%
2003 1,318,806 22,562,663 2.29% 0.44%
2004 1,349,563 22,646,836 2.33% 0.37%
2005 1,381,585 22,729,753 2.37% 0.37%
2006 1,415,303 22,823,455 2.44% 0.41%
2007 1,450,986 22,917,444 2.52% 0.41%
2008 1,488,054 22,997,696 2.55% 0.35%
2009 1,526,377 23,078,402 2.58% 0.35%
2010 1,566,347 23,140,948 2.62% 0.27%
2011 1,608,076 23,193,518 2.66% 0.23%
2012 1,651,417 23,270,367 2.7% 0.33%
2013 1,695,973 23,344,670 2.7% 0.32%
2014 1,741,122 23,403,635 2.66% 0.25%
2015 1,786,457 23,462,914 2.6% 0.25%
2016 1,831,893 23,515,945 2.54% 0.23%
2017 1,877,072 23,555,522 2.47% 0.17%
2018 1,922,168 23,580,080 2.4% 0.1%
2019 1,967,696 23,596,027 2.37% 0.07%
2020 2,013,255 23,582,179 2.32% -0.06%
2021 2,058,841 23,468,275 2.26% -0.48%
2022 2,105,529 23,319,977 2.27% -0.63%
2023 2,153,339 23,342,541 2.27% 0.1%
2024 2,201,352 23,410,331 2.23% 0.29%
2025 2,249,512 23,308,308 2.19% -0.44%
2026 2,297,807 23,205,944 2.15% -0.44%
2027 2,346,190 23,102,120 2.11% -0.45%
2028 2,394,226 22,996,693 2.05% -0.46%
2029 2,441,574 22,890,335 1.98% -0.46%
2030 2,488,931 22,781,040 1.94% -0.48%
2031 2,536,893 22,667,327 1.93% -0.5%
2032 2,585,565 22,549,689 1.92% -0.52%
2033 2,634,701 22,428,721 1.9% -0.54%
2034 2,683,078 22,302,402 1.84% -0.56%
2035 2,730,136 22,170,689 1.75% -0.59%
2036 2,777,887 22,034,775 1.75% -0.61%
2037 2,826,159 21,893,029 1.74% -0.64%
2038 2,873,929 21,746,001 1.69% -0.67%
2039 2,921,973 21,594,236 1.67% -0.7%
2040 2,969,699 21,436,947 1.63% -0.73%
2041 3,016,537 21,274,187 1.58% -0.76%
2042 3,063,161 21,105,682 1.55% -0.79%
2043 3,109,927 20,932,105 1.53% -0.82%
2044 3,156,704 20,754,623 1.5% -0.85%
2045 3,204,242 20,571,741 1.51% -0.88%
2046 3,251,465 20,384,903 1.47% -0.91%
2047 3,298,563 20,194,425 1.45% -0.93%
2048 3,345,853 19,999,753 1.43% -0.96%
2049 3,392,557 19,801,293 1.4% -0.99%
2050 3,438,597 19,598,997 1.36% -1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.

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