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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 50,015,092 people in Uganda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 52,490,669 in Uganda.

Population statistics:

  • Uganda's population is 22.9 times bigger than Guinea-Bissau's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while Uganda is the 30th.
  • The countries together account for 0.66% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 0.63% for Uganda.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +3.21% in Uganda.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while Uganda has grown from 28M to 52.5M (87.7% growth).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people compared to the peak of 121M people in 2100 for Uganda.

Guinea-Bissau vs Uganda: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau Uganda
Current population
2288306
52490669
Population rank 146/197 30/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.63%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
23.2 seconds
One birth every
8.13 minutes
18.4 seconds
One death every
34.6 minutes
2.23 minutes
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
4.46 minutes
Annual migration change -1,712 -117,924
Daily growth/decline +132 +3,722
Annual growth/decline +48,013 +1,358,491
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% +2.79%
Population growth rate rank 44/197 23/197

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

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
Uganda
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau Uganda Guinea-Bissau Uganda
1960 577,633 7,640,973 - -
1961 582,532 7,862,217 0.85% 2.9%
1962 589,474 8,092,231 1.19% 2.93%
1963 594,418 8,333,663 0.84% 2.98%
1964 588,543 8,586,363 -0.99% 3.03%
1965 575,005 8,849,203 -2.3% 3.06%
1966 566,908 9,122,864 -1.41% 3.09%
1967 569,011 9,408,924 0.37% 3.14%
1968 578,170 9,708,632 1.61% 3.19%
1969 581,610 10,014,858 0.59% 3.15%
1970 584,403 10,321,603 0.48% 3.06%
1971 586,221 10,618,206 0.31% 2.87%
1972 586,620 10,885,796 0.07% 2.52%
1973 592,808 11,144,236 1.05% 2.37%
1974 613,338 11,424,846 3.46% 2.52%
1975 650,966 11,725,240 6.13% 2.63%
1976 694,191 12,037,294 6.64% 2.66%
1977 741,789 12,359,669 6.86% 2.68%
1978 791,694 12,692,113 6.73% 2.69%
1979 819,867 13,002,163 3.56% 2.44%
1980 829,303 13,275,741 1.15% 2.1%
1981 842,432 13,556,452 1.58% 2.11%
1982 855,891 13,873,631 1.6% 2.34%
1983 869,592 14,221,881 1.6% 2.51%
1984 883,519 14,607,677 1.6% 2.71%
1985 897,697 15,023,681 1.6% 2.85%
1986 912,126 15,467,579 1.61% 2.95%
1987 926,862 15,954,170 1.62% 3.15%
1988 942,061 16,470,483 1.64% 3.24%
1989 957,789 17,010,698 1.67% 3.28%
1990 973,669 17,569,897 1.66% 3.29%
1991 994,639 18,155,901 2.15% 3.34%
1992 1,024,356 18,785,032 2.99% 3.47%
1993 1,058,745 19,445,161 3.36% 3.51%
1994 1,092,031 20,108,801 3.14% 3.41%
1995 1,119,949 20,665,667 2.56% 2.77%
1996 1,143,535 21,231,550 2.11% 2.74%
1997 1,165,545 21,856,046 1.92% 2.94%
1998 1,187,473 22,515,806 1.88% 3.02%
1999 1,210,206 23,257,281 1.91% 3.29%
2000 1,234,741 24,000,150 2.03% 3.19%
2001 1,261,273 24,745,676 2.15% 3.11%
2002 1,289,307 25,532,870 2.22% 3.18%
2003 1,318,806 26,352,124 2.29% 3.21%
2004 1,349,563 27,154,515 2.33% 3.04%
2005 1,381,585 27,963,289 2.37% 2.98%
2006 1,415,303 28,794,003 2.44% 2.97%
2007 1,450,986 29,653,430 2.52% 2.98%
2008 1,488,054 30,539,553 2.55% 2.99%
2009 1,526,377 31,451,151 2.58% 2.98%
2010 1,566,347 32,390,802 2.62% 2.99%
2011 1,608,076 33,354,543 2.66% 2.98%
2012 1,651,417 34,337,438 2.7% 2.95%
2013 1,695,973 35,337,042 2.7% 2.91%
2014 1,741,122 36,395,539 2.66% 3%
2015 1,786,457 37,531,446 2.6% 3.12%
2016 1,831,893 38,799,152 2.54% 3.38%
2017 1,877,072 40,177,388 2.47% 3.55%
2018 1,922,168 41,565,831 2.4% 3.46%
2019 1,967,696 42,999,637 2.37% 3.45%
2020 2,013,255 44,457,152 2.32% 3.39%
2021 2,058,841 45,910,930 2.26% 3.27%
2022 2,105,529 47,312,719 2.27% 3.05%
2023 2,153,339 48,656,601 2.27% 2.84%
2024 2,201,352 50,015,092 2.23% 2.79%
2025 2,249,512 51,384,895 2.19% 2.74%
2026 2,297,807 52,761,471 2.15% 2.68%
2027 2,346,190 54,144,274 2.11% 2.62%
2028 2,394,226 55,532,564 2.05% 2.56%
2029 2,441,574 56,922,797 1.98% 2.5%
2030 2,488,931 58,312,944 1.94% 2.44%
2031 2,536,893 59,703,537 1.93% 2.38%
2032 2,585,565 61,089,060 1.92% 2.32%
2033 2,634,701 62,464,116 1.9% 2.25%
2034 2,683,078 63,833,872 1.84% 2.19%
2035 2,730,136 65,205,570 1.75% 2.15%
2036 2,777,887 66,573,737 1.75% 2.1%
2037 2,826,159 67,942,634 1.74% 2.06%
2038 2,873,929 69,312,210 1.69% 2.02%
2039 2,921,973 70,669,875 1.67% 1.96%
2040 2,969,699 72,020,414 1.63% 1.91%
2041 3,016,537 73,372,658 1.58% 1.88%
2042 3,063,161 74,730,004 1.55% 1.85%
2043 3,109,927 76,090,991 1.53% 1.82%
2044 3,156,704 77,449,517 1.5% 1.79%
2045 3,204,242 78,797,995 1.51% 1.74%
2046 3,251,465 80,139,174 1.47% 1.7%
2047 3,298,563 81,478,503 1.45% 1.67%
2048 3,345,853 82,812,102 1.43% 1.64%
2049 3,392,557 84,130,056 1.4% 1.59%
2050 3,438,597 85,431,202 1.36% 1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.

Biggest cities by population

Guinea-Bissau
City Population
Bissau 492K
Bafata 29.6K
Uganda
City Population
Kampala 1.68M
Mbale 586K
Arua 385K
Kira Town 317K
Jinja 279K
Gulu 177K
Kasese 101K
Entebbe 70K
Tororo 41.9K

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