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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	United Kingdom	Guinea-Bissau	United Kingdom
1960	577,633	52,400,000	-	-
1961	582,532	52,800,000	0.85%	0.76%
1962	589,474	53,250,000	1.19%	0.85%
1963	594,418	53,650,000	0.84%	0.75%
1964	588,543	54,000,000	-0.99%	0.65%
1965	575,005	54,348,050	-2.3%	0.64%
1966	566,908	54,648,500	-1.41%	0.55%
1967	569,011	54,943,600	0.37%	0.54%
1968	578,170	55,211,700	1.61%	0.49%
1969	581,610	55,441,750	0.59%	0.42%
1970	584,403	55,663,250	0.48%	0.4%
1971	586,221	55,896,223	0.31%	0.42%
1972	586,620	56,086,065	0.07%	0.34%
1973	592,808	56,194,527	1.05%	0.19%
1974	613,338	56,229,974	3.46%	0.06%
1975	650,966	56,225,800	6.13%	-0.007%
1976	694,191	56,211,968	6.64%	-0.02%
1977	741,789	56,193,492	6.86%	-0.03%
1978	791,694	56,196,504	6.73%	0.005%
1979	819,867	56,246,951	3.56%	0.09%
1980	829,303	56,314,216	1.15%	0.12%
1981	842,432	56,333,829	1.58%	0.03%
1982	855,891	56,313,641	1.6%	-0.04%
1983	869,592	56,332,848	1.6%	0.03%
1984	883,519	56,422,072	1.6%	0.16%
1985	897,697	56,550,268	1.6%	0.23%
1986	912,126	56,681,396	1.61%	0.23%
1987	926,862	56,802,050	1.62%	0.21%
1988	942,061	56,928,327	1.64%	0.22%
1989	957,789	57,076,711	1.67%	0.26%
1990	973,669	57,247,586	1.66%	0.3%
1991	994,639	57,424,897	2.15%	0.31%
1992	1,024,356	57,580,402	2.99%	0.27%
1993	1,058,745	57,718,614	3.36%	0.24%
1994	1,092,031	57,865,745	3.14%	0.25%
1995	1,119,949	58,019,030	2.56%	0.26%
1996	1,143,535	58,166,950	2.11%	0.25%
1997	1,165,545	58,316,954	1.92%	0.26%
1998	1,187,473	58,487,141	1.88%	0.29%
1999	1,210,206	58,682,466	1.91%	0.33%
2000	1,234,741	58,892,514	2.03%	0.36%
2001	1,261,273	59,119,673	2.15%	0.39%
2002	1,289,307	59,370,479	2.22%	0.42%
2003	1,318,806	59,647,577	2.29%	0.47%
2004	1,349,563	59,987,905	2.33%	0.57%
2005	1,381,585	60,401,206	2.37%	0.69%
2006	1,415,303	60,846,820	2.44%	0.74%
2007	1,450,986	61,322,463	2.52%	0.78%
2008	1,488,054	61,806,995	2.55%	0.79%
2009	1,526,377	62,276,270	2.58%	0.76%
2010	1,566,347	62,766,365	2.62%	0.79%
2011	1,608,076	63,258,810	2.66%	0.78%
2012	1,651,417	63,711,000	2.7%	0.71%
2013	1,695,973	64,139,000	2.7%	0.67%
2014	1,741,122	64,620,000	2.66%	0.75%
2015	1,786,457	65,088,000	2.6%	0.72%
2016	1,831,893	65,607,000	2.54%	0.8%
2017	1,877,072	65,966,000	2.47%	0.55%
2018	1,922,168	66,289,000	2.4%	0.49%
2019	1,967,696	66,631,000	2.37%	0.52%
2020	2,013,255	66,744,000	2.32%	0.17%
2021	2,058,841	66,984,000	2.26%	0.36%
2022	2,105,529	67,604,000	2.27%	0.93%
2023	2,153,339	68,492,000	2.27%	1.31%
2024	2,201,352	69,226,000	2.23%	1.07%
2025	2,249,512	69,639,673	2.19%	0.6%
2026	2,297,807	70,020,350	2.15%	0.55%
2027	2,346,190	70,382,853	2.11%	0.52%
2028	2,394,226	70,732,699	2.05%	0.5%
2029	2,441,574	71,061,482	1.98%	0.46%
2030	2,488,931	71,377,535	1.94%	0.44%
2031	2,536,893	71,678,351	1.93%	0.42%
2032	2,585,565	71,959,934	1.92%	0.39%
2033	2,634,701	72,234,509	1.9%	0.38%
2034	2,683,078	72,497,650	1.84%	0.36%
2035	2,730,136	72,749,096	1.75%	0.35%
2036	2,777,887	72,990,847	1.75%	0.33%
2037	2,826,159	73,218,850	1.74%	0.31%
2038	2,873,929	73,441,349	1.69%	0.3%
2039	2,921,973	73,658,392	1.67%	0.3%
2040	2,969,699	73,868,334	1.63%	0.29%
2041	3,016,537	74,074,316	1.58%	0.28%
2042	3,063,161	74,275,779	1.55%	0.27%
2043	3,109,927	74,475,035	1.53%	0.27%
2044	3,156,704	74,667,284	1.5%	0.26%
2045	3,204,242	74,848,605	1.51%	0.24%
2046	3,251,465	75,020,949	1.47%	0.23%
2047	3,298,563	75,184,478	1.45%	0.22%
2048	3,345,853	75,337,543	1.43%	0.2%
2049	3,392,557	75,476,141	1.4%	0.18%
2050	3,438,597	75,600,588	1.36%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea-Bissau gained 466,442 (a 25.5% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2006 and is 146th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.