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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 150 times bigger than Guinea-Bissau's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.18% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people compared to the peak of 415M people in 2100 for the United States.

Guinea-Bissau vs United States: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau United States
Current population
2288306
343323530
Population rank 146/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 4.15%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
6.07 seconds
One birth every
8.13 minutes
8.8 seconds
One death every
34.6 minutes
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change -1,712 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline +132 +14,236
Annual growth/decline +48,013 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 44/197 72/197

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

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau United States Guinea-Bissau United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 577,633 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 582,532 183,691,481 0.85% 1.67%
1962 589,474 186,537,737 1.19% 1.55%
1963 594,418 189,241,798 0.84% 1.45%
1964 588,543 191,888,791 -0.99% 1.4%
1965 575,005 194,302,963 -2.3% 1.26%
1966 566,908 196,560,338 -1.41% 1.16%
1967 569,011 198,712,056 0.37% 1.09%
1968 578,170 200,706,052 1.61% 1%
1969 581,610 202,676,946 0.59% 0.98%
1970 584,403 205,052,174 0.48% 1.17%
1971 586,221 207,660,677 0.31% 1.27%
1972 586,620 209,896,021 0.07% 1.08%
1973 592,808 211,908,788 1.05% 0.96%
1974 613,338 213,853,928 3.46% 0.92%
1975 650,966 215,973,199 6.13% 0.99%
1976 694,191 218,035,164 6.64% 0.95%
1977 741,789 220,239,425 6.86% 1.01%
1978 791,694 222,584,545 6.73% 1.06%
1979 819,867 225,055,487 3.56% 1.11%
1980 829,303 226,542,250 1.15% 0.66%
1981 842,432 229,465,744 1.58% 1.29%
1982 855,891 231,664,432 1.6% 0.96%
1983 869,592 233,792,014 1.6% 0.92%
1984 883,519 235,824,908 1.6% 0.87%
1985 897,697 237,923,734 1.6% 0.89%
1986 912,126 240,132,831 1.61% 0.93%
1987 926,862 242,288,936 1.62% 0.9%
1988 942,061 244,499,004 1.64% 0.91%
1989 957,789 246,819,222 1.67% 0.95%
1990 973,669 250,131,894 1.66% 1.34%
1991 994,639 253,492,503 2.15% 1.34%
1992 1,024,356 256,894,189 2.99% 1.34%
1993 1,058,745 260,255,352 3.36% 1.31%
1994 1,092,031 263,435,673 3.14% 1.22%
1995 1,119,949 266,557,091 2.56% 1.18%
1996 1,143,535 269,667,391 2.11% 1.17%
1997 1,165,545 272,911,760 1.92% 1.2%
1998 1,187,473 276,115,288 1.88% 1.17%
1999 1,210,206 279,294,713 1.91% 1.15%
2000 1,234,741 282,162,411 2.03% 1.03%
2001 1,261,273 284,968,955 2.15% 0.99%
2002 1,289,307 287,625,193 2.22% 0.93%
2003 1,318,806 290,107,933 2.29% 0.86%
2004 1,349,563 292,805,298 2.33% 0.93%
2005 1,381,585 295,516,599 2.37% 0.93%
2006 1,415,303 298,379,912 2.44% 0.97%
2007 1,450,986 301,231,207 2.52% 0.96%
2008 1,488,054 304,093,966 2.55% 0.95%
2009 1,526,377 306,771,529 2.58% 0.88%
2010 1,566,347 309,327,143 2.62% 0.83%
2011 1,608,076 311,583,481 2.66% 0.73%
2012 1,651,417 313,877,662 2.7% 0.74%
2013 1,695,973 316,059,947 2.7% 0.7%
2014 1,741,122 318,386,329 2.66% 0.74%
2015 1,786,457 320,738,994 2.6% 0.74%
2016 1,831,893 323,071,755 2.54% 0.73%
2017 1,877,072 325,122,128 2.47% 0.63%
2018 1,922,168 326,838,199 2.4% 0.53%
2019 1,967,696 328,329,953 2.37% 0.46%
2020 2,013,255 331,526,933 2.32% 0.97%
2021 2,058,841 331,893,745 2.26% 0.11%
2022 2,105,529 333,271,411 2.27% 0.42%
2023 2,153,339 334,914,895 2.27% 0.49%
2024 2,201,352 340,110,988 2.23% 1.55%
2025 2,249,512 341,931,772 2.19% 0.54%
2026 2,297,807 343,664,369 2.15% 0.51%
2027 2,346,190 345,331,185 2.11% 0.49%
2028 2,394,226 346,981,137 2.05% 0.48%
2029 2,441,574 348,601,982 1.98% 0.47%
2030 2,488,931 350,176,974 1.94% 0.45%
2031 2,536,893 351,725,612 1.93% 0.44%
2032 2,585,565 353,249,060 1.92% 0.43%
2033 2,634,701 354,749,644 1.9% 0.42%
2034 2,683,078 356,234,239 1.84% 0.42%
2035 2,730,136 357,694,316 1.75% 0.41%
2036 2,777,887 359,119,002 1.75% 0.4%
2037 2,826,159 360,517,853 1.74% 0.39%
2038 2,873,929 361,895,407 1.69% 0.38%
2039 2,921,973 363,229,908 1.67% 0.37%
2040 2,969,699 364,512,364 1.63% 0.35%
2041 3,016,537 365,753,139 1.58% 0.34%
2042 3,063,161 366,969,419 1.55% 0.33%
2043 3,109,927 368,146,925 1.53% 0.32%
2044 3,156,704 369,258,123 1.5% 0.3%
2045 3,204,242 370,318,770 1.51% 0.29%
2046 3,251,465 371,328,255 1.47% 0.27%
2047 3,298,563 372,299,116 1.45% 0.26%
2048 3,345,853 373,230,539 1.43% 0.25%
2049 3,392,557 374,119,803 1.4% 0.24%
2050 3,438,597 374,986,259 1.36% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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