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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Guinea-Bissau's population is 6.71 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

Guinea-Bissau vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau Vanuatu
Current population
2288306
341110
Population rank 146/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.004%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
8.13 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
34.6 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change -1,712 -43
Daily growth/decline +132 +20
Annual growth/decline +48,013 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 44/197 40/197

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

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau Vanuatu Guinea-Bissau Vanuatu
1960 577,633 64,431 - -
1961 582,532 66,264 0.85% 2.84%
1962 589,474 68,174 1.19% 2.88%
1963 594,418 70,159 0.84% 2.91%
1964 588,543 72,219 -0.99% 2.94%
1965 575,005 74,358 -2.3% 2.96%
1966 566,908 76,590 -1.41% 3%
1967 569,011 78,921 0.37% 3.04%
1968 578,170 81,314 1.61% 3.03%
1969 581,610 83,755 0.59% 3%
1970 584,403 86,266 0.48% 3%
1971 586,221 88,862 0.31% 3.01%
1972 586,620 91,562 0.07% 3.04%
1973 592,808 94,362 1.05% 3.06%
1974 613,338 97,260 3.46% 3.07%
1975 650,966 100,269 6.13% 3.09%
1976 694,191 103,388 6.64% 3.11%
1977 741,789 106,618 6.86% 3.12%
1978 791,694 109,963 6.73% 3.14%
1979 819,867 113,040 3.56% 2.8%
1980 829,303 115,660 1.15% 2.32%
1981 842,432 118,249 1.58% 2.24%
1982 855,891 121,035 1.6% 2.36%
1983 869,592 123,998 1.6% 2.45%
1984 883,519 127,109 1.6% 2.51%
1985 897,697 130,356 1.6% 2.55%
1986 912,126 133,720 1.61% 2.58%
1987 926,862 137,187 1.62% 2.59%
1988 942,061 140,756 1.64% 2.6%
1989 957,789 144,393 1.67% 2.58%
1990 973,669 148,063 1.66% 2.54%
1991 994,639 151,793 2.15% 2.52%
1992 1,024,356 155,608 2.99% 2.51%
1993 1,058,745 159,463 3.36% 2.48%
1994 1,092,031 163,314 3.14% 2.41%
1995 1,119,949 167,137 2.56% 2.34%
1996 1,143,535 170,911 2.11% 2.26%
1997 1,165,545 174,626 1.92% 2.17%
1998 1,187,473 178,313 1.88% 2.11%
1999 1,210,206 182,048 1.91% 2.09%
2000 1,234,741 186,281 2.03% 2.33%
2001 1,261,273 191,031 2.15% 2.55%
2002 1,289,307 195,863 2.22% 2.53%
2003 1,318,806 200,746 2.29% 2.49%
2004 1,349,563 205,711 2.33% 2.47%
2005 1,381,585 210,760 2.37% 2.45%
2006 1,415,303 215,923 2.44% 2.45%
2007 1,450,986 221,276 2.52% 2.48%
2008 1,488,054 226,896 2.55% 2.54%
2009 1,526,377 232,731 2.58% 2.57%
2010 1,566,347 238,248 2.62% 2.37%
2011 1,608,076 243,474 2.66% 2.19%
2012 1,651,417 248,883 2.7% 2.22%
2013 1,695,973 254,482 2.7% 2.25%
2014 1,741,122 260,240 2.66% 2.26%
2015 1,786,457 266,101 2.6% 2.25%
2016 1,831,893 272,087 2.54% 2.25%
2017 1,877,072 278,507 2.47% 2.36%
2018 1,922,168 285,259 2.4% 2.42%
2019 1,967,696 291,985 2.37% 2.36%
2020 2,013,255 298,858 2.32% 2.35%
2021 2,058,841 305,868 2.26% 2.35%
2022 2,105,529 313,046 2.27% 2.35%
2023 2,153,339 320,409 2.27% 2.35%
2024 2,201,352 327,777 2.23% 2.3%
2025 2,249,512 335,169 2.19% 2.26%
2026 2,297,807 342,565 2.15% 2.21%
2027 2,346,190 349,970 2.11% 2.16%
2028 2,394,226 357,397 2.05% 2.12%
2029 2,441,574 364,883 1.98% 2.09%
2030 2,488,931 372,429 1.94% 2.07%
2031 2,536,893 380,015 1.93% 2.04%
2032 2,585,565 387,657 1.92% 2.01%
2033 2,634,701 395,366 1.9% 1.99%
2034 2,683,078 403,188 1.84% 1.98%
2035 2,730,136 411,061 1.75% 1.95%
2036 2,777,887 419,006 1.75% 1.93%
2037 2,826,159 427,031 1.74% 1.92%
2038 2,873,929 435,150 1.69% 1.9%
2039 2,921,973 443,311 1.67% 1.88%
2040 2,969,699 451,509 1.63% 1.85%
2041 3,016,537 459,733 1.58% 1.82%
2042 3,063,161 468,003 1.55% 1.8%
2043 3,109,927 476,308 1.53% 1.77%
2044 3,156,704 484,636 1.5% 1.75%
2045 3,204,242 492,989 1.51% 1.72%
2046 3,251,465 501,316 1.47% 1.69%
2047 3,298,563 509,621 1.45% 1.66%
2048 3,345,853 517,889 1.43% 1.62%
2049 3,392,557 526,138 1.4% 1.59%
2050 3,438,597 534,374 1.36% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

Biggest cities by population

Guinea-Bissau
City Population
Bissau 492K
Bafata 29.6K
Vanuatu
City Population
Port Vila 49K
Luganville 17.7K

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