Guinea-Bissau's population rose from 1.14M in 1996 to 2.25M in 2025.
Guinea-Bissau · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Guinea-Bissau's population growth rose from 2.1 % in 1996 to 2.2 % in 2025.
Guinea-Bissau's population density rose from 38.8 in 1994 to 76.6 in 2023.
Guinea-Bissau's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.4 % in 1996 to 50.6 % in 2025.
Guinea-Bissau's urbanisation rose from 35.4 % in 1996 to 46.7 % in 2025.
Guinea-Bissau's urban population rose from 404,431 in 1996 to 1.05M in 2025.
Guinea-Bissau's rural population rose from 739,104 in 1996 to 1.2M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.1 %34th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.6 %33rd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.6 %119th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.1 %187th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs184th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts31st of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts182nd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts187th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.2 pts36th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts190th of 217
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- Net migrationup +19.8 %116th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.2 pts183rd of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0 %148th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs193rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs194th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs195th of 217