Demographics of Guinea | |
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Population | 13,237,832 (2022 est.) |
Growth rate | 2.76% (2022 est.) |
Birth rate | 35.67 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Death rate | 8.12 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Life expectancy | 63.9 years |
• male | 62.04 years |
• female | 65.82 years |
Fertility rate | 4.85 children born/woman (2022 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | 49.63 deaths/1,000 live births |
Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 41.2% |
65 and over | 3.91% |
Sex ratio | |
Total | 1 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
At birth | 1.03 male(s)/female |
Under 15 | 1.02 male(s)/female |
65 and over | 0.68 male(s)/female |
Nationality | |
Nationality | Guinean |
Language | |
Official | French |
Demographics of Guinea describes the condition and overview of Guinea's peoples. Demographic topics include basic education, health, and population statistics as well as identified racial and religious affiliations.
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [1] [2] the total population was 13,531,906 in 2021, compared to only 3 094 000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 42.9%, 53.8% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 3.3% was 65 years or older . [3]
Total population | Population aged 0–14 (%) | Population aged 15–64 (%) | Population aged 65+ (%) | |
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1950 | 3 094 000 | 37.1 | 57.6 | 5.3 |
1955 | 3 300 000 | 38.6 | 57.0 | 4.4 |
1960 | 3 541 000 | 40.0 | 56.2 | 3.8 |
1965 | 3 823 000 | 41.8 | 54.9 | 3.4 |
1970 | 4 154 000 | 42.2 | 54.6 | 3.2 |
1975 | 4 287 000 | 42.6 | 54.3 | 3.1 |
1980 | 4 407 000 | 43.3 | 53.5 | 3.2 |
1985 | 4 924 000 | 43.9 | 52.8 | 3.3 |
1990 | 5 759 000 | 44.4 | 52.3 | 3.3 |
1995 | 7 565 000 | 44.6 | 52.1 | 3.3 |
2000 | 8 344 000 | 44.2 | 52.4 | 3.3 |
2005 | 9 041 000 | 43.6 | 53.0 | 3.3 |
2010 | 9 982 000 | 42.9 | 53.8 | 3.3 |
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Population in households only. Post-censal estimates.): [4]
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
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Total | 6 091 847 | 6 467 776 | 12 559 623 | 100 |
0–4 | 1 037 280 | 1 022 153 | 2 059 433 | 16.40 |
5–9 | 959 509 | 929 185 | 1 888 694 | 15.04 |
10–14 | 822 307 | 806 488 | 1 628 795 | 12.97 |
15–19 | 657 907 | 666 443 | 1 324 350 | 10.54 |
20–24 | 528 044 | 567 632 | 1 095 676 | 8.72 |
25–29 | 417 642 | 512 403 | 930 045 | 7.41 |
30–34 | 339 033 | 443 928 | 782 962 | 6.23 |
35–39 | 275 317 | 357 350 | 632 667 | 5.04 |
40–44 | 228 609 | 289 300 | 517 909 | 4.12 |
45–49 | 192 971 | 228 709 | 421 680 | 3.36 |
50–54 | 162 513 | 181 040 | 343 553 | 2.74 |
55–59 | 135 604 | 137 422 | 273 025 | 2.17 |
60–64 | 110 535 | 105 633 | 216 168 | 1.72 |
65–69 | 85 963 | 81 143 | 167 106 | 1.33 |
70–74 | 62 168 | 59 044 | 121 212 | 0.97 |
75–79 | 39 993 | 39 338 | 79 331 | 0.63 |
80+ | 36 453 | 40 565 | 77 018 | 0.61 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0–14 | 2 819 096 | 2 757 826 | 5 576 922 | 44.40 |
15–64 | 3 048 174 | 3 489 860 | 6 538 034 | 52.06 |
65+ | 224 577 | 220 090 | 444 667 | 3.54 |
Registration of vital events is in Guinea not complete. The website Our World in Data prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the United Nations. [5]
Mid-year population (thousands) | Live births (thousands) | Deaths (thousands) | Natural change (thousands) | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | Total fertility rate (TFR) | Infant mortality (per 1000 live births) | Life expectancy (in years) | |
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1950 | 2 984 | 135 | 85 | 49 | 45.0 | 28.6 | 16.4 | 5.97 | 202.7 | 35.55 |
1951 | 3 032 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 45.1 | 29.1 | 16.1 | 5.98 | 202.7 | 35.55 |
1952 | 3 081 | 139 | 90 | 49 | 45.2 | 29.2 | 16.0 | 5.99 | 202.6 | 35.59 |
1953 | 3 131 | 142 | 92 | 50 | 45.3 | 29.3 | 16.0 | 6.01 | 202.3 | 35.67 |
1954 | 3 182 | 145 | 93 | 51 | 45.4 | 29.3 | 16.1 | 6.02 | 201.9 | 35.73 |
1955 | 3 234 | 147 | 94 | 53 | 45.5 | 29.1 | 16.3 | 6.04 | 201.5 | 35.90 |
1956 | 3 288 | 150 | 96 | 54 | 45.5 | 29.1 | 16.5 | 6.05 | 200.9 | 35.97 |
1957 | 3 342 | 152 | 97 | 56 | 45.6 | 29.0 | 16.6 | 6.07 | 200.2 | 36.06 |
1958 | 3 399 | 155 | 98 | 57 | 45.6 | 28.8 | 16.9 | 6.08 | 199.3 | 36.25 |
1959 | 3 457 | 158 | 99 | 59 | 45.6 | 28.6 | 17.0 | 6.10 | 198.3 | 36.36 |
1960 | 3 517 | 161 | 100 | 61 | 45.7 | 28.4 | 17.3 | 6.11 | 197.3 | 36.55 |
1961 | 3 579 | 164 | 101 | 63 | 45.7 | 28.1 | 17.5 | 6.13 | 196.1 | 36.75 |
1962 | 3 642 | 166 | 102 | 65 | 45.7 | 27.9 | 17.7 | 6.14 | 194.9 | 36.91 |
1963 | 3 708 | 169 | 102 | 67 | 45.6 | 27.6 | 18.0 | 6.15 | 193.7 | 37.16 |
1964 | 3 776 | 172 | 103 | 68 | 45.5 | 27.4 | 18.1 | 6.17 | 192.4 | 37.34 |
1965 | 3 845 | 175 | 104 | 71 | 45.5 | 27.1 | 18.4 | 6.18 | 191.1 | 37.60 |
1966 | 3 917 | 178 | 105 | 73 | 45.4 | 26.8 | 18.6 | 6.19 | 189.7 | 37.84 |
1967 | 3 991 | 181 | 106 | 75 | 45.3 | 26.5 | 18.8 | 6.20 | 188.2 | 38.12 |
1968 | 4 067 | 184 | 106 | 78 | 45.3 | 26.1 | 19.3 | 6.21 | 186.8 | 38.56 |
1969 | 4 145 | 188 | 107 | 81 | 45.3 | 25.9 | 19.4 | 6.23 | 185.3 | 38.72 |
1970 | 4 222 | 192 | 108 | 84 | 45.4 | 25.6 | 19.8 | 6.24 | 183.9 | 39.01 |
1971 | 4 298 | 195 | 109 | 86 | 45.4 | 25.3 | 20.1 | 6.26 | 182.3 | 39.31 |
1972 | 4 372 | 199 | 110 | 89 | 45.4 | 25.0 | 20.4 | 6.28 | 180.7 | 39.67 |
1973 | 4 445 | 202 | 111 | 92 | 45.4 | 24.9 | 20.6 | 6.31 | 179.0 | 39.89 |
1974 | 4 517 | 205 | 112 | 94 | 45.4 | 24.6 | 20.7 | 6.34 | 177.2 | 40.14 |
1975 | 4 588 | 209 | 112 | 97 | 45.3 | 24.3 | 21.1 | 6.37 | 175.3 | 40.59 |
1976 | 4 659 | 212 | 112 | 100 | 45.3 | 23.9 | 21.4 | 6.40 | 173.2 | 41.02 |
1977 | 4 730 | 216 | 112 | 104 | 45.4 | 23.6 | 21.8 | 6.43 | 170.9 | 41.41 |
1978 | 4 805 | 220 | 112 | 108 | 45.5 | 23.2 | 22.3 | 6.47 | 168.6 | 41.90 |
1979 | 4 885 | 225 | 112 | 113 | 45.9 | 22.9 | 23.0 | 6.54 | 166.2 | 42.39 |
1980 | 4 973 | 229 | 112 | 116 | 45.9 | 22.5 | 23.3 | 6.54 | 163.8 | 42.88 |
1981 | 5 067 | 233 | 113 | 120 | 45.9 | 22.2 | 23.7 | 6.56 | 161.4 | 43.32 |
1982 | 5 171 | 239 | 113 | 126 | 46.1 | 21.8 | 24.3 | 6.58 | 159.1 | 43.93 |
1983 | 5 282 | 244 | 114 | 131 | 46.1 | 21.5 | 24.7 | 6.59 | 156.8 | 44.38 |
1984 | 5 402 | 250 | 114 | 136 | 46.2 | 21.1 | 25.1 | 6.60 | 154.4 | 44.95 |
1985 | 5 532 | 256 | 114 | 142 | 46.3 | 20.7 | 25.6 | 6.61 | 152.0 | 45.52 |
1986 | 5 671 | 263 | 116 | 148 | 46.4 | 20.4 | 26.0 | 6.64 | 149.7 | 45.92 |
1987 | 5 821 | 271 | 117 | 154 | 46.6 | 20.0 | 26.5 | 6.67 | 147.4 | 46.42 |
1988 | 5 977 | 278 | 119 | 159 | 46.5 | 19.9 | 26.7 | 6.66 | 145.0 | 46.59 |
1989 | 6 136 | 285 | 121 | 164 | 46.5 | 19.7 | 26.8 | 6.66 | 142.4 | 46.85 |
1990 | 6 354 | 292 | 123 | 169 | 46.3 | 19.5 | 26.8 | 6.63 | 139.6 | 47.00 |
1991 | 6 616 | 305 | 126 | 180 | 46.4 | 19.1 | 27.3 | 6.59 | 136.6 | 47.55 |
1992 | 6 832 | 316 | 126 | 190 | 46.2 | 18.5 | 27.8 | 6.55 | 133.4 | 48.36 |
1993 | 7 046 | 322 | 126 | 196 | 45.9 | 18.0 | 27.9 | 6.49 | 129.9 | 48.96 |
1994 | 7 262 | 328 | 129 | 199 | 45.2 | 17.7 | 27.4 | 6.41 | 126.6 | 49.17 |
1995 | 7 468 | 331 | 128 | 204 | 44.4 | 17.1 | 27.3 | 6.34 | 123.0 | 49.87 |
1996 | 7 683 | 340 | 127 | 213 | 44.2 | 16.6 | 27.7 | 6.25 | 119.1 | 50.54 |
1997 | 7 843 | 345 | 126 | 219 | 43.7 | 15.9 | 27.8 | 6.16 | 115.5 | 51.36 |
1998 | 7 993 | 342 | 123 | 219 | 42.7 | 15.4 | 27.3 | 6.08 | 111.9 | 52.05 |
1999 | 8 175 | 346 | 123 | 223 | 42.2 | 15.0 | 27.2 | 6.01 | 108.1 | 52.36 |
2000 | 8 337 | 349 | 124 | 225 | 41.6 | 14.8 | 26.8 | 5.94 | 104.4 | 52.48 |
2001 | 8 446 | 349 | 124 | 226 | 41.0 | 14.5 | 26.5 | 5.85 | 100.8 | 52.66 |
2002 | 8 578 | 348 | 121 | 227 | 40.5 | 14.1 | 26.5 | 5.79 | 97.3 | 53.28 |
2003 | 8 772 | 353 | 121 | 232 | 40.1 | 13.7 | 26.4 | 5.74 | 94.0 | 53.68 |
2004 | 8 961 | 359 | 120 | 239 | 39.9 | 13.4 | 26.5 | 5.72 | 91.0 | 54.12 |
2005 | 9 140 | 366 | 120 | 247 | 39.9 | 13.0 | 26.9 | 5.70 | 88.4 | 54.63 |
2006 | 9 331 | 373 | 119 | 254 | 39.8 | 12.7 | 27.1 | 5.66 | 86.0 | 55.11 |
2007 | 9 547 | 381 | 119 | 262 | 39.8 | 12.4 | 27.4 | 5.62 | 84.0 | 55.55 |
2008 | 9 780 | 390 | 119 | 271 | 39.8 | 12.1 | 27.6 | 5.56 | 82.0 | 56.04 |
2009 | 10 021 | 399 | 120 | 279 | 39.7 | 11.9 | 27.8 | 5.51 | 80.4 | 56.35 |
2010 | 10 271 | 405 | 120 | 285 | 39.4 | 11.7 | 27.7 | 5.40 | 78.8 | 56.72 |
2011 | 10 528 | 410 | 121 | 289 | 38.9 | 11.5 | 27.5 | 5.30 | 77.4 | 57.02 |
2012 | 10 789 | 415 | 121 | 294 | 38.4 | 11.2 | 27.2 | 5.20 | 76.1 | 57.41 |
2013 | 11 055 | 422 | 121 | 301 | 38.1 | 10.9 | 27.2 | 5.12 | 74.8 | 57.79 |
2014 | 11 333 | 430 | 123 | 307 | 37.9 | 10.9 | 27.0 | 5.05 | 73.9 | 57.89 |
2015 | 11 626 | 441 | 125 | 316 | 37.9 | 10.7 | 27.2 | 5.02 | 72.7 | 58.13 |
2016 | 11 931 | 446 | 124 | 323 | 37.4 | 10.4 | 27.0 | 4.93 | 71.2 | 58.76 |
2017 | 12 241 | 449 | 124 | 325 | 36.6 | 10.1 | 26.5 | 4.79 | 70.1 | 59.11 |
2018 | 12 555 | 451 | 125 | 326 | 35.9 | 9.9 | 26.0 | 4.67 | 68.8 | 59.35 |
2019 | 12 878 | 456 | 125 | 331 | 35.4 | 9.7 | 25.7 | 4.58 | 67.4 | 59.72 |
2020 | 13 205 | 462 | 130 | 332 | 34.9 | 9.8 | 25.1 | 4.49 | 66.0 | 59.33 |
2021 | 13 532 | 466 | 135 | 331 | 34.4 | 10.0 | 24.4 | 4.40 | 64.4 | 58.89 |
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Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR): [6] [7]
Year | CBR (Total) | TFR (Total) | CBR (Urban) | TFR (Urban) | CBR (Rural) | TFR (Rural) |
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1992 | 41 | 5.67 (5.1) | 37 | 5.18 (4.5) | 42 | 5.89 (5.3) |
1999 | 36.9 | 5.5 (5.0) | 32.9 | 4.4 (3.8) | 38.4 | 6.1 (5.6) |
2005 | 38.4 | 5.7 (5.1) | 31.8 | 4.4 (3.9) | 40.8 | 6.3 (5.7) |
2012 | 34 | 5.1 (4.6) | 29.4 | 3.8 | 36.1 | 5.8 |
2018 | 33.6 | 4.8 (4.3) | 29.4 | 3.8 (3.4) | 35.8 | 5.5 (4.9) |
2021 | 32.5 | 4.1 | 28.5 | 3.1 | 34.3 | 4.7 |
Fertility data as of 2012 and 2018 (DHS Program): [8]
Administrative region | Total fertility rate (2012) | Total fertility rate (2018) | Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant (2012) | Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant (2018) | Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 (2012) | Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 (2018) |
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Boké | 4.7 | 4.8 | 14.4 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
Conakry | 3.6 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
Faranah | 5.8 | 5.8 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
Kankan | 6.9 | 6.5 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
Kindia | 5.2 | 5.0 | 12.4 | 10.2 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
Labé | 5.3 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 5.0 |
Mamou | 5.4 | 4.1 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
N'Zérékoré | 5.1 | 4.5 | 11.0 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
Period | Life expectancy in Years [9] |
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1950–1955 | 33.07 |
1955–1960 | 34.33 |
1960–1965 | 35.38 |
1965–1970 | 36.14 |
1970–1975 | 37.43 |
1975–1980 | 39.87 |
1980–1985 | 43.05 |
1985–1990 | 47.92 |
1990–1995 | 51.28 |
1995–2000 | 51.61 |
2000–2005 | 51.31 |
2005–2010 | 55.45 |
2010–2015 | 57.93 |
West Africans make up the largest non-Guinean population. Non-Africans total about 30,000 (mostly French, other Europeans, and Lebanese). Seven national languages are used extensively; the major written languages are French, Pular (English: Fula; French : Peul or Peuhl), and Arabic.
Other languages have established Latin orthographies that are used somewhat, notably for Susu and Maninka. The N'Ko script is increasingly used on a grassroots level for the Maninka language.
Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022. [10]
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook. [11]
Muslim 86.8%, Christian 3.52%, Indigenous beliefs 9.42%, Buddhist 0.5%, no religious beliefs 0.1% (2020). [12]
at birth 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.78 male(s)/female
total population 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Adult prevalence rate: 1.5% (2017 est.) People living with HIV/AIDS: 120,000 (2017 est.) Deaths: 5,100 (2017 est.)
noun Guinean(s)
adjective Guinean
French (official), each ethnic group has its own language. [14]
definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
note: on 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Guinea is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
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