Demographics of Guinea Bissau

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Guinea Bissau is projected at 2.02 million, up by 2.41% compared with 1.97 million in 2020. Guinea Bissau is ranked 150th in terms of population and 35th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 67.51 thousand births in Guinea Bissau in 2021. That is 185 per day, which is ranked 124th. The crude birth rate is 33.47 per 1000 people. There are 18.39 thousand deaths in Guinea Bissau in 2021. That is 50 per day, which is ranked 143rd. The crude death rate is 9.11 per 1000 people.

0.91 million people are living in urban areas, which is 44.62% of Guinea Bissau population. Guinea Bissau is ranked 171st in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Guinea Bissau in 2021 is 95.91 males per 100 females. There are 1 million males and 1.03 million females in Guinea Bissau. The percentage of female population is 51.04% compare to 48.96% male population. Guinea Bissau has 42.05 thousand more females than males. Guinea Bissau is at 49th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Guinea Bissau population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	535,438	-
1955	576,131	1.40
1960	616,140	1.20
1965	649,795	1.24
1970	704,937	1.81
1975	765,985	1.10
1980	781,678	0.90
1985	872,163	2.45
1990	975,265	2.25
1995	1,088,850	2.11
2000	1,201,305	2.05
2005	1,344,931	2.39
2010	1,522,603	2.61
2015	1,737,207	2.65
2016	1,782,434	2.60
2017	1,828,146	2.56
2018	1,874,304	2.52
2019	1,920,917	2.49
2020	1,967,998	2.45
2021	2,015,490	2.41

Total
Crude

Guinea Bissau death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	15,222	25,629	28.25	47.49
1955	15,626	25,555	27.10	44.34
1960	15,827	26,040	25.76	42.39
1965	15,919	27,363	24.35	41.87
1970	16,416	30,093	23.22	42.58
1975	16,912	33,848	22.39	44.86
1980	17,144	38,823	21.52	48.73
1985	17,662	43,018	20.27	49.43
1990	18,143	45,626	18.57	46.71
1995	18,244	47,876	16.77	44.05
2000	18,136	50,445	15.03	41.83
2005	18,110	54,653	13.42	40.52
2010	17,931	59,724	11.74	39.09
2015	17,822	64,004	10.24	36.82
2020	18,264	66,974	9.27	34.01
2021	18,393	67,513	9.11	33.47

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Guinea Bissau

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	53,616	481,814	-	10.014
1955	67,249	508,133	4.57	11.688
1960	83,832	532,577	4.35	13.600
1965	93,635	558,927	2.42	14.349
1970	107,712	604,115	3.02	15.132
1975	124,163	654,307	2.31	15.950
1980	142,580	658,274	7.28	17.804
1985	213,223	686,286	8.43	23.704
1990	312,082	700,198	7.70	30.830
1995	390,837	746,285	3.23	34.371
2000	450,585	792,644	2.91	36.243
2005	526,889	853,949	3.30	38.157
2010	624,074	931,806	3.55	40.111
2015	745,799	1,024,727	3.60	42.123
2020	884,232	1,116,462	3.38	44.196
2021	913,828	1,134,311	3.35	44.617

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Guinea Bissau population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	155,524	152,704	308,228	15.29	101.847
05-09	142,348	140,303	282,651	14.02	101.458
10-14	125,227	124,145	249,372	12.37	100.872
15-19	106,618	106,430	213,048	10.57	100.177
20-24	91,633	93,029	184,662	9.16	98.499
25-29	80,494	83,957	164,451	8.16	95.875
30-34	68,853	73,656	142,509	7.07	93.479
35-39	57,202	62,500	119,702	5.94	91.523
40-44	43,686	48,377	92,063	4.57	90.303
45-49	33,828	37,560	71,388	3.54	90.064
50-54	25,002	28,218	53,220	2.64	88.603
55-59	19,101	22,806	41,907	2.08	83.754
60-64	14,523	18,970	33,493	1.66	76.558
65-69	11,168	16,437	27,605	1.37	67.944
70-74	6,356	10,245	16,601	0.82	62.040
75-79	3,361	5,856	9,217	0.46	57.394
80-84	1,361	2,630	3,991	0.20	51.749
85-89	377	806	1,183	0.06	46.774
90-94	56	133	189	0.01	42.105
95-99	3	7	10	0.00	42.857
100+	0	0	0	0.00	-
Total	986,721	1,028,769	2,015,490		95.913