Demographics of Guinea

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Guinea is projected at 13.50 million, up by 2.78% compared with 13.13 million in 2020. Guinea is ranked 75th in terms of population and 16th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.48 million births in Guinea in 2021. That is 1,301 per day, which is ranked 56th. The crude birth rate is 35.17 per 1000 people. There are 0.11 million deaths in Guinea in 2021. That is 292 per day, which is ranked 80th. The crude death rate is 7.87 per 1000 people.

5.26 million people are living in urban areas, which is 37.26% of Guinea population. Guinea is ranked 190th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Guinea in 2021 is 94.05 males per 100 females. There are 6.54 million males and 6.96 million females in Guinea. The percentage of female population is 51.53% compare to 48.47% male population. Guinea has 0.41 million more females than males. Guinea is at 32nd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Guinea population

Year Population Growth (%)
19503,012,938-
19553,229,6431.47
19603,494,1641.64
19653,801,7111.76
19704,154,6061.71
19754,491,2481.52
19804,871,4461.86
19855,470,7162.71
19906,352,2823
19957,269,6312.66
20008,240,7352.31
20059,109,5852.06
201010,192,1682.29
201511,432,0962.52
201611,738,4342.68
201712,067,5162.8
201812,414,2922.87
201912,771,2462.88
202013,132,7922.83
202113,497,2372.78
  • Total
  • Crude

Guinea death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950103,922143,21934.2347.20
1955103,268151,52431.9146.84
1960103,772161,00529.6646.03
1965106,896172,48228.0545.30
1970111,842188,49826.9545.45
1975114,530209,44725.4946.65
1980114,964235,57823.4448.11
1985112,683268,74020.4648.77
1990110,319305,21717.3848.10
1995115,596337,59415.8546.36
2000127,180363,19915.4444.21
2005123,641383,79813.5441.96
2010112,449404,97511.0039.71
2015107,349432,3549.3437.58
2020105,745467,5418.0335.57
2021106,448475,0357.8735.17
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Guinea

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950207,6132,886,041-6.711
1955278,6193,037,5165.998.402
1960374,6183,202,7916.1210.472
1965503,2543,374,5526.1412.978
1970674,2103,545,5605.5815.977
1975851,7293,512,7854.4619.515
19801,065,5573,446,3455.0923.617
19851,353,6223,731,1453.9426.621
19901,693,0724,348,0225.7628.026
19952,320,0345,551,1395.3829.475
20002,719,1126,089,4342.7030.869
20053,122,4246,557,3212.8932.257
20103,635,2597,158,9113.1333.678
20154,249,1317,842,4023.3235.141
20205,070,6568,680,1703.6936.875
20215,257,8678,851,7933.6937.264
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Guinea population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,079,936 1,064,803 2,144,739 15.89 101.421
05-09 957,375 944,398 1,901,773 14.09 101.374
10-14 865,600 852,868 1,718,468 12.73 101.493
15-19 779,233 764,495 1,543,728 11.44 101.928
20-24 679,986 664,578 1,344,564 9.96 102.318
25-29 555,034 550,571 1,105,605 8.19 100.811
30-34 421,601 446,405 868,006 6.43 94.444
35-39 308,921 363,662 672,583 4.98 84.947
40-44 227,334 294,793 522,127 3.87 77.116
45-49 172,304 239,827 412,131 3.05 71.845
50-54 139,056 201,459 340,515 2.52 69.024
55-59 113,968 172,942 286,910 2.13 65.900
60-64 90,027 144,552 234,579 1.74 62.280
65-69 68,784 113,780 182,564 1.35 60.454
70-74 41,291 69,838 111,129 0.82 59.124
75-79 25,045 40,767 65,812 0.49 61.434
80-84 11,878 19,067 30,945 0.23 62.296
85-89 3,535 5,808 9,343 0.07 60.864
90-94 578 1,006 1,584 0.01 57.455
95-99 43 85 128 0.00 50.588
100+ 1 3 4 0.00 33.333
Total 6,541,530 6,955,707 13,497,237 94.046