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Guinea

Guinea / GN

01 / BASIC INFORMATION

Guinea in numbers.

Area245,860 kmยฒWorld # 78 โ†’Population15.1MWorld # 74 โ†’Population density61.4 people/kmยฒWorld # 139 โ†’Life expectancy60.9 yearsWorld # 208 โ†’GDP per capitaUS$ 1,877World # 177 โ†’

02 / ALL RANKINGS

Guinea across 51 rankings.

Essentials

Area245,860 kmยฒWorld # 78 / 2023 โ†’Population15.1MWorld # 74 / 2025 โ†’Population density61.4 people/kmยฒWorld # 139 / Population 2025 ยท area 2023 โ†’Independence / founding reference year1,958World # 97 / CIA World Factbook 2025 archive โ†’

People & society

Population growth2.3%World # 34 / 2025 โ†’Total fertility rate4.1World # 20 / 2024 โ†’Birth rate33.3 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 16 / 2024 โ†’Death rate9 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 60 / 2024 โ†’Median age18 yearsWorld # 214 / 2023 โ†’Population aged 65+3.5%World # 177 / 2025 โ†’Population aged 0โ€“1440.5%World # 19 / 2025 โ†’Urban population38.5%World # 176 / 2025 โ†’Net migration-16.3KWorld # 166 / 2025 โ†’Net migration rate-1.1 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 134 / 2025 โ†’International migrant share0.8%World # 178 / 2024 โ†’

Health

Life expectancy60.9 yearsWorld # 208 / 2024 โ†’Healthy life expectancy53.4 yearsWorld # 167 / 2021 โ†’Physicians per 1,000 people0.2 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 163 / 2022 โ†’Smoking rateNo dataNo rank โ†’

Economy & work

GDP per capitaUS$ 1,877World # 177 / 2025 โ†’Nominal GDPUS$ 28.3BWorld # 118 / 2025 โ†’GDP per capita (PPP)US$ 4,935World # 166 / 2025 โ†’Real GDP growth7.4%World # 18 / 2025 โ†’Inflation3.5%World # 80 / 2025 โ†’Unemployment5.2%World # 93 / 2025 โ†’Youth unemployment7%World # 143 / 2025 โ†’Average annual working hoursNo dataNo rank โ†’Average sleep timeNo dataNo rank โ†’Income inequality (Gini index)29.6World # 136 / 2018 โ†’

Education & science

Education spending (% of GDP)1.7%World # 182 / 2023 โ†’Researchers per million peopleNo dataNo rank โ†’R&D spending (% of GDP)No dataNo rank โ†’Patent applications per million peopleNo dataNo rank โ†’

Food & agriculture

Calorie supply per person2,948 kcal/dayWorld # 93 / 2023 โ†’Meat supply per person15.2 kg/person/yearWorld # 163 / 2023 โ†’Rice production3.7M tWorld # 22 / 2024 โ†’Wheat productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Coffee production174.8K tWorld # 14 / 2024 โ†’Coffee consumption per personNo dataNo rank โ†’

Environment & digital

Forest area24.7%World # 119 / 2023 โ†’Electricity use per personNo dataNo rank โ†’COโ‚‚ emissions per person0.3 tWorld # 193 / 2024 โ†’Internet use33.3%World # 179 / 2024 โ†’Mobile subscriptions97.9 per 100 peopleWorld # 143 / 2023 โ†’

Safety & politics

Homicide rateNo dataNo rank โ†’Road traffic death rate29.7 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 26 / 2019 โ†’Military spending (% of GDP)2.1%World # 59 / 2024 โ†’Women in parliament29.6%World # 80 / 2025 โ†’

Travel & culture

International tourist arrivals99KWorld # 167 / 2017 โ†’International tourism receiptsUS$ 1.3MWorld # 185 / 2020 โ†’World Heritage sites1 sitesWorld # 138 / 2026-07 โ†’

03 / CULTURE & INDUSTRY

Society, culture and industry.

Largest religious groupIslam2018 / 85.2%Main languageFrenchMain functional languageLeading electricity sourceHydro2024Top export categoryGems, precious metals and glass2023Most mapped OSM sportFootball and futsal472 facilities countedWriting directionLeft to rightFrenchLargest staple-food calorie sourceRice2023Current currencyGuinean FrancGNFDriving sideRight-hand trafficSide of the road used by trafficCountry-name originNo dataNo comparison data for this country