Guinea-Bissau Population

Population now

2,236,114

World: 144th
Africa: 44th

Male:	1,098,557	(49.12 %)
Female:	1,138,015	(50.88 %)

Births in 2026:	38,122
Deaths in 2026:	10,388

Life expectancy & Rates (2026)

Male:	58.30 years
Female:	62.40 years
Total:	60.40 years
Median Age:	18.60 years

Birth Rate:	31.12
Death Rate:	8.48
Growth Rate:	2.67 %
Fertility Rate:	3.95

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Population structure (mid 2026)
Urbanization

Guinea-Bissau Population History

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
1960	616k	304k	313k	0.97	0.65%	42.39	25.76	5.92	37.48	35.69	39.34	19.39	13.60%	17.06
1961	623k	307k	316k	0.97	0.66%	42.18	25.48	5.93	37.75	35.95	39.64	19.31	13.75%	17.24
1962	629k	310k	319k	0.97	0.67%	42.03	25.20	5.94	38.04	36.22	39.95	19.23	13.90%	17.41
1963	635k	312k	323k	0.97	0.68%	41.92	24.91	5.95	38.35	36.50	40.28	19.15	14.05%	17.58
1964	642k	316k	326k	0.97	0.70%	41.87	24.63	5.96	38.67	36.80	40.63	19.11	14.20%	17.77
1965	650k	320k	330k	0.97	0.72%	41.87	24.35	5.97	39.00	37.11	40.98	19.08	14.35%	17.99
1966	659k	324k	335k	0.97	0.74%	41.91	24.09	5.98	39.34	37.44	41.34	18.92	14.50%	18.24
1967	669k	329k	340k	0.97	0.76%	42.00	23.84	5.99	39.68	37.76	41.68	18.81	14.66%	18.53
1968	680k	334k	346k	0.97	0.78%	42.14	23.62	6.01	40.01	38.09	42.02	18.75	14.82%	18.84
1969	692k	340k	352k	0.96	0.81%	42.33	23.41	6.02	40.33	38.41	42.34	18.72	14.97%	19.17
1970	705k	346k	359k	0.96	0.83%	42.58	23.22	6.04	40.65	38.72	42.66	18.72	15.13%	19.52
1971	718k	353k	366k	0.97	0.86%	42.89	23.05	6.06	40.96	39.03	42.97	18.68	15.29%	19.89
1972	733k	360k	373k	0.97	0.89%	43.28	22.88	6.08	41.28	39.34	43.30	18.67	15.46%	20.28
1973	746k	367k	379k	0.97	0.93%	43.74	22.72	6.10	41.60	39.65	43.64	18.69	15.62%	20.66
1974	758k	372k	385k	0.97	0.96%	44.26	22.56	6.12	41.93	39.95	43.99	18.71	15.78%	20.98
1975	766k	376k	390k	0.96	1.00%	44.86	22.40	6.15	42.26	40.25	44.37	18.72	15.95%	21.21
1976	770k	377k	394k	0.96	1.05%	45.55	22.23	6.19	42.61	40.55	44.77	18.46	16.12%	21.33
1977	772k	376k	396k	0.95	1.10%	46.33	22.06	6.25	42.97	40.85	45.18	18.20	16.29%	21.37
1978	772k	374k	398k	0.94	1.15%	47.15	21.89	6.32	43.33	41.14	45.61	17.93	16.46%	21.38
1979	775k	374k	401k	0.93	1.21%	47.98	21.71	6.40	43.70	41.43	46.04	17.64	16.77%	21.45
1980	782k	376k	405k	0.93	1.26%	48.73	21.52	6.49	44.06	41.71	46.46	17.32	17.80%	21.64
1981	794k	382k	412k	0.93	1.31%	49.32	21.32	6.57	44.40	41.97	46.87	17.11	18.88%	21.98
1982	810k	390k	421k	0.93	1.36%	49.70	21.09	6.64	44.73	42.23	47.26	16.90	20.01%	22.44
1983	830k	400k	430k	0.93	1.39%	49.85	20.84	6.69	45.05	42.48	47.63	16.68	21.19%	22.98
1984	851k	410k	441k	0.93	1.42%	49.75	20.57	6.73	45.34	42.71	47.98	16.48	22.43%	23.57
1985	872k	421k	451k	0.93	1.44%	49.43	20.27	6.74	45.63	42.94	48.31	16.31	23.70%	24.15
1986	893k	431k	462k	0.93	1.45%	48.95	19.96	6.73	45.91	43.18	48.64	16.09	25.03%	24.71
1987	913k	441k	472k	0.93	1.47%	48.39	19.63	6.72	46.19	43.41	48.97	15.95	26.41%	25.27
1988	933k	451k	482k	0.93	1.48%	47.81	19.28	6.69	46.48	43.66	49.31	15.87	27.84%	25.83
1989	954k	461k	493k	0.93	1.50%	47.24	18.93	6.66	46.78	43.92	49.66	15.82	29.31%	26.41
1990	975k	471k	504k	0.94	1.52%	46.71	18.57	6.63	47.10	44.18	50.01	15.78	30.83%	27.00
1991	998k	482k	515k	0.94	1.54%	46.20	18.21	6.58	47.41	44.46	50.37	15.74	32.39%	27.62
1992	1M	493k	527k	0.94	1.56%	45.69	17.85	6.53	47.73	44.73	50.73	15.71	33.27%	28.25
1993	1M	505k	539k	0.94	1.58%	45.15	17.49	6.46	48.04	45.01	51.07	15.71	33.64%	28.89
1994	1M	516k	551k	0.94	1.60%	44.60	17.13	6.38	48.35	45.29	51.41	15.75	34.00%	29.52
1995	1M	527k	562k	0.94	1.63%	44.05	16.77	6.29	48.66	45.59	51.72	15.83	34.37%	30.15
1996	1M	537k	573k	0.94	1.65%	43.52	16.42	6.20	48.97	45.92	52.02	15.80	34.74%	30.75
1997	1M	548k	585k	0.94	1.68%	43.02	16.07	6.11	49.30	46.29	52.30	15.82	35.11%	31.35
1998	1M	558k	596k	0.94	1.71%	42.57	15.72	6.01	49.64	46.69	52.57	15.88	35.49%	31.96
1999	1M	569k	608k	0.94	1.74%	42.17	15.37	5.91	50.00	47.12	52.83	15.94	35.87%	32.59
2000	1M	581k	620k	0.94	1.78%	41.83	15.03	5.82	50.37	47.58	53.10	16.02	36.24%	33.26
2001	1M	593k	634k	0.94	1.83%	41.53	14.70	5.73	50.74	48.06	53.37	16.12	36.62%	33.97
2002	1M	606k	649k	0.93	1.87%	41.26	14.37	5.64	51.12	48.52	53.64	16.23	37.00%	34.73
2003	1M	619k	664k	0.93	1.92%	41.01	14.05	5.56	51.50	48.98	53.93	16.35	37.39%	35.53
2004	1M	634k	680k	0.93	1.97%	40.77	13.73	5.47	51.88	49.42	54.25	16.48	37.77%	36.36
2005	1M	649k	696k	0.93	2.02%	40.52	13.42	5.39	52.28	49.86	54.59	16.61	38.16%	37.24
2006	1M	665k	713k	0.93	2.07%	40.26	13.10	5.31	52.69	50.29	54.98	16.70	38.55%	38.14
2007	1M	682k	730k	0.93	2.13%	40.00	12.77	5.24	53.14	50.74	55.42	16.79	38.93%	39.08
2008	1M	700k	747k	0.94	2.20%	39.72	12.43	5.17	53.61	51.22	55.89	16.89	39.33%	40.06
2009	1M	719k	765k	0.94	2.26%	39.42	12.08	5.11	54.11	51.72	56.39	16.98	39.72%	41.08
2010	2M	738k	785k	0.94	2.33%	39.09	11.74	5.05	54.63	52.23	56.90	17.08	40.11%	42.15
2011	2M	758k	805k	0.94	2.40%	38.71	11.40	4.99	55.14	52.76	57.41	17.13	40.51%	43.27
2012	2M	779k	826k	0.94	2.46%	38.30	11.08	4.92	55.65	53.29	57.88	17.20	40.91%	44.43
2013	2M	801k	847k	0.95	2.51%	37.84	10.78	4.86	56.12	53.80	58.30	17.28	41.31%	45.63
2014	2M	823k	869k	0.95	2.56%	37.35	10.50	4.78	56.56	54.30	58.69	17.36	41.72%	46.86
2015	2M	846k	891k	0.95	2.60%	36.82	10.24	4.71	56.96	54.77	59.02	17.44	42.12%	48.10
2016	2M	869k	914k	0.95	2.62%	36.27	10.01	4.63	57.33	55.20	59.33	17.50	42.53%	49.35
2017	2M	892k	936k	0.95	2.64%	35.70	9.81	4.55	57.67	55.60	59.62	17.57	42.95%	50.61
2018	2M	915k	959k	0.95	2.66%	35.13	9.61	4.48	58.00	55.97	59.91	17.65	43.36%	51.89
2019	2M	939k	982k	0.96	2.66%	34.56	9.43	4.40	58.32	56.31	60.21	17.73	43.78%	53.18
2020	2M	963k	1M	0.96	2.67%	34.01	9.27	4.33	58.63	56.62	60.52	17.83	44.20%	54.48
2021	2M	987k	1M	0.96	2.67%	34.01	9.27	4.33	58.63	56.62	60.52	17.93	44.62%	55.80
2022	2M	1M	1M	0.96	2.67%	34.01	9.27	4.33	58.63	56.62	60.52	18.01	45.04%	57.12
2023	2M	1M	1M	0.96	2.67%	32.52	8.86	4.14	59.52	57.47	61.47	18.14	45.47%	58.47
2024	2M	1M	1M	0.96	2.67%	32.02	8.72	4.07	59.82	57.75	61.79	18.29	45.89%	59.80
2025	2M	1M	1M	0.96	2.67%	31.52	8.58	4.01	60.12	58.03	62.11	18.42	46.32%	61.16
2026	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.67%	31.12	8.48	3.95	60.40	58.30	62.40	18.60	46.75%	62.54

Guinea-Bissau Population Projections

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
2027	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.67%	30.72	8.37	3.89	60.68	58.58	62.70	18.73	47.19%	63.93
2028	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.67%	30.33	8.27	3.84	60.97	58.85	62.99	18.89	47.62%	65.31
2029	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.67%	29.93	8.16	3.78	61.25	59.13	63.29	19.09	48.05%	66.72
2030	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.66%	29.53	8.06	3.72	61.53	59.40	63.58	19.31	48.49%	68.13
2031	3M	1M	1M	0.97	2.65%	29.19	7.99	3.67	61.79	59.65	63.85	19.55	48.93%	69.57
2032	3M	1M	1M	0.97	2.65%	28.85	7.91	3.62	62.04	59.89	64.12	19.75	49.37%	71.01
2033	3M	1M	1M	0.97	2.64%	28.52	7.84	3.57	62.30	60.14	64.40	19.98	49.80%	72.48
2034	3M	1M	1M	0.97	2.63%	28.18	7.76	3.52	62.55	60.38	64.67	20.20	50.24%	73.95
2035	3M	1M	1M	0.97	2.62%	27.84	7.69	3.47	62.81	60.63	64.94	20.44	50.68%	75.42
2036	3M	1M	1M	0.97	2.60%	27.54	7.64	3.43	63.04	60.85	65.19	20.66	51.12%	76.91
2037	3M	1M	1M	0.97	2.59%	27.25	7.59	3.39	63.28	61.07	65.44	20.89	51.56%	78.41
2038	3M	1M	1M	0.98	2.57%	26.95	7.54	3.35	63.51	61.30	65.69	21.08	52.00%	79.90
2039	3M	1M	1M	0.98	2.56%	26.66	7.49	3.31	63.75	61.52	65.94	21.32	52.44%	81.42
2040	3M	1M	2M	0.98	2.54%	26.36	7.44	3.27	63.98	61.74	66.19	21.56	52.88%	82.95
2041	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.51%	26.07	7.42	3.23	64.19	61.94	66.41	21.78	53.32%	84.50
2042	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.49%	25.79	7.40	3.20	64.40	62.14	66.63	21.94	53.76%	86.02
2043	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.46%	25.50	7.37	3.16	64.60	62.33	66.86	22.17	54.19%	87.57
2044	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.43%	25.22	7.35	3.13	64.81	62.53	67.08	22.41	54.63%	89.15
2045	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.40%	24.93	7.33	3.09	65.02	62.73	67.30	22.62	55.07%	90.70
2046	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.36%	24.64	7.34	3.06	65.21	62.90	67.50	22.81	55.50%	92.25
2047	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.32%	24.36	7.34	3.03	65.40	63.08	67.70	23.03	55.94%	93.83
2048	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.27%	24.07	7.35	2.99	65.58	63.25	67.91	23.24	56.37%	95.38
2049	4M	2M	2M	0.98	2.24%	23.79	7.35	2.96	65.77	63.43	68.11	23.44	56.80%	96.93
2050	4M	2M	2M	0.98	2.19%	23.50	7.36	2.93	65.96	63.60	68.31	23.62	57.23%	98.48

Highest City Populations in Guinea-Bissau

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Rank	City	Population, Urban Area	Population, City
1	Bissau	632,930	388,028

Map of Guinea-Bissau

All Countries in Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo107M

South Africa63M

Burkina Faso25M

Republic of the Congo6M

Central African Republic5M

Guinea-Bissau2M

Equatorial Guinea2M

Sao Tome and Principe247k