Demographics of Guinea Bissau
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2024) |
| Date | 24 Jul 2024 |
There are 1.09 million males and 1.11 million females in Guinea-Bissau. The percentage of the male population is 49.42%, compared to 50.58% of the female population. Guinea-Bissau has 25k more females than males. The sex ratio in Guinea-Bissau in 2024 will be 97.725 males per 100 females. Guinea-Bissau is in the 101st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 543,627 | 1.43 |
| 1955 | 564,068 | 0.53 |
| 1960 | 577,633 | 0.45 |
| 1965 | 575,005 | -2.11 |
| 1970 | 584,403 | 1.50 |
| 1975 | 650,966 | 6.25 |
| 1980 | 829,303 | 1.56 |
| 1985 | 897,697 | 1.59 |
| 1990 | 973,669 | 1.62 |
| 1995 | 1,119,949 | 2.21 |
| 2000 | 1,234,741 | 2.09 |
| 2005 | 1,381,585 | 2.37 |
| 2010 | 1,566,347 | 2.61 |
| 2015 | 1,786,457 | 2.54 |
| 2020 | 2,013,255 | 2.25 |
| 2021 | 2,058,841 | 2.23 |
| 2024 | 2,201,352 | 2.18 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 15,074 | 25,008 | 27.729 | 46.002 |
| 1955 | 15,428 | 25,563 | 27.352 | 45.319 |
| 1960 | 15,580 | 26,198 | 26.972 | 45.354 |
| 1965 | 16,324 | 24,114 | 28.390 | 41.937 |
| 1970 | 14,921 | 22,553 | 25.532 | 38.591 |
| 1975 | 14,555 | 26,553 | 22.359 | 40.790 |
| 1980 | 19,297 | 40,321 | 23.269 | 48.621 |
| 1985 | 20,043 | 43,159 | 22.327 | 48.077 |
| 1990 | 20,167 | 44,103 | 20.713 | 45.296 |
| 1995 | 20,431 | 49,574 | 18.243 | 44.264 |
| 2000 | 19,470 | 52,286 | 15.769 | 42.346 |
| 2005 | 18,705 | 56,053 | 13.539 | 40.571 |
| 2010 | 16,937 | 60,004 | 10.813 | 38.308 |
| 2015 | 16,036 | 62,882 | 8.976 | 35.199 |
| 2020 | 16,510 | 63,229 | 8.201 | 31.406 |
| 2021 | 16,518 | 63,759 | 8.023 | 30.969 |
| 2022 | 15,210 | 64,131 | 7.224 | 30.458 |
| 2023 | 15,181 | 64,679 | 7.050 | 30.037 |
| 2024 | 15,429 | 65,072 | 7.009 | 29.560 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 53,616 | 481,814 | 10.014 |
| 1955 | 67,249 | 508,133 | 11.688 |
| 1960 | 83,832 | 532,577 | 13.600 |
| 1965 | 93,635 | 558,927 | 14.349 |
| 1970 | 107,712 | 604,115 | 15.132 |
| 1975 | 124,163 | 654,307 | 15.950 |
| 1980 | 142,580 | 658,274 | 17.804 |
| 1985 | 213,223 | 686,286 | 23.704 |
| 1990 | 312,082 | 700,198 | 30.830 |
| 1995 | 390,837 | 746,285 | 34.371 |
| 2000 | 450,585 | 792,644 | 36.243 |
| 2005 | 526,889 | 853,949 | 38.157 |
| 2010 | 624,074 | 931,806 | 40.111 |
| 2015 | 745,799 | 1,024,727 | 42.123 |
| 2020 | 884,232 | 1,116,462 | 44.196 |
| 2021 | 913,828 | 1,134,311 | 44.617 |
| 2022 | 944,058 | 1,151,951 | 45.041 |
| 2023 | 974,902 | 1,169,345 | 45.466 |
| 2024 | 1,006,379 | 1,186,501 | 45.893 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 152,216 | 147,948 | 300,164 | 13.64 | 102.885 |
| 05-09 | 143,598 | 140,006 | 283,604 | 12.88 | 102.566 |
| 10-14 | 136,480 | 133,566 | 270,046 | 12.27 | 102.182 |
| 15-19 | 120,921 | 118,995 | 239,916 | 10.90 | 101.619 |
| 20-24 | 104,308 | 103,326 | 207,634 | 9.43 | 100.950 |
| 25-29 | 90,166 | 90,067 | 180,232 | 8.19 | 100.110 |
| 30-34 | 76,986 | 77,420 | 154,406 | 7.01 | 99.439 |
| 35-39 | 66,194 | 67,193 | 133,387 | 6.06 | 98.513 |
| 40-44 | 55,260 | 56,660 | 111,919 | 5.08 | 97.529 |
| 45-49 | 43,592 | 47,243 | 90,835 | 4.13 | 92.272 |
| 50-54 | 33,133 | 37,677 | 70,811 | 3.22 | 87.940 |
| 55-59 | 22,233 | 27,422 | 49,656 | 2.26 | 81.077 |
| 60-64 | 15,797 | 22,680 | 38,478 | 1.75 | 69.652 |
| 65-69 | 11,588 | 18,632 | 30,220 | 1.37 | 62.194 |
| 70-74 | 7,931 | 12,814 | 20,744 | 0.94 | 61.893 |
| 75-79 | 4,494 | 6,827 | 11,321 | 0.51 | 65.827 |
| 80-84 | 2,113 | 3,186 | 5,298 | 0.24 | 66.321 |
| 85-89 | 776 | 1,272 | 2,048 | 0.09 | 61.006 |
| 90-94 | 193 | 346 | 539 | 0.02 | 55.780 |
| 95-99 | 30 | 57 | 87 | 0.00 | 52.632 |
| 100+ | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.00 | 50.000 |
| Total | 1,088,011 | 1,113,341 | 2,201,351 | 97.725 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio