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Guinea-Bissau — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.16%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +156.3% since 1961
Population growth for Guinea-Bissau was 2.16% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.63% in 1977. The lowest was -2.33% in 1965 (about -1.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.48% per year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 41 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 19%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Guinea-Bissau sits below it. It peaked in 1977 and has fallen 67% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 16%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.16%
First (1961)
0.84%
Change
+156.3%
Highest
6.63%
in 1977
Lowest
-2.33%
in 1965
Average
2.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.48%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.16% |
| 2024 | 2.21% |
| 2023 | 2.25% |
| 2022 | 2.24% |
| 2021 | 2.24% |
| 2020 | 2.29% |
| 2019 | 2.34% |
| 2018 | 2.37% |
| 2017 | 2.44% |
| 2016 | 2.51% |
| 2015 | 2.57% |
| 2014 | 2.63% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.