Guinea-Bissau — Population
Population, Total for Guinea-Bissau, 1960–2025.
Population for Guinea-Bissau was 2.25 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 566,908 in 1966 (about 4.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.11% per year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 147 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 68%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 15.10 million, so Guinea-Bissau sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 26%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 41 of 48 economies; Equatorial Guinea (1.94 million) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 7% in 1977. That is 12% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1997. Doubling roughly every 33 years at that pace.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,249,515 | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 2,201,352 | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 2,153,339 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 2,105,529 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 2,058,841 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 2,013,255 | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 1,967,696 | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1,922,168 | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 1,877,072 | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 1,831,893 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 1,786,457 | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 1,741,122 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 1,695,973 | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1,651,417 | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 1,608,076 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 1,566,347 | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 1,526,377 | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 1,488,054 | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 1,450,986 | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 1,415,303 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 1,381,585 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 1,349,563 | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1,318,806 | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 1,289,307 | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 1,261,273 | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 1,234,741 | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,210,206 | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 1,187,473 | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 1,165,545 | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 1,143,535 | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 1,119,949 | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 1,092,031 | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 1,058,745 | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 1,024,356 | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 994,639 | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 973,669 | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 957,789 | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 942,061 | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 926,862 | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 912,126 | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 897,697 | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 883,519 | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 869,592 | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 855,891 | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 842,432 | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 829,303 | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 819,867 | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 791,694 | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 741,789 | +6.9% |
| 1976 | 694,191 | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 650,966 | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 613,338 | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 592,808 | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 586,620 | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 586,221 | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 584,403 | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 581,610 | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 578,170 | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 569,011 | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 566,908 | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 575,005 | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 588,543 | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 594,418 | +0.8% |
| 1962 | 589,474 | +1.2% |
| 1961 | 582,532 | +0.8% |
| 1960 | 577,633 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Guinea-Bissau’s Population in 1961?
582,532 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Guinea-Bissau’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Guinea-Bissau’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +289.4% in total — about 2.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2,249,515; 2024: 2,201,352; 2023: 2,153,339; 2022: 2,105,529; 2021: 2,058,841. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. 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.