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Guinea — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Guinea, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.31%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +32.0% since 1961
Population growth for Guinea was 2.31% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.00% in 1991. The lowest was 1.31% in 2001 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.44% per year.
Guinea ranks 34 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Guinea sits above it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 42% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.31%
First (1961)
1.75%
Change
+32.0%
Highest
4.00%
in 1991
Lowest
1.31%
in 2001
Average
2.22%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.44%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.31% |
| 2024 | 2.4% |
| 2023 | 2.46% |
| 2022 | 2.48% |
| 2021 | 2.51% |
| 2020 | 2.55% |
| 2019 | 2.56% |
| 2018 | 2.54% |
| 2017 | 2.56% |
| 2016 | 2.57% |
| 2015 | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 2.48% |
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.