Guinea — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Guinea, 1961–2025.
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%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 23 of 48 economies; Senegal (2.30%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 44% in 2003. That is 7% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1991. Doubling roughly every 160 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 145th of 216 in 1961 → 128th of 216 in 1970 → 122nd of 216 in 1980 → 24th of 216 in 1990 → 70th of 217 in 2000 → 45th of 217 in 2010 → 30th of 217 in 2020 → 34th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.31% | -0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 2.4% | -0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 2.46% | -0.0 pp |
| 2022 | 2.48% | -0.0 pp |
| 2021 | 2.51% | -0.0 pp |
| 2020 | 2.55% | -0.0 pp |
| 2019 | 2.56% | +0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 2.54% | -0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 2.56% | -0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 2.57% | +0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 2.53% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 2.48% | +0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 2.44% | -0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 2.45% | -0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 2.48% | +0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 2.46% | +0.0 pp |
| 2009 | 2.44% | +0.0 pp |
| 2008 | 2.42% | +0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 2.31% | +0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 2.09% | +0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 2% | -0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 2.14% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 2.24% | +0.7 pp |
| 2002 | 1.56% | +0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 1.31% | -0.7 pp |
| 2000 | 1.96% | -0.3 pp |
| 1999 | 2.24% | +0.4 pp |
| 1998 | 1.88% | -0.2 pp |
| 1997 | 2.06% | -0.8 pp |
| 1996 | 2.83% | +0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 2.79% | -0.2 pp |
| 1994 | 3% | -0.0 pp |
| 1993 | 3.05% | -0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 3.19% | -0.8 pp |
| 1991 | 4% | +0.5 pp |
| 1990 | 3.46% | +0.9 pp |
| 1989 | 2.6% | -0.0 pp |
| 1988 | 2.62% | +0.0 pp |
| 1987 | 2.57% | +0.1 pp |
| 1986 | 2.47% | +0.1 pp |
| 1985 | 2.35% | +0.1 pp |
| 1984 | 2.22% | +0.1 pp |
| 1983 | 2.11% | +0.1 pp |
| 1982 | 2.01% | +0.1 pp |
| 1981 | 1.88% | +0.1 pp |
| 1980 | 1.76% | +0.1 pp |
| 1979 | 1.66% | +0.1 pp |
| 1978 | 1.59% | +0.0 pp |
| 1977 | 1.56% | -0.0 pp |
| 1976 | 1.56% | -0.0 pp |
| 1975 | 1.59% | -0.0 pp |
| 1974 | 1.63% | -0.0 pp |
| 1973 | 1.68% | -0.1 pp |
| 1972 | 1.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 1971 | 1.8% | -0.1 pp |
| 1970 | 1.87% | -0.0 pp |
| 1969 | 1.92% | -0.0 pp |
| 1968 | 1.92% | +0.0 pp |
| 1967 | 1.9% | +0.0 pp |
| 1966 | 1.87% | +0.0 pp |
| 1965 | 1.84% | +0.0 pp |
| 1964 | 1.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 1963 | 1.79% | +0.0 pp |
| 1962 | 1.77% | +0.0 pp |
| 1961 | 1.75% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Guinea’s Population growth in 1962?
1.77% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Guinea’s Population growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +32.0% in total — about 0.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.GROW. 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: 2.31%; 2024: 2.4%; 2023: 2.46%; 2022: 2.48%; 2021: 2.51%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.