Country or area · Western Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Guinea population

Guinea population now

15,525,641

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 15.1–16.0 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 14,405,468

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 15.4420 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 15.1–16.0 million
Median age: 19.5
Aged 65+: 3.5%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

GIN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Guinea in numbers

Guinea had 14,405,468 people in mid-2023, the 75th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.18% of the world's people. That is 4.8 times its 1950 population of 3.0 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 32.0 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 16.6 million to 73.9 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 21.4 in 1950 and 19.0 in 2023; the projection has 36.3 in 2100. 3.4% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 14.1% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Its place in the world by population: 75th in 2023, 71st in 2050, 64th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Romania in 2034, the Netherlands in 2037 and Chile in 2042. It is overtaken by Benin in 2035, Burundi in 2041 and Rwanda in 2087.

Population, mid-2023: 14,405,468
Rank by population, 2023: 75 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.18%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.49% · +350,331 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 59
Land area, 2023: 245,720 km²
Births, 2023: 487,595
Deaths, 2023: 131,455
Net migration, 2023: −3,997
Children per woman, 2023: 4.22
Median age, 2023: 19.0 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 60.7 years
In a city, 2025: 35 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 3,013,178
Projected, mid-2050: 23,404,584
Projected, mid-2100: 32,007,046

GIN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Guinea, 1950–2100

Guinea: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	2,988,965		136,489	88,062	5.97	35.6
1951	estimate	3,037,390		138,856	89,689	5.98	35.6
1952	estimate	3,086,556		141,402	91,152	5.99	35.7
1953	estimate	3,136,806		143,971	92,536	6.01	35.8
1954	estimate	3,188,239		146,565	93,930	6.02	35.9
1955	estimate	3,240,882		149,081	95,124	6.04	36.0
1956	estimate	3,294,838		151,626	96,308	6.05	36.1
1957	estimate	3,350,162		154,208	97,218	6.07	36.2
1958	estimate	3,407,146		156,843	98,263	6.08	36.4
1959	estimate	3,465,718		159,529	99,427	6.10	36.5
1960	estimate	3,525,828		162,270	100,421	6.11	36.6
1961	estimate	3,587,670		165,068	101,303	6.13	36.8
1962	estimate	3,651,432		167,924	102,252	6.14	37.0
1963	estimate	3,717,114		170,860	103,170	6.15	37.2
1964	estimate	3,784,795		173,903	104,057	6.17	37.4
1965	estimate	3,854,650		177,056	104,921	6.18	37.6
1966	estimate	3,926,783		180,336	105,590	6.19	38.0
1967	estimate	4,001,526		183,725	106,475	6.20	38.2
1968	estimate	4,078,781		187,264	107,373	6.21	38.5
1969	estimate	4,158,318		190,956	108,157	6.23	38.8
1970	estimate	4,238,281		194,702	109,283	6.24	39.1
1971	estimate	4,316,790		198,473	110,114	6.26	39.4
1972	estimate	4,393,611		202,044	110,897	6.28	39.7
1973	estimate	4,468,972		205,628	111,863	6.31	39.9
1974	estimate	4,543,675		208,934	112,622	6.34	40.2
1975	estimate	4,617,345		212,265	112,994	6.37	40.6
1976	estimate	4,690,406		215,617	113,168	6.40	41.0
1977	estimate	4,763,638		219,531	113,542	6.43	41.4
1978	estimate	4,838,618		222,965	113,553	6.44	41.9
1979	estimate	4,917,089		226,812	113,671	6.45	42.3
1980	estimate	5,001,476		230,920	113,734	6.46	42.8
1981	estimate	5,093,363		235,149	113,931	6.46	43.3
1982	estimate	5,193,214		241,014	114,182	6.49	43.9
1983	estimate	5,302,129		245,786	115,154	6.49	44.2
1984	estimate	5,417,499		251,861	115,219	6.51	44.9
1985	estimate	5,542,692		258,448	116,137	6.53	45.3
1986	estimate	5,678,053		265,478	117,341	6.55	45.7
1987	estimate	5,823,283		272,911	118,737	6.57	46.1
1988	estimate	5,977,112		279,732	120,171	6.56	46.5
1989	estimate	6,136,035		286,149	121,448	6.55	46.9
1990	estimate	6,295,588		292,457	122,530	6.51	47.3
1991	estimate	6,573,160		306,582	125,286	6.48	47.8
1992	estimate	6,821,171		317,098	127,415	6.45	48.3
1993	estimate	7,007,561		323,347	127,735	6.41	48.8
1994	estimate	7,248,794		330,979	129,537	6.36	49.2
1995	estimate	7,441,420		334,456	128,813	6.29	49.8
1996	estimate	7,665,079		343,246	128,355	6.21	50.5
1997	estimate	7,874,991		348,464	128,093	6.12	51.1
1998	estimate	7,987,749		345,769	126,384	6.05	51.6
1999	estimate	8,176,231		350,075	126,113	5.99	52.0
2000	estimate	8,354,015		352,603	125,526	5.92	52.4
2001	estimate	8,503,648		352,857	125,214	5.83	52.7
2002	estimate	8,576,272		351,824	122,799	5.78	53.2
2003	estimate	8,771,859		357,353	122,581	5.74	53.6
2004	estimate	8,969,704		364,717	122,642	5.73	54.0
2005	estimate	9,155,747		373,629	122,428	5.73	54.4
2006	estimate	9,335,942		380,546	122,028	5.70	54.9
2007	estimate	9,546,399		388,487	122,422	5.66	55.2
2008	estimate	9,778,162		396,750	122,422	5.60	55.7
2009	estimate	10,019,577		405,016	123,092	5.53	56.0
2010	estimate	10,267,492		412,048	123,534	5.43	56.4
2011	estimate	10,524,680		417,378	124,053	5.34	56.8
2012	estimate	10,788,940		422,661	124,574	5.23	57.1
2013	estimate	11,054,221		429,537	125,106	5.15	57.5
2014	estimate	11,329,525		436,496	126,958	5.07	57.6
2015	estimate	11,616,323		444,411	127,800	5.00	57.9
2016	estimate	11,917,817		451,706	127,088	4.92	58.5
2017	estimate	12,228,243		456,923	128,380	4.79	58.7
2018	estimate	12,543,075		461,550	128,964	4.67	59.0
2019	estimate	12,866,473		468,606	129,627	4.58	59.4
2020	estimate	13,202,219		474,920	132,627	4.49	59.4
2021	estimate	13,540,147		479,631	134,516	4.40	59.4
2022	estimate	13,880,879		483,229	130,720	4.30	60.4
2023	estimate	14,229,395		487,595	131,455	4.22	60.7
2024	estimate	14,581,541		491,708	133,199	4.13	60.9
2025	projection	14,928,030	14.8–15.1 million	494,546	134,872	4.04	61.1
2026	projection	15,271,424	15.0–15.6 million	497,357	136,486	3.96	61.2
2027	projection	15,612,561	15.1–16.0 million	501,552	138,079	3.89	61.4
2028	projection	15,955,617	15.3–16.5 million	503,185	139,731	3.81	61.5
2029	projection	16,297,532	15.5–17.0 million	504,595	141,339	3.73	61.7
2030	projection	16,635,980	15.7–17.5 million	506,565	142,877	3.66	61.9
2031	projection	16,978,314	15.8–18.1 million	508,635	144,671	3.59	62.0
2032	projection	17,316,953	15.9–18.6 million	510,880	146,428	3.52	62.2
2033	projection	17,654,831	16.1–19.1 million	511,287	148,116	3.45	62.3
2034	projection	17,989,573	16.2–19.7 million	511,908	149,803	3.38	62.5
2035	projection	18,319,240	16.4–20.2 million	512,900	151,577	3.32	62.6
2036	projection	18,652,786	16.6–20.7 million	515,765	153,455	3.27	62.8
2037	projection	18,988,945	16.7–21.2 million	516,840	155,427	3.21	62.9
2038	projection	19,322,562	16.9–21.7 million	519,222	157,391	3.16	63.1
2039	projection	19,656,175	17.0–22.2 million	521,627	159,482	3.12	63.2
2040	projection	19,991,541	17.1–22.8 million	523,279	161,670	3.07	63.4
2041	projection	20,329,959	17.2–23.3 million	524,735	163,934	3.02	63.5
2042	projection	20,664,099	17.4–23.9 million	525,933	166,227	2.98	63.7
2043	projection	20,997,204	17.5–24.5 million	527,368	168,645	2.94	63.8
2044	projection	21,329,793	17.6–25.2 million	528,126	171,000	2.90	63.9
2045	projection	21,654,309	17.7–25.7 million	528,469	173,553	2.86	64.1
2046	projection	21,980,180	17.8–26.3 million	529,242	176,126	2.82	64.2
2047	projection	22,303,190	18.0–26.9 million	529,954	178,700	2.79	64.3
2048	projection	22,623,035	18.1–27.6 million	530,054	181,439	2.75	64.5
2049	projection	22,937,072	18.3–28.3 million	530,560	184,109	2.73	64.6
2050	projection	23,248,154	18.4–28.8 million	531,184	187,042	2.70	64.7
2051	projection	23,561,013	18.4–29.5 million	530,953	189,876	2.67	64.9
2052	projection	23,870,845	18.5–30.2 million	530,451	192,977	2.65	65.0
2053	projection	24,177,740	18.7–31.0 million	531,187	196,251	2.63	65.1
2054	projection	24,485,775	18.8–31.8 million	530,550	199,734	2.60	65.2
2055	projection	24,782,305	18.9–32.5 million	529,468	203,162	2.57	65.4
2056	projection	25,077,357	19.0–33.1 million	528,842	206,780	2.55	65.5
2057	projection	25,366,025	19.1–33.9 million	527,614	210,464	2.53	65.6
2058	projection	25,647,878	19.1–34.7 million	526,122	214,245	2.50	65.7
2059	projection	25,928,810	19.2–35.5 million	524,176	218,147	2.48	65.8
2060	projection	26,200,818	19.2–36.3 million	522,793	222,337	2.46	66.0
2061	projection	26,462,829	19.3–37.0 million	521,421	226,544	2.44	66.1
2062	projection	26,723,336	19.3–37.9 million	520,497	230,952	2.42	66.2
2063	projection	26,979,511	19.3–38.6 million	519,038	235,398	2.40	66.3
2064	projection	27,231,293	19.3–39.4 million	517,445	240,022	2.38	66.4
2065	projection	27,473,481	19.3–40.4 million	516,004	244,485	2.37	66.5
2066	projection	27,709,523	19.3–41.2 million	514,907	249,264	2.35	66.7
2067	projection	27,941,716	19.3–42.1 million	513,997	253,720	2.34	66.8
2068	projection	28,167,789	19.4–42.9 million	512,609	258,496	2.32	66.9
2069	projection	28,386,875	19.4–43.6 million	511,129	263,207	2.31	67.0
2070	projection	28,600,604	19.4–44.5 million	509,809	268,118	2.29	67.2
2071	projection	28,805,023	19.3–45.4 million	507,882	272,937	2.28	67.3
2072	projection	29,005,585	19.2–46.3 million	506,383	277,883	2.27	67.4
2073	projection	29,196,471	19.1–47.2 million	505,443	282,781	2.26	67.5
2074	projection	29,381,686	19.1–48.0 million	503,284	287,512	2.24	67.6
2075	projection	29,561,462	19.1–48.8 million	501,647	292,176	2.23	67.7
2076	projection	29,740,249	19.1–49.5 million	499,671	296,836	2.22	67.8
2077	projection	29,907,465	19.0–50.4 million	497,694	301,289	2.21	67.9
2078	projection	30,065,578	19.0–51.5 million	495,524	305,727	2.19	68.1
2079	projection	30,219,773	18.9–52.1 million	493,366	310,005	2.18	68.2
2080	projection	30,371,987	18.9–53.3 million	491,628	314,394	2.17	68.3
2081	projection	30,511,783	18.9–54.2 million	489,507	318,440	2.16	68.4
2082	projection	30,654,213	18.8–55.1 million	487,050	322,686	2.15	68.5
2083	projection	30,783,912	18.7–56.3 million	484,734	326,894	2.14	68.6
2084	projection	30,910,868	18.6–57.1 million	482,361	330,933	2.13	68.8
2085	projection	31,028,962	18.5–58.4 million	480,344	334,930	2.12	68.9
2086	projection	31,143,764	18.3–59.6 million	477,649	338,796	2.11	69.0
2087	projection	31,245,073	18.2–60.8 million	474,622	342,803	2.10	69.1
2088	projection	31,334,626	18.1–61.5 million	472,060	346,665	2.09	69.2
2089	projection	31,422,864	18.0–62.1 million	469,252	350,429	2.08	69.3
2090	projection	31,503,094	18.0–63.2 million	466,114	354,284	2.07	69.4
2091	projection	31,575,819	17.8–64.7 million	463,311	358,249	2.06	69.5
2092	projection	31,640,126	17.6–65.4 million	460,177	361,911	2.05	69.6
2093	projection	31,705,567	17.6–66.7 million	457,555	365,583	2.04	69.8
2094	projection	31,763,133	17.4–67.7 million	455,122	369,022	2.04	69.9
2095	projection	31,814,982	17.3–68.6 million	452,415	372,459	2.03	70.0
2096	projection	31,857,001	17.2–69.6 million	449,820	375,803	2.02	70.1
2097	projection	31,897,373	17.1–70.8 million	447,101	379,080	2.01	70.2
2098	projection	31,934,588	17.0–71.8 million	445,024	382,219	2.00	70.3
2099	projection	31,968,052	16.9–73.0 million	442,564	384,864	2.00	70.4
2100	projection	31,996,082	16.6–73.9 million	440,195	387,811	1.99	70.5

Show the numbers: Guinea, mid-2026, by single year of age

Guinea: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	239,854	231,505
1	232,842	225,860
2	228,840	222,216
3	224,899	218,543
4	221,310	215,132
5	217,828	211,778
6	213,894	207,986
7	209,568	203,804
8	205,738	200,075
9	202,439	196,824
10	198,616	193,076
11	194,213	188,794
12	189,914	184,618
13	185,883	180,720
14	182,229	177,224
15	178,876	174,051
16	175,043	170,438
17	170,450	166,098
18	165,456	161,392
19	160,382	156,634
20	155,480	152,014
21	150,366	147,181
22	145,256	142,365
23	140,948	138,294
24	138,060	135,584
25	136,094	133,735
26	133,610	131,370
27	130,312	128,242
28	127,780	125,890
29	125,072	123,448
30	120,533	119,280
31	116,238	115,429
32	112,312	112,052
33	107,858	108,201
34	103,042	104,009
35	97,702	99,322
36	92,550	94,798
37	87,875	90,702
38	83,124	86,532
39	78,223	82,224
40	73,325	77,922
41	68,624	73,831
42	64,166	70,006
43	60,121	66,598
44	56,305	63,374
45	52,813	60,389
46	49,832	57,826
47	47,171	55,483
48	44,882	53,385
49	42,836	51,430
50	41,038	49,622
51	39,522	48,005
52	38,172	46,485
53	36,932	44,998
54	35,755	43,552
55	34,603	42,152
56	33,458	40,756
57	32,328	39,364
58	31,185	37,974
59	30,008	36,579
60	28,784	35,152
61	27,502	33,686
62	26,152	32,197
63	24,745	30,691
64	23,310	29,171
65	21,860	27,643
66	20,418	26,120
67	19,004	24,610
68	17,636	23,123
69	16,331	21,666
70	15,088	20,243
71	13,902	18,856
72	12,772	17,499
73	11,700	16,176
74	10,687	14,892
75	9,725	13,644
76	8,688	12,286
77	7,791	11,062
78	7,020	9,988
79	6,128	8,784
80	5,306	7,644
81	4,623	6,736
82	3,987	5,888
83	3,367	5,010
84	2,805	4,207
85	2,282	3,460
86	1,832	2,815
87	1,464	2,282
88	1,138	1,812
89	854	1,401
90	619	1,056
91	436	780
92	298	564
93	197	397
94	126	272
95	79	180
96	48	116
97	27	72
98	15	43
99	8	25
100+	6	28

GIN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Guinea, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

GIN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Guinea

In Guinea the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 7,968,530 of them.

100 aged 15–64

75 children

6 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

GIN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Guinea, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Guinea loses 6,944 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 1,659 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 200 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 107,641 (1990), and a loss of 155,020 (2001).

In 2024, 117,416 people living in Guinea had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against 6 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

GIN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Guinea

Of every 100 babies born in Guinea in 2023, 20 had a mother under 20, 68 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 12 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 21 under 20 and 16 aged 35 or older.

1950
21 · 63 · 16

2023
20 · 68 · 12

2050 · projected
17 · 72 · 11

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 487,595
Average age when women have a baby: 28.3 years; 28.4 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 119; 171 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Guinea by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	3,447	4,586	8,894	4,485	1,261	191
15–19	24,743	34,419	64,671	91,275	86,289	35,167
20–24	34,335	50,939	82,905	132,882	156,669	105,020
25–29	29,982	45,627	74,731	116,555	135,579	131,826
30–34	22,363	36,058	59,725	81,162	92,474	106,745
35–39	14,258	24,674	38,510	41,065	42,357	47,599
40–44	5,403	12,085	18,092	16,050	13,705	11,974
45–49	1,852	3,670	4,821	3,931	2,739	1,631
50–54	106	207	254	190	111	42
All babies	136,489	212,265	352,603	487,595	531,184	440,195

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

GIN · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Guinea

Of the 61.3 years a baby born in Guinea in 2021 could expect, about 53.4 would be lived in full health (95% range 52.3–54.5). The years in less than full health come to 7.9, below the world's 9.5: shorter lives leave fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

53.5 in full health, 9.0 not: 62.5 years

Men

53.3 in full health, 6.6 not: 59.9 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 53.5 healthy years of 62.5. Men: 53.3 of 59.9.

GIN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Guinea

At the end of 2025, Guinea was hosting 2,326 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.1 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad2,326
Guinea nationals abroad104,318

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 2,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Guinea living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 15,604 people from Guinea asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Guinea whose claims were decided that year, 27 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

GIN · of every 100 people

How people live in Guinea

Of every 100 people in Guinea in 2025, 35 lived in a city, 20 in a town or suburb and 45 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

46.2 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 66.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

GIN · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Guinea went in school

Of every 100 adults in Guinea in 2020, 68 never went to school and 12 finished upper secondary or went further.

68 never went to school 5 some primary 9 finished primary 6 finished lower secondary 4 finished upper secondary 8 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 87 of every 100 women and 71 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 58.8 and 38.8.

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2085; the ones who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

GIN · cities · 2025

Cities in Guinea

Guinea had 24 cities in 2025, home to 5.3 million people. The largest, Conacry, holds 18 of every 100 people in Guinea.

Conacry2,727,684
Siguiri297,453
Kankan296,159
Nzérékoré272,866
Labé208,325
Kindia206,850
Kamsar133,696
Kissidougou111,446
Faranah100,503
Sinko92,364

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Guinea are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.