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Guinea-Bissau: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
2.25 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.2%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.3%a year

Population

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0500k1M1.5M2M2.5M3M18001850190019502000Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau
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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20312.54Forecast
20302.49Forecast
20292.44Forecast
20282.39Forecast
20272.35Forecast
20262.30Forecast
20252.25
20242.20
20232.15
20222.11
20212.06
20202.01
20191.97
20181.92
20171.88
20161.83

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Historical Financial Statistics1900–1973
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2017
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2017–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Guinea-Bissau documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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