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🇬🇳 Guinea

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3GIN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2GN
UN M49 numeric324
IOC codeGUI
Official nameRepublic of Guinea
Native name(s)fra: official: République de Guinée; common: Guinée
Alt spellingsGN, Republic of Guinea, République de Guinée
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionWestern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalConakry
Area (km²)245,857
Lat / Lng11.0000, -10.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)CIV, GNB, LBR, MLI, SEN, SLE
Top-level domain.gn
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 24

Demographics

Population (World Bank)15,099,727 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)60.904 (2024)
Languagesfra: French
Demonymseng: f: Guinean; m: Guinean; fra: f: Guinéenne; m: Guinéen
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)28,346,024,753.292 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,877.254 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.163 (2025)
CurrenciesGNF: name: Guinean franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19503,013,177
19513,061,973
19523,111,681
19533,162,523
19543,214,561
19553,267,860
19563,322,500
19573,378,654
19583,436,432
19593,495,773
19603,556,749
19613,619,551
19623,684,273
19633,750,954
19643,819,722
19653,890,716
19663,964,155
19674,040,153
19684,118,550
19694,198,300
19704,277,535
19714,355,200
19724,431,292
19734,506,324
19744,580,510
19754,653,876
19764,727,022
19774,801,128
19784,877,854
19794,959,283
19805,047,419
19815,143,288
19825,247,672
19835,359,814
19845,480,096
19855,610,373
19865,750,668
19875,900,198
19886,056,574
19896,215,811
19906,434,374
19916,697,166
19926,914,366
19937,128,177
19947,345,107
19957,553,249
19967,770,035
19977,931,370
19988,081,990
19998,265,123
20008,428,832
20018,539,960
20028,674,066
20038,870,781
20049,062,726
20059,245,844
20069,441,171
20079,662,281
20089,898,870
200910,143,534
201010,396,086
201110,656,810
201210,921,581
201311,191,873
201411,472,924
201511,767,070
201612,073,030
201712,385,659
201812,704,774
201913,034,346
202013,371,183
202113,710,513
202214,055,137
202314,405,468

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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