Guinea
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 15.1M (2025). World rank 74 of 216; in Africa, 27 of 54. Area: 245,857 km². World rank 80 of 249; in Africa, 32 of 59. Life expectancy: 60.9 years (2024). World rank 209 of 216 (1 = best); in Africa, 47 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 11.8M → 15.1M, GDP $8.8B → $28.3B, and GDP per person $747 → $1,877.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Guinea
- Local name
- Guinée
- Capital
- Conakry
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Mamadi Doumbouya
- Head of government
- Bah Oury
- Independence
- October 2, 1958
- Women in parliament
- 29.6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 15,099,727 2025
- Area
- 245,857 km²
- GDP
- $28.3B 2025
- GDP per person
- $1,877 2025
- Life expectancy
- 60.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- Guinean Franc (GNF)
- Time zones
- UTC
- Calling code
- +224
- Emergency numbers
- 18, 117
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F, K
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 320
- Neighbours
- Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone
- Agricultural land
- 73.2% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Richard-Molard, 1,752 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 472
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- December, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- August, 26°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,651 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 61.4 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 38.5% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -16.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 40.5% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 56% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.5% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 62.1 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 59.7 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 4.1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 33.3 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 85.2%, Christian 13.4%, and no religion 1.2% (2018)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 38.7 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 26.6 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 34 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 39.1 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 36.1 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $4,935 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +7.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $1,730 2025
- Inflation
- +3.6% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 32 2020
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 31.3% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 25.4% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 35.7% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5.2% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 7% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 42.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 41.4% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 62.3% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -1.6% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +27.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 2.5% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 7.4% 1992
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 29.6 2018
- Living on under $3 a day
- 11.7% 2018
Education
- Adult literacy
- 39.6% 2018
- Primary school enrolment
- 100% 2020
- Secondary school enrolment
- 38.5% 2014
- Higher education enrolment
- 10.9% 2014
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 1.7% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 3.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $59 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 54.4% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.4 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.3 2011
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 60% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 59.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 92.1 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 494 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1.3% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 4.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 28.6% 2022
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 74.2% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 32.7% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 2% 2024
Safety
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 29.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.8 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 52.8 2025
- Natural hazards
- dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 27.3 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.4 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 20% 2024
- Protected areas
- 29.6% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 16,080 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 1.4% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 33.3% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 98 2023
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0 2022
- Internet domain
- .gn
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 53.8% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 66.6% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 88.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 11.9% 2021
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 58,500 1999
- Airports
- 16 2025
- Railways, km
- 1,086 2017
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 55 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0.9% 2016