Demographics of Guinea

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Guinea, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Demographics of Guinea describes the condition and overview of Guinea's peoples. Demographic topics include basic education, health, and population statistics as well as identified racial and religious affiliations.

Population

Guinea's total population, from 1961 to 2003. Guinea's population came close to tripling in forty years.

According to the 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects[1][2] the total population was 12,414,293 in 2018, compared to only 3 094 000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 42.9%, 53.8% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 3.3% was 65 years or older .[3]

	Total population	Population aged 0–14 (%)	Population aged 15–64 (%)	Population aged 65+ (%)
1950	3 094 000	37.1	57.6	5.3
1955	3 300 000	38.6	57.0	4.4
1960	3 541 000	40.0	56.2	3.8
1965	3 823 000	41.8	54.9	3.4
1970	4 154 000	42.2	54.6	3.2
1975	4 287 000	42.6	54.3	3.1
1980	4 407 000	43.3	53.5	3.2
1985	4 924 000	43.9	52.8	3.3
1990	5 759 000	44.4	52.3	3.3
1995	7 565 000	44.6	52.1	3.3
2000	8 344 000	44.2	52.4	3.3
2005	9 041 000	43.6	53.0	3.3
2010	9 982 000	42.9	53.8	3.3

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Guinea not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. [3]

Period	Live births per year	Deaths per year	Natural change per year	CBR*	CDR*	NC*	TFR*	IMR*
1950-1955	151 000	110 000	41 000	47.2	34.3	12.9	6.00	218
1955-1960	165 000	115 000	50 000	48.1	33.5	14.6	6.24	214
1960-1965	179 000	119 000	59 000	48.5	32.4	16.1	6.51	210
1965-1970	196 000	126 000	70 000	49.0	31.5	17.5	6.80	206
1970-1975	204 000	123 000	82 000	48.5	29.1	19.3	6.85	191
1975-1980	210 000	115 000	95 000	48.2	26.5	21.8	6.91	174
1980-1985	224 000	113 000	111 000	48.0	24.2	23.8	6.95	159
1985-1990	252 000	117 000	135 000	47.2	22.0	25.2	6.86	145
1990-1995	303 000	132 000	171 000	45.5	19.8	25.7	6.58	131
1995-2000	345 000	144 000	201 000	43.4	18.1	25.3	6.19	119
2000-2005	361 000	136 000	224 000	41.5	15.7	25.8	5.80	104
2005-2010	380 000	132 000	248 000	39.9	13.9	26.1	5.45	93
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Fertility and Births

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[4]

Year	CBR (Total)	TFR (Total)	CBR (Urban)	TFR (Urban)	CBR (Rural)	TFR (Rural)
1992	41	5.67 (5.1)	37	5.18 (4.5)	42	5.89 (5.3)
1999	36.9	5.5 (5.0)	32.9	4.4 (3.8)	38.4	6.1 (5.6)
2005	38.4	5.7 (5.1)	31.8	4.4 (3.9)	40.8	6.3 (5.7)
2012	34	5.1 (4.6)	29.4	3.8	36.1	5.8
2018	33.6	4.8 (4.3)	29.4	3.8 (3.4)	35.8	5.5 (4.9)

Fertility data as of 2012 and 2018 (DHS Program):[5]

Administrative region	Total fertility rate (2012)	Total fertility rate (2018)	Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant (2012)	Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant (2018)	Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 (2012)	Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 (2018)
Boké	4.7	4.8	14.4	9.7	5.6	5.2
Conakry	3.6	3.2	6.2	5.8	4.8	4.1
Faranah	5.8	5.8	11.6	10.5	6.7	5.8
Kankan	6.9	6.5	14.4	13.6	6.9	6.9
Kindia	5.2	5.0	12.4	10.2	6.2	5.5
Labé	5.3	5.6	8.9	7.6	6.5	5.0
Mamou	5.4	4.1	8.4	7.9	6.1	4.8
N'Zérékoré	5.1	4.5	11.0	6.3	5.6	4.2

Life expectancy

Period	Life expectancy in Years[6]
1950–1955	33.07
1955–1960	34.33
1960–1965	35.38
1965–1970	36.14
1970–1975	37.43
1975–1980	39.87
1980–1985	43.05
1985–1990	47.92
1990–1995	51.28
1995–2000	51.61
2000–2005	51.31
2005–2010	55.45
2010–2015	57.93

Ethnic groups

• Fulɓe (singular Pullo). Called Peuhl or Peul in French, Fula or Fulani in English, who are chiefly found in the mountainous region of Fouta Djallon;
• Maninka. Malinke in French, Mandingo in English, mostly inhabiting the savanna of Upper Guinea and the Forest region;
• Susus or Soussous. Susu is not a lingua franca in Guinea. Although it is commonly spoken in the coastal areas, including the capital, Conakry, it is not largely understood in the interior of the country.
• Several small groups (Gerzé or Kpelle, Toma, Kissis, etc.) in the forest region and Bagas (including Landoumas), Koniaguis etc, In the coastal area.

West Africans make up the largest non-Guinean population. Non-Africans total about 30,000 (mostly French, other Europeans, and Lebanese). Seven national languages are used extensively; the major written languages are French, Pular (English: Fula; French: Peul or Peuhl), and Arabic.

Other languages have established Latin orthographies that are used somewhat, notably for Susu and Maninka. The N'Ko script is increasingly used on a grassroots level for the Maninka language.

Other demographic statistics

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.[7]

• One birth every 1 minutes
• One death every 5 minutes
• One net migrant every 60 minutes
• Net gain of one person every 2 minutes

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.[8]

Population

11,855,411 (July 2018 est.)

Age structure

Population pyramid of Guinea in 2017

0-14 years: 41.4% (male 2,473,486 /female 2,435,139)

15-24 years: 19.23% (male 1,145,488 /female 1,134,103)

25-54 years: 30.8% (male 1,827,246 /female 1,824,162)

55-64 years: 4.72% (male 269,995 /female 289,164)

65 years and over: 3.85% (male 203,754 /female 252,874) (2018 est.)

Median age

total: 19 years. Country comparison to the world: 204th

male: 18.8 years

female: 19.3 years (2018 est.)

Total: 18.9 years

Male: 18.7 years

Female: 19.1 years (2017 est.)

Population growth rate

2.75% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 13th

2.61% (2017 est.)

Birth rate

36.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 16th

Death rate

8.9 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 64th

Total fertility rate

4.98 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 14th

Mother's mean age at first birth

18.9 years (2012 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

Contraceptive prevalence rate

8.7% (2016)

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) Country comparison to the world: 84th

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 84.2 (2015 est.)

youth dependency ratio: 78.6 (2015 est.)

elderly dependency ratio: 5.6 (2015 est.)

potential support ratio: 17.8 (2015 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 62.1 years (2018 est.)

male: 60.4 years (2018 est.)

female: 64 years (2018 est.)

total population: 61 years

male: 59.5 years

female: 62.6 years (2017 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 36.1% of total population (2018)

rate of urbanization: 3.54% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.78 male(s)/female
total population 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: 1.5% (2017 est.) People living with HIV/AIDS: 120,000 (2017 est.) Deaths: 5,100 (2017 est.)

Nationality

noun Guinean(s)
adjective Guinean

Ethnic groups[9]

• Fulani (Peul) 43%
• Malinke 24.9%
• Soussou 21.2%
• Guerze 7.8%
• Kissi 6.2%
• Toma 1.6%
• Other/No Answer 0.4% (2018 est.)

Religions [10]

• Islam 89.1%
• Christian 6.8%
• Animist/Other/None 4.1% (2014 est.)

Languages [10]

French (official), each ethnic group has its own language

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)

total population: 30.4% (2015 est.)

male: 38.1% (2015 est.)

female: 22.8% (2015 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 9 years (2014)

male: 10 years (2014)

female: 8 years (2014)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 1% (2012 est.)

male: 1.5% (2012 est.)

female: 0.6% (2012 est.)

References

1. ""World Population prospects – Population division"". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
2. ""Overall total population" – World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision" (xslx). population.un.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
3. "Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision".
4. "MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys". microdata.worldbank.org.
5. "Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples (EDS-MICS) 2012" (PDF). Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples.
6. "World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations". esa.un.org. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
7. "Guinea Population 2019", World Population Review
8. "The World FactBook - Gambia, The", The World Factbook, July 12, 2018 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
9. CIA "The World Factbook"
10. "Africa :::GUINEA". CIA The World Factbook.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document: "2007 edition".