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General Information

Region		Western Africa
Population (000, 2025)		15 100^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		61.5^a
Capital city		Conakry
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		1 889.2^c
UN membership date		12 December 1958
Surface area (km2)		245 836^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.1^a
National currency		Guinean Franc (GNF)
Exchange rate (per US$)		9 990.0^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	8 794	14 089	23 006^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.8	4.7	5.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	747	1 054.0	1 597.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	20.1	28.2	31.2^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	28.6	30.5	30.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	51.3	41.3	38.2^b
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	63.6	59.6	58.2^b
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	5.9	6.8	7^b
Employment in services^e (% employed)	30.5	33.7	34.8^b
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	5.2	6	5.2
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	47.2 / 64.9	41.9 / 63.6	41.2 / 62.8
CPI: Consumer Price Index^f (2010=100)	186	291	422^g
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	131	158^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 574	5 528^e	4 746^e,g
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 139	3 982^e	5 726^e,g
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-565	1 546^e	-980^e,g
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 020	2 685	2 288^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.6	2.5	2.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	35.1	36.5^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.1^h	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	5	4.5	4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	59.1 / 56.6	60.7 / 58.0	62.3 / 59.8^a
Population age distributionⁱ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	43.3 / 5.3	42.1 / 5.3	40.5 / 5.3^a
International migrant stock^j,k (000/% of total pop.)	126.7 / 1.1	121.4 / 0.9	117.4 / 0.8^g
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	9	8.7	2.2^g
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	112.3	100.3	90.9^a
Health: Current expenditure^l (% of GDP)	5.8	3.9	4^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1	0.2ⁿ	0.2^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	80.0 / 97.1	92.8 / 108.0	96.6 / 111.2^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	32.5 / 47.9	34.7 / 48.1	33.9 / 45.8^o
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	21.7 / 34.6	25.8 / 35.0	25.6 / 32.6^o
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	21.9	22.8^p	29.6^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	9.2	23.4	26.5^b
Threatened species (number)	163	365	434^g
Forested area (% of land area)	26	25.2	24.9^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.5 / 0.2	4.5 / 0.3	4.1 / 0.3^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	112^e	119	126^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	13^e	14	13^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (000)	35	99^r	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	71.7	71.7	71.7^g
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	6.24	5.72	2.53^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		2020
e		Estimate.
f		Conakry
g		2024
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
j		Refers to foreign citizens.
k		Including refugees.
l		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		2022
n		2018
o		2021
p		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
q		Arrivals by air at Conakry airport.
r		2017