Age dependency ratio in Guinea-Bissau
In 2025, Guinea-Bissau had 71.1 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1961.
Guinea-Bissau, 2025
71.1
Change from 2024
−1.2per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
36th of 217
Age dependency ratio in Guinea-Bissau over time
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Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.1 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 72.3 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 73.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 74.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 76.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 77.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 78.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 79.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 80.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 81.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 82.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 82.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 83.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 84.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 84.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 85.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 85.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 86.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 87.3 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 88.0 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 88.6 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 89.4 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 90.3 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 91.2 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 92.2 per 100 working-age people | 60.1 per 100 working-age people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.2 from 72.3 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 82.0 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by −10.9.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Guinea-Bissau has the 36th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
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Population aged 0 to 14
38.3%
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Population estimates and projections
2,153,339 people
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Median age estimates and projections
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Fertility rate estimates and projections
3.84 births per woman
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Population growth estimates and projections
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