Population growth in Guinea-Bissau

The population of Guinea-Bissau changed by 2.16% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2001.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Guinea-Bissau, 2025 2.16% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.04percentage points 2024: 2.21%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 41st of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Guinea-Bissau over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period Guinea-BissauWorld
2025 2.16% 0.91%
2024 2.21% 0.96%
2023 2.25% 0.93%
2022 2.24% 0.87%
2021 2.24% 0.83%
2020 2.29% 0.98%
2019 2.34% 1.05%
2018 2.37% 1.08%
2017 2.44% 1.13%
2016 2.51% 1.16%
2015 2.57% 1.18%
2014 2.63% 1.21%
2013 2.66% 1.23%
2012 2.66% 1.26%
2011 2.63% 1.22%
2010 2.58% 1.22%
2009 2.54% 1.25%
2008 2.52% 1.27%
2007 2.49% 1.26%
2006 2.41% 1.27%
2005 2.35% 1.27%
2004 2.31% 1.29%
2003 2.26% 1.29%
2002 2.20% 1.31%
2001 2.13% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.04 percentage points from 2.21% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.57%, the figure has changed by −0.41 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Guinea-Bissau has the 41st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

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All statistics for Guinea-Bissau

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Guinea-Bissau
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects