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

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

According to the 2010 revison of the World Population Prospects the total population was 9 982 000 in 2010, 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 .

	Total population (x 1000)	Population aged 0–14 (%)	Population aged 15–64 (%)	Population aged 65+ (%)
1950	3 094	37.1	57.6	5.3
1955	3 300	38.6	57.0	4.4
1960	3 541	40.0	56.2	3.8
1965	3 823	41.8	54.9	3.4
1970	4 154	42.2	54.6	3.2
1975	4 287	42.6	54.3	3.1
1980	4 407	43.3	53.5	3.2
1985	4 924	43.9	52.8	3.3
1990	5 759	44.4	52.3	3.3
1995	7 565	44.6	52.1	3.3
2000	8 344	44.2	52.4	3.3
2005	9 041	43.6	53.0	3.3
2010	9 982	42.9	53.8	3.3

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (01.07.2009) (Estimates, data refer to national projections) :

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	5 038 823	5 178 768	10 217 591	100
0-4	866 996	841 512	1 708 508	16,72
5-9	686 211	669 042	1 355 253	13,26
10-14	581 127	574 099	1 155 226	11,31
15-19	621 661	604 330	1 225 991	12,00
20-24	517 007	479 384	996 391	9,75
25-29	344 997	323 194	668 191	6,54
30-34	260 720	305 081	565 801	5,54
35-39	216 535	277 817	494 352	4,84
40-44	204 559	273 805	478 364	4,68
45-49	163 816	202 762	366 578	3,59
50-54	147 915	167 118	315 033	3,08
55-59	118 129	122 576	240 705	2,36
60-64	87 782	94 724	182 506	1,79
65-69	66 929	72 237	139 166	1,36
70-74	54 579	56 714	111 293	1,09
75+	99 860	114 373	214 233	2,10

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0-14	2 134 334	2 084 653	4 218 987	41,29
15-64	2 683 121	2 850 791	5 533 912	54,16
65+	221 368	243 324	464 692	4,55

Structure of the population (DHS 2012) (Males 21 009, Females 22 948 = 43 957) :

Age Group	Male (%)	Female (%)	Total (%)
0-4	17,1	15,1	16,1
5-9	17,6	16,0	16,8
10-14	15,6	14,6	15,1
15-19	9,3	9,0	9,1
20-24	6,3	7,2	6,8
25-29	5,6	7,1	6,4
30-34	4,2	5,2	4,7
35-39	4,2	5,0	4,6
40-44	4,0	3,9	3,9
45-49	3,1	3,2	3,2
50-54	2,6	4,8	3,8
55-59	2,1	2,8	2,5
60-64	2,9	2,1	2,5
65-69	2,0	1,4	1,7
70-74	1,4	1,2	1,3
75-79	0,9	0,6	0,7
80+	1,0	0,7	0,9

Age group	Male (%)	Female (%)	Total (%)
0-14	50,3	45,7	48,0
15-64	44,4	50,4	47,4
65+	5,3	3,9	4,6

Vital statistics

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

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):

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 (4,0)	29,4	3,8 (2,9)	36,1	5,8 (4,6)

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), Koniagis 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 alphabet is increasingly used on a grassroots level for the Maninka language.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Population

10,601,009 (July 2011 est.)

Population growth rate

2.645% (2011 est.)

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
note: as a result of conflict in neighboring countries, Guinea is host to approximately 141,500 refugees from Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone (2006 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.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 58.11 years
male: 56.63 years
female: 59.64 years (2011 est.)

Nationality

noun: Guinean(s)
adjective: Guinean

Ethnic groups

Fula 50%, Malinke 25%, Susu 15%, smaller ethnic groups 10%

Religions

Muslim 85%, Christian 10% (mainly Roman Catholic Church and Evangelical denominations), indigenous beliefs 5%.

Official census does not break in ethnicity or religion

Languages

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

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 29.5%
male: 42.6%
female: 18.1% (2003 est.)

References

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