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of the

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Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...

including

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, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Population

According to the 2025 revision of the

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the total population was 2,132,325 in 2024. The proportion of children below the age of 14 in 2020 was 43.17%, 53.75% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 3.08% was 65 years or older. The proportion of the population below the age of 15 in 2010 was 41.3%, 55.4% were aged between 15 and 65 years of age, while 3.3% were aged 65 years or older.Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision
/ref> Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2019) (Data refer to national projections.):

Vital statistics

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

Life expectancy

Ethnic groups

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28.5% * Balanta 22.5% * Mandinga 14.7% * Papel 9.1% * Manjaco 8.3% * Beafada 3.5% * Mancanha 3.1% * Bijago 2.1% * Felupe 1.7% * Mansoanca 1.4% * Balanta Mane 1% *Other 1.8% *None 2.2% The population of

is ethnically diverse with distinct languages, customs, and social structures. Most Guineans, 99%, are Black people — mostly Fula and Mandinka-speakers concentrated in the north and northeast, the Balanta and Papel, living in the southern coastal regions, and the Manjaco and Mancanha, occupying the central and northern coastal areas. Most of the rest, 1% of its total population, are '' mestiços'' of mixed Portuguese and black descent, including

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an minority. Due to the exodus of most Portuguese settlers after independence, less than 1% of Guinea-Bissauans are pure Portuguese. The country also has a Chinese minority, including

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of mixed Portuguese and Cantonese blood from

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. Most people are farmers. 38%–45% are

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

s – this makes Guinea-Bissau the only Portuguese-speaking nation with a sizable Muslim population. Most Muslims are

Sunnis Sunni Islam is the largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any Succession to Muhammad, successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr ...

. The rest of the population are pagans, principally the Balanta, and

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, mostly

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Languages

* Crioulo 90.4% * Portuguese 27.1% (official) * French 5.1% * English 2.9% *Other 2.4%

Religion

Muslim 46.1%, folk religions 30.6%, Christian 18.9%, other or unaffiliated 4.4% (2020 est.)

References

{{Africa in topic, Demographics of Society of Guinea-Bissau