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

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

According to the 2010 revision 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 .^[1]

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Guinea not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. ^[1]

Fertility and Births

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):^[2]

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^[3]

• Fulani (Peul) 33.9%
• Malinke 31.1%
• Soussou 19.1%
• Guerze 6%
• Kissi 4.7%
• Toma 2.6%
• Other/No Answer 2.7% (2012 est.)

Religions ^[3]

• Islam 86.7%
• Christian 8.9%
• Animist/Other/None 4.4% (2012 est.)

Languages ^[3]

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

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

Ethnic groups in Guinea
Bassari Dyula Fula Gbandi Kpelle Loma Mandinka Mende Papel Susu Yalunka Zialo