🇬🇳 Guinea Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Guinea is 15,441,992, ranking #75 in the world (0.19% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 2.21% per year. The biggest city is Conakry with 1,928,389 inhabitants.

Live estimate

15,449,960

Growth rate

2.21%

Density

people / km² (163 / mi²)

Median age

18.5

Fertility rate

3.96

births per woman

Life expectancy

61.2

years

Guinea population 1950–2100

Population of Guinea, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Guinea is projected to reach 23,404,584, and 32,007,047 by 2100.

Guinea population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	15,441,992	2.21%	62.8	18.5
2025	15,099,727	2.27%	61.5	18.3
2024	14,754,786	2.35%	60.0	18.1
2023	14,405,468	2.44%	58.6	18.0
2022	14,055,137	2.48%	57.2	17.8
2021	13,710,513	2.48%	55.8	17.7
2020	13,371,183	2.53%	54.4	17.6
2019	13,034,346	2.58%	53.0	17.4
2018	12,704,774	2.55%	51.7	17.3
2017	12,385,659	2.54%	50.4	17.2
2016	12,073,030	2.57%	49.1	17.0
2015	11,767,070	2.56%	47.9	16.9
2014	11,472,924	2.50%	46.7	16.7
2013	11,191,873	2.46%	45.5	16.6
2012	10,921,580	2.43%	44.4	16.5
2011	10,656,810	2.48%	43.4	16.4
2010	10,396,086	2.47%	42.3	16.3
2009	10,143,534	2.44%	41.3	16.2
2008	9,898,870	2.44%	40.3	16.1
2007	9,662,280	2.40%	39.3	16.1
2006	9,441,170	2.23%	38.4	16.0
2005	9,245,844	1.95%	37.6	16.0
2004	9,062,726	2.05%	36.9	16.0
2003	8,870,781	2.23%	36.1	16.0
2002	8,674,066	2.25%	35.3	16.0
2001	8,539,960	0.85%	34.8	16.2
2000	8,428,832	1.77%	34.3	16.4
1999	8,265,123	2.15%	33.6	16.5
1998	8,081,990	2.33%	32.9	16.6
1997	7,931,370	1.42%	32.3	16.8
1996	7,770,035	2.70%	31.6	16.9
1995	7,553,250	2.96%	30.7	17.0
1994	7,345,107	2.62%	29.9	17.0
1993	7,128,178	3.38%	29.0	17.1
1992	6,914,366	2.70%	28.1	17.1
1991	6,697,166	3.70%	27.3	17.2
1990	6,434,374	4.32%	26.2	17.2
1989	6,215,812	2.57%	25.3	17.2
1988	6,056,574	2.62%	24.6	17.3
1987	5,900,198	2.61%	24.0	17.3
1986	5,750,668	2.53%	23.4	17.3
1985	5,610,373	2.41%	22.8	17.4
1984	5,480,096	2.29%	22.3	17.4
1983	5,359,814	2.15%	21.8	17.5
1982	5,247,672	2.08%	21.4	17.5
1981	5,143,288	1.94%	20.9	17.6
1980	5,047,420	1.82%	20.5	17.7
1979	4,959,282	1.70%	20.2	17.8
1978	4,877,854	1.61%	19.9	18.0
1977	4,801,128	1.56%	19.5	18.1
1976	4,727,022	1.55%	19.2	18.2
1975	4,653,876	1.57%	18.9	18.4
1974	4,580,510	1.61%	18.6	18.5
1973	4,506,324	1.66%	18.3	18.6
1972	4,431,292	1.70%	18.0	18.7
1971	4,355,200	1.76%	17.7	18.8
1970	4,277,536	1.83%	17.4	18.9
1969	4,198,300	1.91%	17.1	19.0
1968	4,118,550	1.93%	16.8	19.0
1967	4,040,154	1.91%	16.4	19.1
1966	3,964,154	1.89%	16.1	19.1
1965	3,890,716	1.85%	15.8	19.2
1964	3,819,722	1.83%	15.5	19.3
1963	3,750,954	1.80%	15.3	19.3
1962	3,684,273	1.78%	15.0	19.4
1961	3,619,551	1.76%	14.7	19.5
1960	3,556,749	1.74%	14.5	19.6
1959	3,495,773	1.72%	14.2	19.7
1958	3,436,432	1.70%	14.0	19.8
1957	3,378,654	1.69%	13.8	19.8
1956	3,322,500	1.67%	13.5	19.9
1955	3,267,860	1.65%	13.3	20.0
1954	3,214,560	1.64%	13.1	20.1
1953	3,162,522	1.63%	12.9	20.2
1952	3,111,681	1.61%	12.7	20.3
1951	3,061,973	1.61%	12.5	20.3
1950	3,013,177	1.61%	12.3	20.4

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	15,784,089	2.17%	64.2	18.7
2028	16,126,574	2.12%	65.6	18.8
2029	16,466,756	2.06%	67.0	19.0
2030	16,807,147	2.04%	68.4	19.2
2031	17,147,634	1.98%	69.8	19.5
2032	17,485,892	1.93%	71.2	19.7
2033	17,822,202	1.88%	72.5	19.9
2034	18,154,407	1.82%	73.9	20.1
2035	18,486,013	1.80%	75.2	20.3
2036	18,820,865	1.79%	76.6	20.6
2037	19,155,753	1.74%	78.0	20.8
2038	19,489,369	1.71%	79.3	21.1
2039	19,823,858	1.69%	80.7	21.3
2040	20,160,750	1.68%	82.0	21.6
2041	20,497,029	1.63%	83.4	21.8
2042	20,830,652	1.60%	84.8	22.1
2043	21,163,499	1.57%	86.1	22.4
2044	21,492,051	1.51%	87.5	22.6
2045	21,817,245	1.49%	88.8	22.9
2046	22,141,685	1.46%	90.1	23.2
2047	22,463,112	1.42%	91.4	23.4
2048	22,780,054	1.38%	92.7	23.7
2049	23,092,613	1.35%	94.0	24.0
2050	23,404,584	1.34%	95.2	24.2
2051	23,715,929	1.31%	96.5	24.5
2052	24,024,292	1.28%	97.8	24.8
2053	24,331,757	1.27%	99.0	25.0
2054	24,634,040	1.20%	100.3	25.3
2055	24,929,831	1.18%	101.5	25.6
2056	25,221,691	1.15%	102.6	25.8
2057	25,506,951	1.10%	103.8	26.1
2058	25,788,344	1.09%	105.0	26.4
2059	26,064,814	1.04%	106.1	26.6
2060	26,331,823	0.99%	107.2	26.9
2061	26,593,083	0.98%	108.2	27.1
2062	26,851,424	0.95%	109.3	27.4
2063	27,105,402	0.93%	110.3	27.7
2064	27,352,387	0.89%	111.3	27.9
2065	27,591,502	0.85%	112.3	28.2
2066	27,825,620	0.83%	113.2	28.4
2067	28,054,752	0.81%	114.2	28.6
2068	28,277,332	0.78%	115.1	28.9
2069	28,493,739	0.75%	116.0	29.1
2070	28,702,814	0.71%	116.8	29.4
2071	28,905,304	0.69%	117.6	29.6
2072	29,101,028	0.66%	118.4	29.8
2073	29,289,078	0.63%	119.2	30.1
2074	29,471,574	0.61%	119.9	30.3
2075	29,650,856	0.60%	120.7	30.5
2076	29,823,857	0.56%	121.4	30.7
2077	29,986,521	0.53%	122.0	31.0
2078	30,142,676	0.51%	122.7	31.2
2079	30,295,880	0.50%	123.3	31.4
2080	30,441,885	0.46%	123.9	31.6
2081	30,582,998	0.47%	124.5	31.8
2082	30,719,062	0.42%	125.0	32.0
2083	30,847,390	0.41%	125.5	32.2
2084	30,969,915	0.38%	126.0	32.4
2085	31,086,363	0.37%	126.5	32.6
2086	31,194,418	0.33%	127.0	32.8
2087	31,289,850	0.29%	127.3	33.0
2088	31,378,745	0.28%	127.7	33.2
2089	31,462,979	0.26%	128.0	33.4
2090	31,539,457	0.23%	128.4	33.6
2091	31,607,972	0.20%	128.6	33.8
2092	31,672,846	0.21%	128.9	34.0
2093	31,734,350	0.18%	129.1	34.2
2094	31,789,057	0.16%	129.4	34.3
2095	31,835,992	0.13%	129.6	34.5
2096	31,877,187	0.13%	129.7	34.7
2097	31,915,981	0.12%	129.9	34.8
2098	31,951,320	0.10%	130.0	35.0
2099	31,982,067	0.09%	130.2	35.2
2100	32,007,047	0.07%	130.3	35.3

States & provinces of Guinea by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Conakry	1,660,973	10.8%
2	Siguiri	687,002	4.4%
3	Kankan	473,359	3.1%
4	Boke	450,278	2.9%
5	Kindia	439,614	2.8%
6	Nzérékoré	396,949	2.6%
7	Mandiana	335,999	2.2%
8	Dubréka	330,548	2.1%
9	Beyla	326,082	2.1%
10	Mamou	318,981	2.1%
11	Labé	318,938	2.1%
12	Guéckédou	290,611	1.9%
13	Mali	288,001	1.9%
14	Télimélé	284,409	1.8%
15	Kissidougou	283,778	1.8%
16	Faranah	280,170	1.8%
17	Pita	278,530	1.8%
18	Macenta	278,456	1.8%
19	Kouroussa	268,630	1.7%
20	Coyah	263,861	1.7%
21	Forécariah	242,942	1.6%
22	Boffa	212,583	1.4%
23	Kérouané	207,547	1.3%
24	Dinguiraye	196,469	1.3%
25	Gaoual	193,612	1.3%
26	Dabola	181,137	1.2%
27	Lola	171,561	1.1%
28	Lélouma	163,069	1.1%
29	Dalaba	133,677	0.9%
30	Koundara	129,974	0.8%
31	Tougué	124,280	0.8%
32	Yomou	114,371	0.7%
33	Koubia	100,170	0.6%
34	Fria	96,700	0.6%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Guinea

#	City	Region	Population
1	Conakry capital	Conakry	1,928,389
2	Camayenne	Conakry	1,871,242
3	Nzérékoré	Nzérékoré Region	226,426
4	Kankan	Kankan Region	221,428
5	Manéah	Kindia	194,297
6	Dubréka	Kindia	182,296
7	Kindia	Kindia	161,024
8	Siguiri	Kankan Region	148,018
9	Dixinn	Conakry	137,287
10	Kissidougou	Faranah	116,019
11	Kamsar	Boké Region	113,350
12	Labé	Labé Region	107,571
13	Gueckedou	Nzérékoré Region	79,140
14	Mamou	Mamou Region	79,109
15	Coyah	Kindia	77,103

FAQ

What is the population of Guinea in 2026?

The population of Guinea is 15,441,992 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Guinea?

Conakry is the biggest city in Guinea with 1,928,389 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Guinea growing or shrinking?

The population of Guinea is growing at 2.21% per year.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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