Editing Demographics of Guinea-Bissau (section)

== Ethnic groups ==
[[File:Ethnic Groups of Guinea-Bissau.png|thumb|The Major Ethnic Groups of Guinea-Bissau as of 2009. All red spots excluding in the northeast are cities.]]

*[[Fula people|Fulani]] 28.5%
*[[Balanta people|Balanta]] 22.5%
*[[Mandinka people|Mandinga]] 14.7%
*[[Papel people|Papel]] 9.1%
*[[Manjack people|Manjaco]] 8.3%
*[[Biafada people|Beafada]] 3.5%
*[[Mancanha]] 3.1%
*[[Bijago]] 2.1%
*[[Felupe]] 1.7%
*[[Mansoanca]] 1.4%
*[[Balanta Mane]] 1%
*Other 1.8%
*None 2.2%
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The population of [[Guinea-Bissau]] is ethnically diverse with distinct languages, customs, and social structures. Most Guineans, 99%, are Black people — mostly [[Fula language|Fula]] and [[Mandinka language|Mandinka]]-speakers concentrated in the north and northeast, the [[Balanta people|Balanta]] and Papel, living in the southern coastal regions, and the [[Manjak people|Manjaco]] and Mancanha, occupying the central and northern coastal areas.

Most of the rest, 1% of its total population, are ''[[mestizo|mestiços]]'' of mixed [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] and black descent, including [[Cape Verde]]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 [[overseas Chinese|Chinese]] minority, including [[Macanese people]] of mixed Portuguese and Cantonese blood from [[Macau]].

Most people are farmers. 38%-45% are [[Muslim]]s - this makes Guinea-Bissau the only Portuguese-speaking nation with a sizable Muslim population. Most Muslims are [[Sunni Islam|Sunnis]]. The rest of the population are [[animism|pagans]], principally the [[Balanta people|Balanta]], and [[Christianity|Christians]], mostly [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholics]].