Editing Demographics of Guinea-Bissau

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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Guinea-Bissau]]|image=File:Guinea-Bissau single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Guinea-Bissau in 2020|size_of_population=2,026,778 (2022 est.)|nation=Bissau-Guinean|official=Portuguese|age_0–14_years=43.17%|age_65_years=3.08%|growth=2.53% (2022 est.)|birth=36.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)|death=7.5 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)|net_migration=-3.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)|sr_at_birth=1.03 male(s)/female|sr_under_15=1.01 male(s)/female|sr_65_years_over=0.7 male(s)/female|total_mf_ratio=0.96 male(s)/female (2022 est.)|infant_mortality=49.05 deaths/1,000 live births|life=63.68 years|life_male=61.45 years|fertility=4.69 children born/woman (2022 est.)|life_female=65.99 years}}[[File:Guinea-Bissau_population.svg|350px|alt=|thumb|Guinea-Bissau's population between 1960 and 2017.]]
This is a [[demographics|demography]] of the [[population]] of [[Guinea-Bissau]] including [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

==Population==
According to the 2025 revision of the [[The World Factbook]] the total population was 2,132,325 in 2024.<ref name="cia.gov">{{Cite web |date=14 April 2022 |title=Africa :: GUINEA-BISSAU |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guinea-bissau/ |website=CIA The World Factbook}}</ref> 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.<ref name="cia.gov"/><ref name="WPP 2010"/> 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.<ref name="WPP 2010">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="80pt"|Total population<ref name="cia.gov"/>
! width="80pt"|Population aged 0–14 (%)
! width="80pt"|Population aged 15–64 (%)
! width="80pt"|Population aged 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
| 518 000||38.8||57.6||3.6
|-
| 1955
| 566 000||41.9||54.9||3.2
|-
| 1960
| 593 000||41.3||55.7||3.0
|-
| 1965
| 598 000||41.3||55.6||3.1
|-
| 1970
| 603 000||37.0||59.7||3.3
|-
| 1975
| 694 000||41.0||55.7||3.3
|-
| 1980
| 835 000||42.1||54.4||3.5
|-
| 1985
| 922 000||45.4||51.1||3.5
|-
| 1990
|1 017 000||43.8||52.8||3.5
|-
| 1995
|1 125 000||44.1||52.6||3.4
|-
| 2000
|1 241 000||43.1||53.6||3.3
|-
| 2005
|1 368 000||42.4||54.4||3.2
|-
| 2010
|1 515 000||41.3||55.4||3.3
|-
| 2020
|1 927 104||43.2||53.8||3.1
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2019) (Data refer to national projections.):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 790 873
| align="right" | 813 688
| align="right" | 1 604 561
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 137 507
| align="right" | 131 104
| align="right" | 268 611
| align="right" | 16.74
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 125 195
| align="right" | 118 976
| align="right" | 244 171
| align="right" | 15.22
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 91 543
| align="right" | 90 827
| align="right" | 182 370
| align="right" | 11.37
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 85 443
| align="right" | 84 441
| align="right" | 169 884
| align="right" | 10.59
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 72 130
| align="right" | 70 537
| align="right" | 142 667
| align="right" | 8.89
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 67 422
| align="right" | 69 259
| align="right" | 136 681
| align="right" | 8.52
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 54 779
| align="right" | 60 638
| align="right" | 115 417
| align="right" | 7.19
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 46 871
| align="right" | 55 153
| align="right" | 102 024
| align="right" | 6.36
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 30 186
| align="right" | 34 773
| align="right" | 64 959
| align="right" | 4.05
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 25 238
| align="right" | 30 395
| align="right" | 55 633
| align="right" | 3.47
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 17 056
| align="right" | 20 282
| align="right" | 37 338
| align="right" | 2.33
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 15 067
| align="right" | 18 335
| align="right" | 33 402
| align="right" | 2.08
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 9 076
| align="right" | 11 570
| align="right" | 20 646
| align="right" | 1.29
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 6 482
| align="right" | 6 899
| align="right" | 13 381
| align="right" | 0.83
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 3 823
| align="right" | 5 014
| align="right" | 8 837
| align="right" | 0.55
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 1 806
| align="right" | 2 881
| align="right" | 4 687
| align="right" | 0.29
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 1 249
| align="right" | 2 604
| align="right" | 3 853
| align="right" | 0.24
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 354 245
| align="right" | 340 907
| align="right" | 695 152
| align="right" | 43.32
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 423 268
| align="right" | 455 383
| align="right" | 878 651
| align="right" | 54.76
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 13 360
| align="right" | 17 398
| align="right" | 30 758
| align="right" | 1.92
|-
|}

==Vital statistics==
Registration of vital events is in Guinea-Bissau not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.
<ref name="WPP 2010"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! width="70pt"|Period
! width="70pt"|Live births per year
! width="70pt"|Deaths per year
! width="70pt"|Natural change per year
! width="70pt"|CBR*
! width="70pt"|CDR*
! width="70pt"|NC*
! width="70pt"|TFR*
! width="70pt"|IMR*
|-
| 1950-1955 || 30 000|| 18 000|| 12 000||54.9||33.5||21.4||7.41||211
|-
| 1955-1960 || 25 000|| 17 000|| 7 000||42.3||29.5||12.8||5.88||201
|-
| 1960-1965 || 25 000|| 16 000|| 9 000||42.3||27.4||14.9||5.88||191
|-
| 1965-1970 || 21 000|| 15 000|| 6 000||35.6||24.8||10.8||4.78||182
|-
| 1970-1975 || 36 000|| 18 000|| 18 000||55.7||27.3||28.4||7.34||174
|-
| 1975-1980 || 35 000|| 19 000|| 15 000||45.5||25.3||20.3||6.11||165
|-
| 1980-1985 || 42 000|| 21 000|| 21 000||47.9||23.5||24.4||6.70||153
|-
| 1985-1990 || 44 000|| 21 000|| 23 000||45.8||22.1||23.7||6.68||145
|-
| 1990-1995 || 48 000|| 23 000|| 26 000||45.2||21.2||24.0||6.54||141
|-
| 1995-2000 || 51 000|| 24 000|| 27 000||42.8||19.9||22.9||6.05||134
|-
| 2000-2005 || 54 000|| 24 000|| 29 000||41.1||18.5||22.5||5.66||126
|-
| 2005-2010 || 57 000|| 25 000|| 32 000||39.3||17.5||21.9||5.27||119
|-
|align="left" colspan="9" | * <small> 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)</small>
|}

=== Life expectancy ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in <br /> Years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
|-
|1950–1955
|35.88 
|-
|1955–1960
|{{increase}} 37.19 
|-
|1960–1965
|{{increase}} 38.63  
|-
|1965–1970
|{{increase}} 40.60  
|-
|1970–1975
|{{increase}} 42.48  
|-
|1975–1980
|{{increase}} 44.49  
|-
|1980–1985
|{{increase}} 46.60  
|-
|1985–1990
|{{increase}} 48.18 
|-
|1990–1995
|{{increase}} 49.99  
|-
|1995–2000
|{{increase}} 51.81  
|-
|2000–2005
|{{increase}} 52.68  
|-
|2005–2010
|{{increase}} 54.18  
|-
|2010–2015
|{{increase}} 56.00  
|}

== 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%
<ref name="cia.gov" />

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]].

==Languages==
*[[Crioulo language|Crioulo]] 90.4%
*[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] 27.1% (official)
*[[French language|French]] 5.1%
*[[English language|English]] 2.9%
*Other 2.4%
<ref name="cia.gov" />

==Religion==
{{Main|Religion in Guinea-Bissau}}
Muslim 46.1%, folk religions 30.6%, Christian 18.9%, other or unaffiliated 4.4% (2020 est.)<ref name="cia.gov" />

==References==
{{Commons category|Demographics of Guinea-Bissau}}
{{reflist}}

{{Ethnic groups in Guinea-Bissau}}
{{Guinea-Bissau topics}}
{{Africa in topic|Demographics of}}

[[Category:Demographics of Guinea-Bissau| ]]
[[Category:Society of Guinea-Bissau]]