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| FACT FILE
| Location: |
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal |
| Geographic coordinates: |
12 00 N, 15 00 W |
| Area: |
total: 36,120 sq km
land: 28,000 sq km
water: 8,120 sq km |
| Area - comparative: |
slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut |
| Land boundaries: |
total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km |
| Maritime claims: |
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM |
| Climate: |
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds |
| Terrain: |
mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east |
| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m |
| Natural resources: |
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum |
| Land use: |
arable land: 11%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 38%
forests and woodland: 38%
other: 12% (1993 est.) |
| Irrigated land: |
17 sq km (1993 est.) |
| Natural hazards: |
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires |
| Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing |
| Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Population: |
1,315,822 (July 2001 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 42.09% (male 276,312; female 277,536)
15-64 years: 55.05% (male 344,493; female 379,889)
65 years and over: 2.86% (male 16,850; female 20,742) (2001 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
2.23% (2001 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
39.29 births/1,000 population (2001 est.) |
| Death rate: |
15.33 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
-1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
110.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 49.42 years
male: 47.12 years
female: 51.78 years (2001 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
5.2 children born/woman (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
2.5% (1999 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
14,000 (1999 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
1,300 (1999 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: Guinean (s)
adjective: Guinean |
| Ethnic groups: |
African 99% (Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1% |
| Religions: |
indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5% |
| Languages: |
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 53.9%
male: 67.1%
female: 40.7% (1997 est.) |
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In 1994, 20 years after independence from Portugal, the country's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held
Area: 36,125 sq km (13,948 sq miles).
Population: 1,285,715 (official estimate 2000).
Population Density: 35.6 per sq km.
Capital: Bissau. Population: 197,610 (1991). |
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