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Guinea-Bissau

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Midnight-blue layered relief of Bijagós Archipelago, with pale ice-blue contours defining the surrounding landscape.
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A sense of placeBijagós Archipelago

The essentials

At a glance

Capital
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Population2025
2.25MPeople calling it home
Surface area2023
36.13K km²Land and inland waters
GDP2025
$2.53BTotal output · current US dollars
GDP per capita2025
$1.12KCurrent US dollars per person
Life expectancy2024
64.3 yearsAt birth · years
Latest available observations. Reporting years vary by measure.
Sources & reading notes

World Bank — World Development Indicators. GDP is measured in current US dollars; exchange rates affect comparisons. Open Full profile for each indicator’s source and reporting period.