This article is about the demographic features of the population of Guinea, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Demographics of Guinea describes the condition and overview of Guinea's peoples. Demographic topics include basic education, health, and population statistics as well as identified racial and religious affiliations.
West Africans make up the largest non-Guinean population. Non-Africans total about 30,000 (mostly French, other Europeans, and Lebanese). Seven national languages are used extensively; the major written languages are French, Pular (Fula or Peuhl), and Arabic. Other languages have established Latin orthographies that are used somewhat, notably for Susu and Maninka. The N'Ko alphabet is increasingly used on a grassroots level for the Maninka language.
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
10,601,009 (July 2011 est.)
0-14 years: 42.5% (male 2,278,048/female 2,229,602)
15-64 years: 54% (male 2,860,845/female 2,860,004)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 164,051/female 208,459) (2011 est.)
2.645% (2011 est.)
36.9 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
10.45 deaths/1,000 population (2011 est.)
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
note: as a result of conflict in neighboring countries, Guinea is host to approximately 141,500 refugees from Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone (2006 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
61.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
total population: 58.11 years
male: 56.63 years
female: 59.64 years (2011 est.)
noun: Guinean(s)
adjective: Guinean
Fula 34,2%, Malinke 32,5%, Susu 15,8%, smaller ethnic groups 17,5%
Muslim 85%, Christian 10% (mainly Roman Catholic Church and Evangelical denominations), indigenous beliefs 5%.[1]
Official census does not break in ethnicity or religion
French (official), each ethnic group has its own language
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 29.5%
male: 42.6%
female: 18.1% (2003 est.)
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2007 edition".
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