World median is the middle country on each statistic: half of all countries with data are above it, half below. It is not an average, so it is never pulled up or down by giants or microstates.
Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Guinea-Bissau fits inside the median country 3.1 times.
Guinea-Bissau: 36,130 km² (2023) · World median: 111,370 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
The median country’s coastline is 26% longer than Guinea-Bissau’s.
Guinea-Bissau: 350 km (2026 edition) · World median: 440 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
The median country’s highest peak towers 2,058 m above Guinea-Bissau’s.
Guinea-Bissau: 277 m (2026 edition) · World median: 2,335 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
The median country has 3.3 times as many people as Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 2.25 million (2025) · World median: 7.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
The median country is 23% more densely populated than Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 80 per km² (2025) · World median: 98 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in the median country are 5.3 cm taller than in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 168.2 cm (2019) · World median: 173.5 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in the median country are 1.8 cm taller than in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 158.7 cm (2019) · World median: 160.6 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in the median country is 12 years older than in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 18.9 years (2023) · World median: 31.1 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Guinea-Bissau have 1.9 more children on average than in the median country.
Guinea-Bissau: 3.76 children per woman (2024) · World median: 1.9 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
8.6% of people in the median country are 65 or older, versus 3.2% in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 3.2% (2025) · World median: 8.6% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Guinea-Bissau and the median country are practically level.
Guinea-Bissau: 0 (2025) · World median: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Guinea-Bissau has 2 official languages, the median country 1.
Guinea-Bissau: 2 (2026) · World median: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
The median country’s economy is 18 times the size of Guinea-Bissau’s.
Guinea-Bissau: $2.53 billion (2025) · World median: $45.5 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
The median country produces 6.4 times as much per person as Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: Int$3,293 (2025) · World median: Int$21,072 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in the median country than in Guinea-Bissau (Gini 1 points higher).
Guinea-Bissau: 33.4 (2021) · World median: 34.4 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 5.1% in the median country, versus 2.7% in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 2.7% (2025) · World median: 5.1% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
The median country and Guinea-Bissau are practically level.
Guinea-Bissau: 1.2% (2023) · World median: 1.7% (2024)
How expensive is it?
The median country’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Guinea-Bissau’s.
Guinea-Bissau: 34% (2025) · World median: 45% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
The median country spends 5.7 times as much on health per person as Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: $82 (2023) · World median: $470 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in the median country live 10 years longer than in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 64.3 years (2024) · World median: 74.6 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Guinea-Bissau is 3.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in the median country.
Guinea-Bissau: 42.1 per 1,000 (2024) · World median: 12.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
The median country has 6.7 times as many doctors per person as Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 0.3 per 1,000 (2022) · World median: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in the median country are obese, versus 11% in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 11.4% (2024) · World median: 24% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
19% of adults in the median country smoke, versus 8.2% in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 8.2% (2024) · World median: 19% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Guinea-Bissau: no data · World median: 5.83 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in the median country drink 41% more alcohol than in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 3.1 litres (2023) · World median: 4.3 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
The median country has 4 times as much meat per person as Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 14 kg (2023) · World median: 56.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
The median country has 378 kcal more food per person per day than Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 2,560 kcal (2023) · World median: 2,938 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Guinea-Bissau: no data · World median: 1,974 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in the median country went to school 6.3 years longer than in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 3.7 years (2023) · World median: 9.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
The median country welcomed 13 times as many tourists per resident as Guinea-Bissau (2019).
Guinea-Bissau: 0.03 (2019) · World median: 0.34 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
82% of people in the median country are online, versus 30% in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 30% (2024) · World median: 82% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in the median country have electricity, versus 44% in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 43.7% (2024) · World median: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
64% of people in the median country live in cities, versus 47% in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 47% (2025) · World median: 64% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Guinea-Bissau has 147 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the median country 115.
Guinea-Bissau: 147 (2024) · World median: 115 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Guinea-Bissau: no data · World median: 2,141 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Guinea-Bissau: no data · World median: 0.24 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 70% of Guinea-Bissau, but only 31% of the median country.
Guinea-Bissau: 69.5% (2023) · World median: 31.2% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in the median country emits 19 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 0.2 t (2024) · World median: 3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
31% of the median country’s electricity is renewable, versus 0.0% in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 0% (2024) · World median: 30.8% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Guinea-Bissau carries 75% more fine dust than in the median country.
Guinea-Bissau: 29 µg/m³ (2024) · World median: 16.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in the median country as in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau: 1.1 per 100k (2017) · World median: 2.3 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Guinea-Bissau are 2.5 times as deadly as in the median country.
Guinea-Bissau: 30.5 per 100k (2021) · World median: 12.3 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Guinea-Bissau is on average 4.8 °C warmer than the median country.
Guinea-Bissau: 27.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · World median: 23°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Guinea-Bissau gets 47% more rain than the median country.
Guinea-Bissau: 1,492 mm (2016–2025 avg) · World median: 1,014 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Guinea-Bissau bigger than the median country?
The median country is larger. Guinea-Bissau fits inside the median country 3.1 times.
Which has more people, Guinea-Bissau or the median country?
The median country has 3.3 times as many people as Guinea-Bissau (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Guinea-Bissau or the median country?
People in the median country live 10 years longer than in Guinea-Bissau. Life expectancy at birth is 64.3 years in Guinea-Bissau and 74.6 in the median country.
Are people taller in Guinea-Bissau or the median country?
Men in the median country are 5.3 cm taller than in Guinea-Bissau (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
