How much coast is there?

Guinea-Bissau’s coastline is 9% longer than Guinea’s.

Guinea: 320 km (2026 edition) · Guinea-Bissau: 350 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Guinea’s highest peak towers 1,475 m above Guinea-Bissau’s.

Guinea: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Guinea-Bissau: 277 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Guinea has 6.7 times as many people as Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 15.1 million (2025) · Guinea-Bissau: 2.25 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Guinea-Bissau is 30% more densely populated than Guinea.

Guinea: 61 per km² (2025) · Guinea-Bissau: 80 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Guinea-Bissau is 0.96 year older than in Guinea.

Guinea: 18 years (2023) · Guinea-Bissau: 18.9 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Guinea have 0.4 more children on average than in Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 4.13 children per woman (2024) · Guinea-Bissau: 3.76 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

Guinea and Guinea-Bissau are practically level.

Guinea: 3.5% (2025) · Guinea-Bissau: 3.2% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Guinea and Guinea-Bissau are practically level.

Guinea: 0 (2025) · Guinea-Bissau: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Guinea-Bissau has 2 official languages, Guinea 1.

Guinea: 1 (2026) · Guinea-Bissau: 2 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Guinea’s economy is 11 times the size of Guinea-Bissau’s.

Guinea: $28.3 billion (2025) · Guinea-Bissau: $2.53 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Guinea produces 50% more per person than Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: Int$4,935 (2025) · Guinea-Bissau: Int$3,293 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Guinea-Bissau than in Guinea (Gini 3.8 points higher).

Guinea: 29.6 (2018) · Guinea-Bissau: 33.4 (2021)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.2% in Guinea, versus 2.7% in Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 5.2% (2025) · Guinea-Bissau: 2.7% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Guinea spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Guinea-Bissau 1.2%.

Guinea: 2.1% (2024) · Guinea-Bissau: 1.2% (2023)

How expensive is it?

Guinea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Guinea-Bissau’s.

Guinea: 38% (2025) · Guinea-Bissau: 34% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Guinea-Bissau spends 38% more on health per person than Guinea.

Guinea: $59 (2023) · Guinea-Bissau: $82 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Guinea is 42% more likely to die before turning one than in Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 59.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Guinea-Bissau: 42.1 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Guinea-Bissau has 20% more doctors per person than Guinea.

Guinea: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Guinea-Bissau: 0.3 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

11% of adults in Guinea-Bissau are obese, versus 9.4% in Guinea.

Guinea: 9.4% (2024) · Guinea-Bissau: 11.4% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

Guinea: no data · Guinea-Bissau: 8.2% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

Guinea: 4.61 (2025) · Guinea-Bissau: no data

How much do people drink?

Adults in Guinea-Bissau drink 6.5 times as much alcohol as in Guinea.

Guinea: 0.5 litres (2023) · Guinea-Bissau: 3.1 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Guinea has 8% more meat per person than Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 15.2 kg (2023) · Guinea-Bissau: 14 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Guinea has 388 kcal more food per person per day than Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 2,948 kcal (2023) · Guinea-Bissau: 2,560 kcal (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Guinea-Bissau went to school 1.2 years longer than in Guinea.

Guinea: 2.5 years (2023) · Guinea-Bissau: 3.7 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Guinea-Bissau welcomed 3.3 times as many tourists per resident as Guinea (2019).

Guinea: 0.01 (2017) · Guinea-Bissau: 0.03 (2019)

How many people are online?

33% of people in Guinea are online, versus 30% in Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 33% (2024) · Guinea-Bissau: 30% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

54% of people in Guinea have electricity, versus 44% in Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 53.8% (2024) · Guinea-Bissau: 43.7% (2024)

How many live in cities?

47% of people in Guinea-Bissau live in cities, versus 39% in Guinea.

Guinea: 39% (2025) · Guinea-Bissau: 47% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Guinea-Bissau has 147 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guinea 98.

Guinea: 98 (2023) · Guinea-Bissau: 147 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Guinea: 1,086 km (2017) · Guinea-Bissau: no data

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 70% of Guinea-Bissau, but only 25% of Guinea.

Guinea: 24.7% (2023) · Guinea-Bissau: 69.5% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Guinea emits 76% more CO₂ than someone in Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 0.3 t (2024) · Guinea-Bissau: 0.2 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

75% of Guinea’s electricity is renewable, versus 0.0% in Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 75.2% (2024) · Guinea-Bissau: 0% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Guinea-Bissau carries 21% more fine dust than in Guinea.

Guinea: 23.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Guinea-Bissau: 29 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Guinea: no data · Guinea-Bissau: 1.1 per 100k (2017)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Guinea are 23% deadlier than in Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 37.4 per 100k (2021) · Guinea-Bissau: 30.5 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Guinea-Bissau is on average 1.3 °C warmer than Guinea.

Guinea: 26.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guinea-Bissau: 27.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Guinea gets 16% more rain than Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea: 1,724 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guinea-Bissau: 1,492 mm (2016–2025 avg)