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Guinea vs Zimbabwe
How Guinea and Zimbabwe compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Zimbabwe was higher: 62.8 years against 60.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Zimbabwe was higher: $1,503 against $1,098
- Population · In 2023, Zimbabwe was higher: 16.3 million people against 14.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Guinea was higher: 2.03% of GDP against 0.56% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Zimbabwe was higher: 0.77 tonnes against 0.35 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyGuinea: 60.7 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuinea: 3.56% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuinea: 14.4 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuinea: 2.45% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuinea: 38.5% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageGuinea: 18 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuinea: 3.4% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuinea: $586M in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuinea: $40 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuinea: 10.6% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelGuinea: 13,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuinea: 6 million TIV in 2025Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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