Guinea-Bissau
Urban population in Guinea-Bissau
Urban population in Guinea-Bissau: 10% in 1950 and 46.7% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 46.7%
- Since 1950
- +36.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 164 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 49.3%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 49.3% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Guinea-Bissau |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.7 |
| 2024 | 46.1 |
| 2023 | 45.6 |
| 2022 | 45.2 |
| 2021 | 44.7 |
| 2020 | 44.3 |
| 2019 | 43.9 |
| 2018 | 43.4 |
| 2017 | 43 |
| 2016 | 42.6 |
| 2015 | 42.2 |
| 2014 | 41.7 |
| 2013 | 41.3 |
| 2012 | 40.9 |
| 2011 | 40.4 |
| 2010 | 40 |
| 2009 | 39.7 |
| 2008 | 39.3 |
| 2007 | 39 |
| 2006 | 38.7 |
| 2005 | 38.4 |
| 2004 | 38.1 |
| 2003 | 37.8 |
| 2002 | 37.5 |
| 2001 | 37.2 |
| 2000 | 36.8 |
| 1999 | 36.5 |
| 1998 | 36.2 |
| 1997 | 35.8 |
| 1996 | 35.4 |
| 1995 | 34.9 |
| 1994 | 34.5 |
| 1993 | 34 |
| 1992 | 33.4 |
| 1991 | 32.8 |
| 1990 | 31.9 |
| 1989 | 30.6 |
| 1988 | 29.2 |
| 1987 | 27.6 |
| 1986 | 25.9 |
| 1985 | 24.2 |
| 1984 | 22.5 |
| 1983 | 20.9 |
| 1982 | 19.4 |
| 1981 | 18.2 |
| 1980 | 17.3 |
| 1979 | 16.7 |
| 1978 | 16.4 |
| 1977 | 16.1 |
| 1976 | 15.9 |
| 1975 | 15.7 |
| 1974 | 15.5 |
| 1973 | 15.4 |
| 1972 | 15.2 |
| 1971 | 15.1 |
| 1970 | 15 |
| 1969 | 14.9 |
| 1968 | 14.7 |
| 1967 | 14.6 |
| 1966 | 14.5 |
| 1965 | 14.4 |
| 1964 | 14.3 |
| 1963 | 14.1 |
| 1962 | 13.9 |
| 1961 | 13.7 |
| 1960 | 13.5 |
| 1959 | 13.2 |
| 1958 | 12.9 |
| 1957 | 12.6 |
| 1956 | 12.3 |
| 1955 | 12 |
| 1954 | 11.6 |
| 1953 | 11.2 |
| 1952 | 10.8 |
| 1951 | 10.4 |
| 1950 | 10 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Guinea-Bissau |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 47.2 |
| 2027 | 47.4 |
| 2028 | 47.6 |
| 2029 | 47.7 |
| 2030 | 47.9 |
| 2031 | 48.1 |
| 2032 | 48.2 |
| 2033 | 48.3 |
| 2034 | 48.4 |
| 2035 | 48.6 |
| 2036 | 48.7 |
| 2037 | 48.8 |
| 2038 | 48.8 |
| 2039 | 48.9 |
| 2040 | 49 |
| 2041 | 49.1 |
| 2042 | 49.1 |
| 2043 | 49.2 |
| 2044 | 49.2 |
| 2045 | 49.3 |
| 2046 | 49.3 |
| 2047 | 49.3 |
| 2048 | 49.3 |
| 2049 | 49.3 |
| 2050 | 49.3 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Guinea-Bissau in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$21M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel4,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.53% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 1993