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PEOPLE

Language
French is the official language, but Malinke and Sussu are also widely spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	10.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	9.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	9.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	9.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	8.8 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	8.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	8.5 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	8.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	8.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
24.0 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
There are 16 ethnic groups in Guinea, the most numerous being the Fulani, Mandingo, Malinke and Sussu.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Muslims 65 percent, traditional African religions 33 percent. There is also a small Christian minority.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	33.9 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	33.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	33.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	32.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	32.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	31.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	31.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	31.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1958
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
69 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15

2005	43.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	43.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	43.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	44.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	44.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	44.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

USEFUL INFORMATION

Time zone
GMT

Climate description
Dry, fine and hot between October-March; rainy season April-September; high temperature and humidity year-round on coast; lower humidity, higher temperature inland.

Currency
Guinea franc

Telephone dialling code
(+) 224

Driving (left/right)
Right

STANDARD OF LIVING

Average life expectancy

2005	54.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	53.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	53.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	49.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	48.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	47.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	53.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	53.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	53.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	48.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	48.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	47.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	56.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	54.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	54.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	49.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	48.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	48.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	93 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	98 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	98 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	101 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	104 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	109 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	109 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	112 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	150 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	161 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	150 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	155 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	160 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	169 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	169 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	175 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	56 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	56 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	35 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	35 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	35 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	35 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	910 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	740 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	160	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	160	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	156	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	160	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	157	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	159	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	26 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	26 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	26 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	21 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	23 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	23 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2000	23 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	17 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	24 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	24 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	70 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	50 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	51 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	48 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	19 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	18 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	13 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	58 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	29.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	41.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	41.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - male
42.6 percent (2004)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Literacy - female
18.1 percent (2004)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Landlines telephones

2008	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	7 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	7 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	264 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	208 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	21 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	21 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	17 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	13 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	10 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	7 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	9 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	4 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	4 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	0.9 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	173 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	168 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	160 (joint)	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

ECONOMY & AID

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	400 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	410 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	430 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	430 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	390 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	370 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	380 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	410 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	4.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	3.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	3.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	3.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	3.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	3.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	3.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	3.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	2.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	3.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	2.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	4.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	4.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	1.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	17.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	37.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	28.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	21.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	11.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	2.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	4.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	11.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
2.9 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
30.7 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

HEALTH

Physicians

2000-2004	11 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	11 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	13 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	13 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	1.6 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	1.6 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	1.5 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	1.5 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	1.4 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
Risk from P.falciparum throughout the year in the whole country. Resistance to chloroquine reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	287 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	273 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	259 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	246 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	234 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	222 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	211 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	200 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

CONFLICT & MIGRATION

Number of refugees originating here

2008	9495	UNHCR
2007	8278	UNHCR
2006	6840	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	5820	UNHCR
2004	4782	UNHCR
2003	3871	UNHCR
2002	3418	UNHCR
2001	2019	UNHCR
2000	1497	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2008	21488	UNHCR
2007	25226	UNHCR
2006	31468	UNHCR
2005	63525	UNHCR
2004	139252	UNHCR
2003	184341	UNHCR
2002	182163	UNHCR
2001	178444	UNHCR
2000	427206	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

2007	No data available
2006	19000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2006
2005	82000	IDMC 2006

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	No data available percent
2004	No data available percent
2003	No data available percent
2002	2.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	1.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	2.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	No data available percent
2000-2002	1.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	0.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	0.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	0.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003