Africa · Western Africa
Capital: Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
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Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #165
Guinea-Bissau's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
2.2M
#145 of 196
26th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
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$2.53B
#173 of 196
12th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
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$25.3M
#158 of 196
19th percentile
2023 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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Manufacturing Output
$217.4M
#160 of 196
18th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
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- Capital
- Bissau
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Country code
- GNB
Three interesting facts
Guinea-Bissau shares land borders with 2 countries: Guinea and Senegal.
Guinea-Bissau spans roughly 36,125 square kilometers, placing it around 134th by area in this factbook.
Guinea-Bissau’s position in Western Africa places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Guinea-Bissau on the map
Guinea-Bissau is located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal. Its terrain is mostly low-lying coastal plain with a deeply indented estuarine coastline rising to savanna in east, numerous off-shore islands including the Arquipelago Dos Bijagos consisting of 18 main islands and many small islets. The climate is tropical, generally hot and humid, monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds, dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds. In area, the country is slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut.
Economy
Economic profile
Guinea-Bissau's economy is characterized by extremely poor West African economy, ethnically diverse labor force, increasing government expenditures, slight inflation due to food supply disruptions, major cashew exporter, systemic banking instabilities and corruption, vulnerable to oil price shocks. Major industries include agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks. Important agricultural products include rice, groundnuts, cashews, root vegetables, oil palm fruit, plantains, cassava, coconuts, vegetables, sweet potatoes (2023). Notable exports include coconuts/brazil nuts/cashews, fish, fish oil, processed crustaceans, malt extract (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Guinea-Bissau has an estimated population of 1,781,308. Languages spoken include Portuguese-based Creole, Portuguese (official, largely used as a second or third language), Pular (a Fula language), Mandingo. The population includes Balanta 30%, Fulani 30%, Manjaco 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%, unspecified smaller ethnic groups 6% (2015 est.). The urban population represents 45.5% of total population (2023).
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