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Guinea-Bissau
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau is a country in Western Africa. Its capital city is Bissau. About 1.9 million people live there, in an area of 36 125 square kilometres.
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Where is Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau lies in Western Africa, on the continent of Africa.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 1 336 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 350 km long.
It shares a border with 2 countries: Guinea and Senegal.
How big is Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau covers 36 125 square kilometres.
That is about 14 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 134th largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 51.9 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Guinea-Bissau?
About 1.9 million people live in Guinea-Bissau.
That is the 147th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Portuguese and Upper Guinea Creole.
They pay with the West African CFA franc (Fr).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 49 years.
The land of Guinea-Bissau
The land in Guinea-Bissau sits on average 70 metres above sea level, which makes it one of the flatter countries on Earth.
Its coast runs for about 350 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 18 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Guinea-Bissau different?
Websites from here often end in .gw.
Guinea-Bissau and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.2 live in Guinea-Bissau.
It takes up about 0.03 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Africa it is the 42nd largest of 54 countries, and the 46th most populated.
That is close to the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Guinea-Bissau and its neighbours
Guinea, its largest neighbour, is about 6.8 times bigger.
Guinea has more people: 12.4 million against 1.9 million.
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Guinea-Bissau?
The capital of Guinea-Bissau is Bissau. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Guinea-Bissau?
About 1.9 million people live in Guinea-Bissau, which makes it the 147th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau borders Guinea and Senegal — 2 neighbours in total.
How big is Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau covers 36 125 square kilometres, making it the 134th largest country in the world. That is about 14 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Guinea-Bissau in?
Guinea-Bissau is in Africa, in the part called Western Africa.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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