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Guinea-Bissau

12.0N 15.0W · 26 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM PORTUGAL · 24 SEPTEMBER 1973 (DECLARED); RECOGNISED 10 SEPTEMBER 1974
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1974 – present · Instability, civil war and the cocaine route
6 EVENTS
14 November 1980 · Nino Vieira seizes power 3 REFS
mid-2000s onward · A cocaine transit "narco-state" 3 REFS
1956 – 1974 · Cabral, the PAIGC and the war of independence
6 EVENTS
1956 · Amílcar Cabral founds the PAIGC 3 REFS
January 1963 · The war of independence begins 3 REFS
1879 – 1956 · Portuguese Guinea and the late conquest
5 EVENTS
1879 · Guinea separated from Cape Verde 2 REFS
c. 1912–1915 · Teixeira Pinto's pacification of the mainland 3 REFS
1455 – 1850s · The Rivers of Guinea and the Atlantic slave trade
5 EVENTS
1455–1456 · Portuguese ships reach the Rivers of Guinea 3 REFS
c. 1588 · Cacheu fortified as a slaving station 3 REFS
c. 1200 – 1867 · Kaabu and the peoples of the Rivers of Guinea
4 EVENTS
13th century · Mali's reach and the rise of Kaabu 3 REFS
pre-colonial · The coastal and island peoples 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Bissau
Population
1.8 m
Area
36,125 km²
Region
Western Africa
Languages
Portuguese, Upper Guinea Creole
Currency
West African CFA franc (Fr)
Demonym
Guinea-Bissauan
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$2.5 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$1,124’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
5.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.9%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
40.9%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
2.2 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
64.3 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
46.7%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.8’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
63.9%’22 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
43.2’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
55.3’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
24.7’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
36.1’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
35.7’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
20.6’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
8.8%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.25’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
67.3’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
65.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
24.0%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
63.9%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
2.0%’13 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
113.4%’10 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
34.4%’06 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
2.6%’06 WB-UNESCO

Technology

Internet users
29.8%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
147’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
5.8%’15 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
28,120 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
69.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
29.9%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.2’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
87.4%’22 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
10.4%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
10.4%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
43.7%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.2%’23 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$25 M’23 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
4,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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