Guinea - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Guinea was 4,842,717 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,842,717 in 2020 and a minimum value of 365,909 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 365,909
1961 388,454
1962 412,353
1963 437,732
1964 464,710
1965 493,386
1966 523,910
1967 556,318
1968 590,560
1969 626,414
1970 663,781
1971 702,759
1972 743,423
1973 785,762
1974 830,081
1975 876,467
1976 925,115
1977 976,092
1978 1,030,148
1979 1,088,017
1980 1,150,489
1981 1,217,700
1982 1,290,287
1983 1,354,556
1984 1,403,285
1985 1,456,359
1986 1,514,201
1987 1,576,684
1988 1,642,730
1989 1,710,921
1990 1,780,291
1991 1,850,171
1992 1,920,852
1993 1,992,593
1994 2,066,412
1995 2,142,724
1996 2,221,968
1997 2,302,606
1998 2,383,622
1999 2,464,349
2000 2,543,832
2001 2,621,416
2002 2,697,745
2003 2,774,557
2004 2,854,180
2005 2,938,479
2006 3,028,542
2007 3,124,050
2008 3,224,126
2009 3,327,236
2010 3,432,518
2011 3,539,413
2012 3,648,854
2013 3,762,925
2014 3,884,552
2015 4,017,353
2016 4,162,449
2017 4,319,326
2018 4,486,525
2019 4,661,505
2020 4,842,717

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Guinea was 36.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 36.88 in 2020, while its lowest value was 10.47 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 10.47
1961 10.94
1962 11.42
1963 11.92
1964 12.44
1965 12.98
1966 13.54
1967 14.12
1968 14.72
1969 15.34
1970 15.98
1971 16.64
1972 17.33
1973 18.03
1974 18.76
1975 19.52
1976 20.29
1977 21.09
1978 21.91
1979 22.75
1980 23.62
1981 24.50
1982 25.41
1983 26.07
1984 26.35
1985 26.62
1986 26.90
1987 27.18
1988 27.46
1989 27.74
1990 28.03
1991 28.31
1992 28.60
1993 28.89
1994 29.18
1995 29.48
1996 29.77
1997 30.05
1998 30.32
1999 30.60
2000 30.87
2001 31.14
2002 31.42
2003 31.70
2004 31.98
2005 32.26
2006 32.54
2007 32.82
2008 33.11
2009 33.39
2010 33.68
2011 33.97
2012 34.26
2013 34.55
2014 34.84
2015 35.14
2016 35.46
2017 35.79
2018 36.14
2019 36.50
2020 36.88

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization