Guinea 
Facts
Population:
7,613,870 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
43.12% (male 1,637,000; female 1,645,786)
15-64 years:
54.19% (male 2,015,199; female 2,110,745)
65 years and over:
2.69% (male 84,586; female 120,554) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.96% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
39.78 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
17.53 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
note:
as a result of civil war in neighboring countries, Guinea is host to almost half a million Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.7 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
129.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
45.91 years
male:
43.49 years
female:
48.42 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.39 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
1.54% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
55,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
5,600 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Guinean(s)
adjective:
Guinean
Ethnic groups:
Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller ethnic groups 10%
Religions:
Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%
Languages:
French (official), each ethnic group has its own language
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
35.9%
male:
49.9%
female:
21.9% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $10 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,300 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
22.3%
industry:
35.3%
services:
42.4% (1998 est.)
Population below poverty line:
40% (1994 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
2.6%
highest 10%:
32% (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
3 million (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$NA
expenditures:
$417.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA million (2000 est.)
Industries:
bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light manufacturing and agricultural processing industries
Industrial production growth rate:
3.2% (1994)
Electricity - production:
750 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
46.67%
hydro:
53.33%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
697.5 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber
Exports:
$820 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products
Exports - partners:
US, Benelux, Ukraine, Ireland (1999)
Imports:
$634 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
France, Belgium, US, Cote d'Ivoire (1999)
Debt - external:
$3.6 billion (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$359.2 million (1998)
Currency:
Guinean franc (GNF)
Currency code:
GNF
Exchange rates:
Guinean francs per US dollar - 1,855.0 (October 2000), 1,572.0 (2000), 1,387.4 (1999), 1,236.8 (1998), 1,095.3 (1997), 1,004.0 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Guinea in the News
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The drug trade is fast turning large parts of West Africa into areas that are all but ungovernable, with major implications for international security.
The 1,500 residents of Carteret Island, an atoll of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, are fast becoming the world's first climate change refugees.
The situation is so serious that government stability is threatened as drug traffickers extend roots into ministries, the army, and the police.
World Press Review Australia correspondent Charles Stokes reports that rising rates of HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea are causing concern in Australia and beyond, but Papua New Guineans have found some innovative ways of addressing the crisis.
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