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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Rarely do Africans seeking to sneak into Europe receive respect, or even a dignified departure home, if caught. But two teenage stowaways from Guinea hoping to enter Belgium recently got a ceremonial return home. Unfortunately, they were dead.
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