Guinea-Bissau Population Pyramid 2048
Guinea-Bissau in 2048
By 2048, the population of Guinea-Bissau is expected to reach 3,345,864. Compared with 2038, when the projection stands at 2,873,933, that represents growth of 16.4% over ten years.
Half of the population would be younger than 26.3 years, with 29.7% children under 15 and 5.4% aged 65 or older. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Guinea-Bissau had on average 3.84 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 64.1 years in 2023: 66.4 for women and 61.7 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
14,081 immigrants live in Guinea-Bissau, 0.6% of the population.
| Senegal | 7,634 |
| Guinea | 3,032 |
| Gambia | 917 |
| Liberia | 532 |
| Portugal | 505 |
103,999 people born in Guinea-Bissau live in other countries.
| Portugal | 36,682 |
| Senegal | 31,321 |
| Gambia | 15,119 |
| Cabo Verde | 5,576 |
| Guinea | 4,217 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 3,345,864 | 26.3 | |
| Gambia | 4,192,849 | 26.5 | |
| Cabo Verde | 565,508 | 40.9 | |
| Liberia | 8,673,949 | 25.2 | |
| Mauritania | 9,064,219 | 22.9 |





