ACOG - Guinea  - IBM

Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone

Area:
total area: 245,860 sq km
land area: 245,860 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Oregon

Land boundaries: total 3,399 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Liberia563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km

Coastline: 320 km


People

Population: 6,549,336 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 44% (female 1,450,501; male 1,448,164)
15-64 years: 53% (female 1,784,420; male 1,691,502)
65 years and over: 3% (female 102,735; male 72,014)

Population growth rate: 2.43% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 43.43 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 19.13 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 136.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 44.6 years
male: 42.31 years
female: 46.95 years

Total fertility rate: 5.79 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller tribes 10%

Religions: Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%

Languages: French (official); each tribe has its own language

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 24%
male: 35%
female: 13%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
conventional short form: Guinea

Type: republic

Capital: Conakry

Independence: 2 October 1958 (from France)

Constitution: 23 December 1990 (Loi Fundamentale)


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.3 billion

National product real growth rate: 0.8%

National product per capita: $980

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 16.6%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 180,000 kW
production: 520 million kWh
consumption per capita: 77 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.