Rural population growth in Guinea
Guinea: Rural population growth was 1.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Rural population growth in Guinea, 1961–2025
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in annual %.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 1.6% for rural population growth in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population growth in Guinea peaked at 3.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1976.
Guinea ranks 35th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.7% | 1.0% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 1.5% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 32 Kyrgyzstan 1.6% compare
- 33 Mozambique 1.6% compare
- 34 Turkmenistan 1.6% compare
- 36 Kenya 1.5% compare
- 37 Liechtenstein 1.4% compare
- 38 Solomon Islands 1.4% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2016)
- Rural population 61.5% (2025)
- Rural population 9.28 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.99 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal yield 1,351 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal production 5.39 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 2.91 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population growth in Guinea?
- Rural population growth in Guinea was 1.6% in 2025, according to World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest rural population growth recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest rural population growth recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1976.
- How does Guinea rank for rural population growth?
- Guinea ranks 35th out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rural population growth rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Rural population growth (annual %). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual rural population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear rural population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.