Guinea

Census Results

1960-10-08
1969-06-01
1983-02-04	5,781,300
1996-12-01	7,156,406

General Information

Official name	the Republic of Guinea
Official name [native]	la République de Guinée «French»
Capital	Conakry
Capital [native]	Conakry «French»
Region	Western Africa
ISO code	GN
Statistical agency	Institut National de la Statistique

Name in Chinese	几内亚共和国
Name in Arabic	جمهورية غينيا
Name in Spanish	la República de Guinea
Name in Russian	Гвинейская Республика
Name in French	la République de Guinée

Administrative units

region	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1983-02-4/17 census	population 1996-12-01 census	population 2009 projection
Région de Conakry	Conakry	450	705,300	1,092,936	1,548,470
Région de Basse Guinée		47,063	1,147,400	1,460,577	2,195,180
Boffa	Boffa	5,050	141,700	156,558	193,901
Boké	Boké	11,124	225,200	293,917	455,104
Coyah	Coyah	1,275	134,200	85,148	355,485
Dubréka	Dubréka	4,350		131,337
Forécariah	Forécariah	4,384	116,500	195,836	371,706
Fria	Fria	2,016	70,400	81,790	113,317
Kindia	Kindia	9,648	216,100	287,611	451,135
Télimélé	Télimélé	9,216	243,300	228,380	254,532
Région de Moyenne Guinée		52,939	1,595,100	1,639,617	1,991,802
Dalaba	Dalaba	3,328	132,800	136,656	176,085
Gaoual	Gaoual	7,758	135,700	137,624	167,099
Koubia	Koubia	3,725	98,100	91,882	109,140
Koundara	Koundara	5,238	94,200	90,230	107,250
Labé	Labé	2,242	253,200	251,702	311,463
Lélouma	Lélouma	4,275	138,500	137,273	143,031
Mali	Mali	8,802	210,900	204,041	207,076
Mamou	Mamou	9,108	190,500	236,326	360,276
Pita	Pita	4,638	227,900	239,236	261,390
Tougué	Tougué	3,825	113,300	114,647	148,992
Région de Haute Guinée		99,437	1,193,600	1,407,734	1,978,411
Dabola	Dabola	6,350	98,000	111,363	153,571
Dinguiraye	Dinguiraye	7,965	133,500	137,380	174,664
Faranah	Faranah	12,966	142,900	147,347	183,191
Kankan	Kankan	19,750	229,900	262,350	364,766
Kérouané	Kérouané	7,020	106,900	154,861	249,776
Kouroussa	Kouroussa	14,061	136,900	150,059	192,120
Mandiana	Mandiana	12,825	136,300	173,150	245,417
Siguiri	Siguiri	18,500	209,200	271,224	414,907
Région de Guinée Forestière		45,968	1,139,900	1,555,542	2,503,729
Beyla	Beyla	13,622	161,300	169,730	212,702
Guéckédou	Guéckédou	4,750	204,800	347,541	689,628
Kissidougou	Kissidougou	8,300	183,200	206,755	266,275
Lola	Lola	4,688	106,700	134,326	206,938
Macenta	Macenta	7,056	193,100	278,789	476,587
N'zérékoré	N'zérékoré	3,632	216,400	283,413	366,931
Yomou	Yomou	3,920	74,400	134,988	284,667
total		245,857	5,781,300	7,156,406	10,217,591
source: Institut National de la Statistique, Guinea. note: The site of the Guinea government has 7 administrative regions and 1 governorate (Conakry). The regions above reflect het division by the INS.

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