Demographics of Guinea-Bissau
The population of Guinea-Bissau is ethnically diverse with distinct languages, customs, and social structures. Most people are farmers, with traditional religious beliefs (animism); 45% are Muslim, principally Fula and Mandinka-speaker concentrated in the north and northeast. Other important groups are the Balanta[?] and Papel[?], living in the southern coastal regions, and the Manjaco[?] and Mancanha[?], occupying the central and northern coastal areas.
Population:
1,285,715 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate:
2.4% (2000 est.)
Birth rate:
39.63 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate:
15.62 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate:
112.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate:
5.27 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
Ethnic groups:
African 99% (Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1%
Religions:
indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5%
Languages:
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages
Literacy:
0-14 years:
42% (male 271,100; female 272,304)
15-64 years:
55% (male 335,150; female 370,667)
65 years and over:
3% (male 16,574; female 19,920) (2000 est.)
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.83 male(s)/female
total population:
0.94 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
total population:
49.04 years
male:
46.77 years
female:
51.37 years (2000 est.)
noun:
Guinean (s)
adjective:
Guinean
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
53.9%
male:
67.1%
female:
40.7% (1997 est.)