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Guinea is an above average size country in western Africa.

Guinea borders the Atlantic Ocean.

The land is generally flat with mountains inland.

The geographical coordinates for the centre of Guinea, also known as lines of latitude and longitude, are:-
Latitude - 11 00N
Longitude - 10 00W

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guinea The Guinean flag is three equal vertical stripes of red, at the top, yellow and green. Red represents the people's sacrifice for liberation and work while yellow is for the sun, the riches of the earth and for justice and green represents the country's vegetation and unity.

The capital of Guinea is Conakry.

Guinea is a presidential republic with a president as head of state and head of the government.

In elections everyone over the age of 18 can vote.

The currency in Guinea is the Guinean franc.

French is the official language.

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We have already written our own history of England but are asking schools in Guinea to provide us with a detailed history of their own country. Check how here.
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Land

The total land area of Guinea is 245,717 sq kms which is the 32nd largest in Africa.

Guinea has lakes, rivers and canals which total 140 sq kms.

Guinea has boundaries with 1 country

  • Mali 1,062 kms
  • Cote d'Ivoire 816 kms
  • Sierra Leone 794 kms
  • Liberia 590 kms
  • Guinea Bissau 421 kms
  • Senegal 363 kms

Guinea has a coastline of 320 kms which is the 30th longest in Africa.

The highest point in Guinea is Mont Nimba at 1,752 metres.

The pie chart below shows how the land is split between agricultural land (crops and pastures), forests and other, which can be towns, villages, desert or frozen waste called tundra. guinea
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People

The total population of Guinea is 11.86 million people, making it the 25th largest country in Africa by population.

Of this number 5.94 million are females and 5.92 million are males.

A person from Guinea is called a Guinean.

To be a citizen of Guinea, one of your parents must be a citizen of Guinea. It is not sufficient to be born in Guinea. We have no information for how long you have to live in Guinea before you can begin to apply for citizenship.

The largest five cities in Guinea, by population are:-

  • Camayenne 1,871,242 people
  • Conakry 1,767,200
  • Nzerekore 132,728
  • Kindia 117,062
  • Kankan 114,009
For each country we will give you a diagram showing the population density. This is the average number of people for each square kilometre. guineaEach little Owlbut is 1 person and the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.

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36.1% of the people live in cities or towns.
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Life

The birth rate in Guinea is 36.4 births per 1,000 of population

The death rate in Guinea is 8.9 deaths per 1,000 people.

Check this against the birth rate. If the death rate is higher than the birth rate then the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.

There are 50.1 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 60.4 deaths of boys.

The median age for females is 19.3 and for males is 18.8. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number of people above the median age as below it.

The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 18.9.

The elderly dependency ratio is 5.6. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).

The potential support ratio is 17.8. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.

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Guinea spends 5.6% of its total income on health care.

There are 0.08 doctors per 1,000 people.

There are 0.3 hospital beds per 1,000 people.

7.7% of the population are estimated as obese.

92.7% of the urban population and 67.4% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or protected rainwater collection facility.

34.1% of the urban population and 11.8% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer, a pit latrine (that is a permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.



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Guinea releases 1.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy. This puts it as the 36th highest in Africa.
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Education

Guinea spends 2.2% of its total income on education.

Children usually start school at age 7 in Guinea. Primary education is for six years until age 13 and secondary education can continue till 20. This may be followed by further education at a university or college.

We are awaiting information about school terms in Guinea.

22.8% of females and 38.1% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.

1.0% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 0.6% are unemployed while with males 1.5% can't find work.

The total number of people available for work in Guinea is 5.56 million.

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  • Agriculture includes farming, fishing and forestry work
  • Industry includes mining, manufacturing, construction and energy workers
  • Services is everything else
2.7% of the workforce are unemployed.
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Travel



There are 4 paved airports in Guinea, which is the 38th highest number in Africa.
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There are 837 kilometres of railways in Guinea, the 21st longest in Africa.
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There are 44,348 kilometres of roads in Guinea, which means Guinea is in 16th place for the most kilometres of roads in Africa.
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We have no figures for the number of major national newspapers in Guinea.

There are 10,80 million mobile phone users.

Less than 1% of the people have a fixed landline.

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1.19 million people have access to the internet at home via any device (computer or mobile).
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