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Guinea

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Guinea is a country. The capital city is Conakry, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 245,720 km², a population of 14,405,468 people and uses the currency Guinean franc. The President is Alpha Condé.

Key facts

currency: Guinean franc
capital city: Conakry
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 245,720 km²
population: 14,405,468 people
political leader: Alpha Condé (President)

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expense: 6.47 % of GDP
GDP: 22,199,409,741.26 current US$
inflation: 7.80 annual %
self-employed workers: 81.88 % of total employment
tax revenue: 7.44 % of GDP
unemployment: 5.24 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 79.20 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 13,000 people
democracy score: 3.14
democracy type: Authoritarian
individuals using the Internet: 26.50 % of population
military expenditure: 2.13 % of GDP
net migration: -3,997 people
press freedom: 2.34
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 29.63 %
birth rate: 33.85 per 1,000 people
death rate: 9.87 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 44.69 current US$
health expenditure: 3.76 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.43 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.30 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 59
suicide mortality rate: 7.00 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 146,380.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 3.72 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 47.70 % of population
fertility rate: 4.30 births per woman
forest area: 61,090 km²
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 28.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 14.00
methane emissions: 20.03 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 4.20 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 7,282,935 people
male population: 7,122,533 people
renewable energy consumption: 66.60 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 244,205.75 km²
rural population: 8,919,146 people
urban land area: 1,390.66 km²
urban population: 5,486,322 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.47 % of total population

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Location on a map: 11°0′N, -10°0′W

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Guinea is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of diseases in Guinea by start date

Distribution of artists from Guinea by birth year

Distribution of companies in Guinea by foundation year

Distribution of universities in Guinea per foundation year

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Guinea with forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Guinea with forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Guinea with forecast

Evolution of historical median inflation in Guinea with forecast

Map of the distribution of cities in Guinea by population

Map of the distribution of museums in Guinea by visitors

Map of the distribution of wildfires in Guinea by mean width

Map of the distribution of universities in Guinea by total students

Share of diseases in Guinea by mortality rate

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Share of medals won by Guinea in the Olympics

Correlation of urban population and armed forces personnel by countries yearly in Guinea

Correlation of methane emissions and urban population by countries yearly in Guinea

Correlation of access to electricity and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Guinea

Correlation of methane emissions and population by countries yearly in Guinea

In literature

There are 34 books written about Guinea in the database.

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