7,466,200 (July 2000 est.)

0-14 years: 43.38% (male 1,614,789; female 1,623,691)
15-64 years: 53.95% (male 1,966,929; female 2,060,877)
65 years and over: 2.68% (male 82,376; female 117,538) (2000 est.)

1.95% (2000 est.)

40.08 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

17.86 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

-2.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: over the years Guinea has received several hundred thousand
refugees from the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone; by the end
of 1999 all Liberian refugees were assumed to have returned; refugees
from Sierra Leone are assumed to be returning

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

130.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

total population: 45.56 years
male: 43.16 years
female: 48.02 years (2000 est.)

5.46 children born/woman (2000 est.)

noun: Guinean(s)
adjective: Guinean

Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller ethnic
groups 10%

Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%

French (official), each ethnic group has its own language

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 35.9%
male: 49.9%
female: 21.9% (1995 est.)