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Rural population share — Guinea

Rural population share in Guinea in 2025 — 61.5%. Ranked 41 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 28.8 pp.

2025 61.5% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 41of 217
Period maximum 90.3%1960
Period minimum 61.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Guinea, 1960–20256070809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 90.3%1962: 89.2%1964: 87.8%1966: 86.3%1968: 84.7%1970: 83%1972: 81.2%1974: 79.5%1976: 78%1978: 76.5%1980: 75.3%1982: 74.3%1984: 73.5%1986: 72.9%1988: 72.3%1990: 71.8%1992: 71.3%1994: 70.8%1996: 70.2%1998: 69.7%2000: 69.1%2002: 68.5%2004: 67.9%2006: 67.3%2008: 66.7%2010: 66.2%2012: 65.7%2014: 65.2%2016: 64.7%2018: 64.1%2020: 63.5%2022: 62.8%2024: 61.9%2025: 61.5%
Change over the period: −28.8 pp Annual average: -0.44 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea

Guinea 61.5%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Western Africa computed 45.8%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 56.6%
Rural population share — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 61.5 −0.4 pp
2024 61.9 −0.4 pp
2023 62.4 −0.4 pp
2022 62.8 −0.4 pp
2021 63.1 −0.4 pp
2020 63.5 −0.4 pp
2019 63.9 −0.3 pp
2018 64.1 −0.3 pp
2017 64.4 −0.3 pp
2016 64.7 −0.3 pp
2015 65 −0.2 pp
2014 65.2 −0.2 pp
2013 65.4 −0.2 pp
2012 65.7 −0.3 pp
2011 65.9 −0.3 pp
2010 66.2 −0.3 pp
2009 66.5 −0.3 pp
2008 66.7 −0.3 pp
2007 67 −0.3 pp
2006 67.3 −0.3 pp
2005 67.6 −0.3 pp
2004 67.9 −0.3 pp
2003 68.2 −0.3 pp
2002 68.5 −0.3 pp
2001 68.8 −0.3 pp
2000 69.1 −0.3 pp
1999 69.4 −0.3 pp
1998 69.7 −0.3 pp
1997 69.9 −0.3 pp
1996 70.2 −0.3 pp
1995 70.5 −0.3 pp
1994 70.8 −0.3 pp
1993 71 −0.3 pp
1992 71.3 −0.3 pp
1991 71.5 −0.3 pp
1990 71.8 −0.3 pp
1989 72 −0.3 pp
1988 72.3 −0.3 pp
1987 72.6 −0.3 pp
1986 72.9 −0.3 pp
1985 73.2 −0.3 pp
1984 73.5 −0.4 pp
1983 73.9 −0.4 pp
1982 74.3 −0.5 pp
1981 74.7 −0.5 pp
1980 75.3 −0.6 pp
1979 75.9 −0.7 pp
1978 76.5 −0.7 pp
1977 77.2 −0.7 pp
1976 78 −0.8 pp
1975 78.7 −0.8 pp
1974 79.5 −0.8 pp
1973 80.4 −0.9 pp
1972 81.2 −0.9 pp
1971 82.1 −0.9 pp
1970 83 −0.9 pp
1969 83.8 −0.9 pp
1968 84.7 −0.8 pp
1967 85.5 −0.8 pp
1966 86.3 −0.8 pp
1965 87.1 −0.7 pp
1964 87.8 −0.7 pp
1963 88.5 −0.6 pp
1962 89.2 −0.6 pp
1961 89.8 −0.5 pp
1960 90.3 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 81.6 BF Burkina Faso 71.1 ML Mali 67.8 GN Guinea 61.5 TG Togo 55.6 SL Sierra Leone 54.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 53.3 BJ Benin 46.6 CI Côte d'Ivoire 45.5 SN Senegal 44.2 LR Liberia 43.9 GH Ghana 41.1 MR Mauritania 38.5 NG Nigeria 36.2 GM Gambia 35 CV Cabo Verde 22.4
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

Other indicators for Guinea

Demography Rural population

How many people live outside cities — in absolute numbers.

Guinea by year Demography Urban population share

What part of a country's residents lives in cities — the level of urbanization.

Guinea by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Guinea by year Agriculture Agricultural land share

What part of the territory is used for arable land, permanent crops and pasture.

Guinea by year
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