Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Guinea

Urban population share in Guinea in 2025 — 38.5%. Ranked 177 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 28.8 pp.

2025 38.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 177of 217
Period maximum 38.5%2025
Period minimum 9.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Guinea, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 9.7%1962: 10.8%1964: 12.2%1966: 13.7%1968: 15.3%1970: 17%1972: 18.8%1974: 20.5%1976: 22%1978: 23.5%1980: 24.7%1982: 25.7%1984: 26.5%1986: 27.1%1988: 27.7%1990: 28.2%1992: 28.7%1994: 29.2%1996: 29.8%1998: 30.3%2000: 30.9%2002: 31.5%2004: 32.1%2006: 32.7%2008: 33.3%2010: 33.8%2012: 34.3%2014: 34.8%2016: 35.3%2018: 35.9%2020: 36.5%2022: 37.2%2024: 38.1%2025: 38.5%
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 38.5%
World 57.8%
Western Africa computed 54.2%
Urban population share — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 38.5 +0.4 pp
2024 38.1 +0.4 pp
2023 37.6 +0.4 pp
2022 37.2 +0.4 pp
2021 36.9 +0.4 pp
2020 36.5 +0.4 pp
2019 36.1 +0.3 pp
2018 35.9 +0.3 pp
2017 35.6 +0.3 pp
2016 35.3 +0.3 pp
2015 35 +0.2 pp
2014 34.8 +0.2 pp
2013 34.6 +0.2 pp
2012 34.3 +0.3 pp
2011 34.1 +0.3 pp
2010 33.8 +0.3 pp
2009 33.5 +0.3 pp
2008 33.3 +0.3 pp
2007 33 +0.3 pp
2006 32.7 +0.3 pp
2005 32.4 +0.3 pp
2004 32.1 +0.3 pp
2003 31.8 +0.3 pp
2002 31.5 +0.3 pp
2001 31.2 +0.3 pp
2000 30.9 +0.3 pp
1999 30.6 +0.3 pp
1998 30.3 +0.3 pp
1997 30.1 +0.3 pp
1996 29.8 +0.3 pp
1995 29.5 +0.3 pp
1994 29.2 +0.3 pp
1993 29 +0.3 pp
1992 28.7 +0.3 pp
1991 28.5 +0.3 pp
1990 28.2 +0.3 pp
1989 28 +0.3 pp
1988 27.7 +0.3 pp
1987 27.4 +0.3 pp
1986 27.1 +0.3 pp
1985 26.8 +0.3 pp
1984 26.5 +0.4 pp
1983 26.1 +0.4 pp
1982 25.7 +0.5 pp
1981 25.3 +0.5 pp
1980 24.7 +0.6 pp
1979 24.1 +0.7 pp
1978 23.5 +0.7 pp
1977 22.8 +0.7 pp
1976 22 +0.8 pp
1975 21.3 +0.8 pp
1974 20.5 +0.8 pp
1973 19.6 +0.9 pp
1972 18.8 +0.9 pp
1971 17.9 +0.9 pp
1970 17 +0.9 pp
1969 16.2 +0.9 pp
1968 15.3 +0.8 pp
1967 14.5 +0.8 pp
1966 13.7 +0.8 pp
1965 12.9 +0.7 pp
1964 12.2 +0.7 pp
1963 11.5 +0.6 pp
1962 10.8 +0.6 pp
1961 10.2 +0.5 pp
1960 9.7

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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