Guinea 
Facts
Population: 9,947,814 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 44.3% (male 2,226,414/female 2,183,153)
15-64 years: 52.5% (male 2,611,833/female 2,610,773)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 138,392/female 177,249) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.62% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 41.53 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 15.33 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.781 male(s)/female
total population: 1.001 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 88.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 93.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 83.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 49.65 years
male: 48.5 years
female: 50.84 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 5.75 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 3.2% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 140,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 9,000 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Guinean(s)
adjective: Guinean.
Ethnic groups: Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller ethnic groups 10%.
Religions: Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%.
Languages: French (official); note - each ethnic group has its own language.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 29.5%
male: 42.6%
female: 18.1% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $20.16 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 3.7% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,100 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 23.7%
industry: 36.1%
services: 40.2% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 3.7 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 76%
industry and services: 24% (2006 est.).
Population below poverty line: 47% (2006 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 41% (2006).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 29% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: NA%.
Budget: revenues: $342.3 million
expenditures: $556.7 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber.
Industries: bauxite, gold, diamonds, iron; alumina refining; light manufacturing, and agricultural processing.
Industrial production growth rate: NA%.
Electricity - production: 840 million kWh
note: excludes electricity generated at interior mining sites (2006).
Electricity - consumption: 832.9 million kWh (2006).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2006).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2006).
Exports: $615.1 million f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products.
Exports - partners: Russia 14.6%, South Korea 11.3%, Spain 10.2%, Ukraine 7.9%, US 6.1%, Ireland 6%, France 5.7%, Germany 5%, Belgium 4.5% (2005).
Imports: $730 million f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs.
Imports - partners: China 8.5%, US 7.3%, France 7.2%, Cote d'Ivoire 5.2%, Italy 4.7%, Belgium 4.1% (2005).
Debt - external: $3.02 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $212.2 million (2006).
Currency (code): Guinean franc (GNF).
Exchange rates: Guinean francs per US dollar - 5,350 (2006), 3,644.3 (2005), 2,225 (2004), 1,984.9 (2003), 1,975.8 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Guinea in the News
The situation is so serious that government stability is threatened as drug traffickers extend roots into ministries, the army, and the police.
World Press Review Australia correspondent Charles Stokes reports that rising rates of HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea are causing concern in Australia and beyond, but Papua New Guineans have found some innovative ways of addressing the crisis.
Rarely do Africans seeking to sneak into Europe receive respect, or even a dignified departure home, if caught. But two teenage stowaways from Guinea hoping to enter Belgium recently got a ceremonial return home. Unfortunately, they were dead.
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