Guinea-Bissau is a small West African nation. One of the world's poorest countries, its Bijagos Archipelago is an internationally recognized biodiversity hotspot.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 60 people per km² rank 127 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.0266 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Africa | 0.146% of its people, 0.12% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 13,948 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Taiwan (36,193 km²) |
| Closest in population | Slovenia (2,118,396 people) |
7 other countries in our list also use XOF: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo.