Western Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Core facts
- Capital
- Bissau
- Population
- 1,781,308
- Area
- 36,125 km^2
- Country code
- GNB
- Flag emoji
- 🇬🇼
- UN member
- No
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 49.3 per km^2
- Calling code
- +245
Culture and society
- Languages
- Portuguese, Upper Guinea Creole
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- Guiné-Bissau
- Demonyms (EN)
- Guinea-Bissauan / Guinea-Bissauan
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC
- Alternative spellings
- GW, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, República da Guiné-Bissau
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- 12.00, -15.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- GIN, SEN
- Border countries count
- 2
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- West African CFA franc (Fr)
- Top-level domain
- .gw
- FIFA code
- GNB
- Capital coordinates
- 11.85, -15.58
- Postal code format
- ####
- Gini index
- 50.7 (2010)
- Coat of arms
