Background:

• Official name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau
• Location: West African Atlantic-coast State bordered by Senegal and Guinea
• Capital: Bissau
• Official language: Portuguese; Guinea-Bissau Creole and national languages are widely used
• Population: Preliminary results of the fourth Population and Housing Census report 2,191,300 residents in 2026: 50.7% women, 49.3% men, 45.7% urban and 54.3% rural. Results remain preliminary.
• Economy: No current national GDP series was consistently accessible through the reviewed official portal. World Bank indicators provide secondary, internationally comparable values pending a public national statistical or budget series.

REC Membership:

• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
• West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)

Sources:

• Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
• Government of Guinea-Bissau Portal
• INE Preliminary RGPH4 Results
• ECOWAS – Member States
• CEN-SAD – Member States
• UEMOA – Member States
• World Bank Data – Guinea-Bissau
• World Bank Country Overview – Guinea-Bissau