Population: 7,455,850 (July 1991), growth rate 2.5% (1991)

Birth rate: 47 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 21 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 144 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 41 years male, 45 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 6.0 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Guinean(s); adjective--Guinean

Ethnic divisions: Fulani 35%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, small indigenous tribes 15%

Religion: Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%

Language: French (official); each tribe has its own language

Literacy: 24% (male 35%, female 13%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Labor force: 2,400,000 (1983); agriculture 82.0%, industry and commerce 11.0%, services 5.4%; 88,112 civil servants (1987); 52% of population of working age (1985)

Organized labor: virtually 100% of wage earners loosely affiliated with the National Confederation of Guinean Workers

NOTE: The information regarding Guinea on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guinea People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.