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Guinea vs Rwanda

Flag of Guinea

Guinea

15,099,727#74 · +2.31%/yr
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Flag of Rwanda

Rwanda

14,569,341#76 · +2.17%/yr

Guinea has 4% more people than Rwanda: 15,099,727 vs 14,569,341, a gap of 530,386. Guinea is growing faster (+2.31% vs +2.17% a year), adding about 348,943 people a year against +316,180. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Rwanda is 9.6× as densely populated (565.6 vs 58.6 people per km²). People in Rwanda live 7.1 years longer on average (68.0 vs 60.9). GDP per capita is 1.7× higher in Guinea ($1,877 vs $1,124).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Guinea) and 2025 (Rwanda); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Guinea vs Rwanda — side by side

Flag of Guinea GuineaFlag of Rwanda Rwanda
Population15,099,727202514,569,3412025
Growth rate / yr+2.31%2025+2.17%2025
Births per 1,00033.3202428.12024
Deaths per 1,0009.020245.92024
Children per woman4.1320243.652024
Life expectancy60.9 yrs202468.0 yrs2024
Aged 0–1440.5%202537.0%2025
Aged 65+3.5%20254.0%2025
Density58.6 /km²2023565.6 /km²2023
Area245,860 km²202326,338 km²2023
Urban population38.5%202530.9%2025
Net migration / yr-16,2822025+6,2822025
GDP per capita$1,8772025$1,1242025
Country population rank (available records)#74#76
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.18%0.18%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Guinea: 4.2× from 1960 to 2025; Rwanda: 4.8× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

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