Bissau — UN urban centre
Bissau: 612,643 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #884 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 37; territory: Guinea-Bissau (GNB). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 11.8675, -15.6103. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 77,527 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 118,214 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 147,342 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 184,645 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 228,113 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 275,198 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 333,169 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 399,287 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 496,094 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 577,910 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 612,643 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 654,343 | Projection |
| 2035 | 685,379 | Projection |
| 2040 | 721,011 | Projection |
| 2045 | 750,549 | Projection |
| 2050 | 782,910 | Projection |
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