Guinea is a lower income country comes under Sub Saharan African region as to the classification made by the World Bank on the basis of income and region for the year 2006.
The country has a total surface area of 245.9 thousand square kilometers as in 2004, with a forest area of 69,040.0 square kilometers as in 2000.
Guinea Economy - Social Indicators
The total population of the country as in the year 2004 has reached at 9.2 millions, with annual percentage growth rate of 2.2. The following diagram shows the annual percentage growth rate of population of the country over various years:
The life expectancy years of the country is calculated at 53.9 as in 2004. The infant mortality rate per 1,000 life births was at 101.0 in the same year. The adult literacy rate that is the percentage of peoples in the age of 15 and above were 29.5 in 2004.
Key Economic Indicators of Guinea Economy
The Gross National Income of the country in terms of current US $ in 2004 has reached at 3.8 billions with a percapita GNI of 410.0 in current US $. The following diagram shows the annual percentage growth rate of Gross Domestic product over years.
