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People And SocietyNationality
Noun Guinean(s)
Adjective Guinean Ethnic groups
African 99% (includes Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1% Languages
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages Religions
Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 10% Population World Ranking: 152
1,628,603 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
40.4% (male 321,889/female 323,202) 15-64 years 56.4% (male 435,986/female 465,117) 65 years and over 3.2% (male 19,975/female 30,508) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 19.6 years
Male 19.1 years Female 20.1 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 54
1.971% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 29
34.72 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 6
15.01 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 89
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 30% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
BISSAU (capital) 302,000 (2009) Sex ratio
At birth 1.03 male(s)/female
Under 15 years 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over 0.64 male(s)/female Total population 0.95 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Maternal mortality rate World Ranking: 6
790 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 6
Total 94.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 104.25 deaths/1,000 live births Female 84.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 220
Total population 49.11 years
Male 47.16 years Female 51.11 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 33
4.44 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 55
8.1% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
0.045 physicians/1,000 population (2008) Hospital bed density
0.96 beds/1,000 population (2009) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 27
2.5% (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids World Ranking: 74
22,000 (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - deaths World Ranking: 64
1,200 (2009 est.)
Major infectious diseases
Degree of risk Very high
Food or waterborne diseases Bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever Vectorborne diseases Malaria and yellow feverWater contact disease Schistosomiasis Animal contact disease Rabies (2009) Children under the age of 5 years underweight World Ranking: 44
17.2% (2008)
Education expenditures
NA
Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write Total population 54.2%Male 68.2% Female 40.6% (2010 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 9 years (2006)
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Since independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has experienced considerable political and military upheaval. In 1980, a military coup established authoritarian dictator Joao Bernardo 'Nino' VIEIRA as president. Despite setting a path to a market economy and multiparty system, VIEIRA's regime was characterized by the suppression of political opposition and the purging of political rivals. Several coup attempts through the 1980s and early 1990s failed to unseat him. In 1994 VIEIRA was elected president in the country's first free elections. A military mutiny and resulting civil war in 1998 eventually led to VIEIRA's ouster in May 1999. In February 2000, a transitional government turned over power to opposition leader Kumba YALA after he was elected president in transparent polling. In September 2003, after only three years in office, YALA was ousted by the military in a bloodless coup, and businessman Henrique ROSA was sworn in as interim president. In 2005, former President VIEIRA was re-elected president pledging to pursue economic development and national reconciliation; he was assassinated in March 2009. Malam Bacai SANHA was elected in an emergency election held in June 2009, but he passed away abruptly in January 2012. A military coup on 12 April 2012 prevented Guinea-Bissau's second-round presidential election - to determine SANHA's successor - from taking place.