_#_Land use: arable land 6%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 12%; forest and woodland 42%; other 40%; includes irrigated NEGL%

_#_Environment: hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; deforestation

_*People #_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