People ———
Population: 7,411,981 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 44% (male 1,632,414; female 1,637,007)
15-64 years: 53% (male 1,928,586; female 2,013,343)
65 years and over: 3% (male 84,005; female 116,626) (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.85% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 42.59 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 18.71 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: -5.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.) note: in prior years Guinea received several hundred thousand refugees from the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, many of whom are now returning to their own countries
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.97 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 134.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 45.06 years male: 42.73 years female: 47.47 years (1996 est.)