Guinea

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PROFILE
  • Area: 245,857 sq. km (94,926 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 12,093,349 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 2.62% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 60.6 years (2016)
  • Languages: French (official), minority languages
  • Religions: Muslim 86.7%, Christian 8.9%, animist/other/none 4.4%
  • Formal name: Republic of Guinea
  • Alternate names: Französisch-Guinea, French Guinea, Guinean People’s Republic, Guinée, Guinée Française, People’s Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, Popular and Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, Republic of Guinea, République de Guinée, Revolutionary People’s Republic of G
  • Government type: presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Alpha CONDE; head of government: Prime Minister Mamady YOULA
  • Capital: Conakry
  • Administrative divisions: 7 regions and 1 special zone
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $1,200 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: bauxite, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products
  • Imports: petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
  • Currency: Guinean franc (GNF)
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