Demographics (v2.1)

Urbanization
% population in urban areas
Subnational regions
Guinea Bissau
All years

% population in urban areas

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Guinea Bissau (Africa)  
Total 32.3 33.3 34.4 35.5 36.5 37.6 38.7 39.7 40.8 41.9 43.0 44.0 42.4 40.7 39.0 37.4 35.7 34.0 32.4 30.7
Bafata 16.2 16.7 17.1 17.6 18.1 18.5 19.0 19.4 19.9 20.4 20.8 21.3 20.1 18.9 17.7 16.5 15.3 14.1 12.9 11.7
Biombo 9.42 9.56 9.69 9.83 9.97 10.1 10.2 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.8 10.9 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.7 11.9 12.1 12.3 12.5
Bissau 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Bolama 19.5 20.0 20.5 20.9 21.4 21.9 22.3 22.8 23.3 23.7 24.2 24.7 24.7 24.8 24.8 24.9 24.9 25.0 25.1 25.1
Cacheu 13.7 14.4 15.1 15.8 16.5 17.2 17.9 18.6 19.3 20.0 20.7 21.4 21.1 20.8 20.6 20.3 20.0 19.8 19.5 19.2
Gabu 10.3 11.7 13.1 14.5 15.9 17.3 18.7 20.1 21.4 22.8 24.2 25.6 26.0 26.3 26.6 27.0 27.3 27.7 28.0 28.4
Oio 10.4 11.0 11.7 12.3 13.0 13.6 14.2 14.9 15.5 16.2 16.8 17.5 16.5 15.5 14.5 13.5 12.5 11.5 10.5 9.50
Quinara 22.6 22.5 22.3 22.2 22.1 22.0 21.8 21.7 21.6 21.4 21.3 21.2 21.4 21.6 21.8 22.0 22.2 22.4 22.6 22.8
Tombali 13.3 13.1 12.9 12.7 12.5 12.3 12.2 12.0 11.8 11.6 11.4 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.0
Lighter numbers are estimates