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title: "Guinea-Bissau — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Guinea-Bissau: capital Bissau, area 36,125 km², population 2,249,515 (2025), currency West African CFA franc. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/guinea-bissau/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Guinea-Bissau

**Guinea-Bissau: Capital Bissau**

36,125 km² · 2,249,515 people (2025) · West African CFA franc

The Bijagós archipelago is 88 islands and islets, of which about twenty are permanently inhabited; the whole group is a UNESCO biosphere reserve and a nesting ground for green turtles. Much of the mainland coast is mangrove and tidal flat.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Bissau
- **Area:** 36,125 km² — 13,948 sq mi
- **Population:** 2,249,515 (2025)
- **Density:** 62.3 people per km²
- **Currency:** West African CFA franc (XOF, Fr)
- **Official language:** Portuguese
- **Time zone:** UTC+00:00
- **Calling code:** +245
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** GW · GNB
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 135 of 200
- **By population:** 148 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 41,277 | 9,092,436 |
| Bhutan | 38,394 | 796,682 |
| Guinea-Bissau ← | 36,125 | 2,249,515 |
| Taiwan | 35,980 | 23,600,776 |
| Moldova | 33,851 | 2,360,527 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Guinea-Bissau?

Bissau

### What currency does Guinea-Bissau use?

The West African CFA franc (XOF).

### How big is Guinea-Bissau?

36,125 km², or 13,948 square miles — 135 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Guinea-Bissau drive on?

The right.

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- [Bhutan](https://atoneplace.net/country/bhutan/)
- [Taiwan](https://atoneplace.net/country/taiwan/)
- [Moldova](https://atoneplace.net/country/moldova/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
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- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]