---
title: "Guinea — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Guinea: capital Conakry, area 245,857 km², population 15,099,727 (2025), currency Guinean franc. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/guinea/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Guinea

**Guinea: Capital Conakry**

245,857 km² · 15,099,727 people (2025) · Guinean franc

The Fouta Djallon highlands are the source of the Niger, the Senegal and the Gambia rivers, which is why the region is sometimes called the water tower of West Africa. Guinea holds a large share of the world's known bauxite reserves.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Conakry
- **Area:** 245,857 km² — 94,926 sq mi
- **Population:** 15,099,727 (2025)
- **Density:** 61.4 people per km²
- **Currency:** Guinean franc (GNF, Fr)
- **Official language:** French
- **Time zone:** UTC+00:00
- **Calling code:** +224
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** GN · GIN
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 78 of 200
- **By population:** 75 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Zealand | 268,838 | 5,324,700 |
| Gabon | 267,667 | 2,593,130 |
| Guinea ← | 245,857 | 15,099,727 |
| United Kingdom | 243,610 | 69,487,000 |
| Uganda | 241,038 | 51,384,894 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Guinea?

Conakry

### What currency does Guinea use?

The Guinean franc (GNF).

### How big is Guinea?

245,857 km², or 94,926 square miles — 78 of 200 by area.

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

The right.

## Related pages

- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
- [Gabon](https://atoneplace.net/country/gabon/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [Uganda](https://atoneplace.net/country/uganda/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [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]