Guinea bissau biography samples

Facts & Figures

Map of Guinea-bissau

• President: José Mário Vaz (2014)

  Prime Minister: Baciro Djá (2015)

  Land area: 10,811 sq mi (28,000 sq km); total area: 13,946 sq mi (36,120 sq km)

  Population (2014 est.): 1,693,398 (growth rate: 1.93%); birth rate: 33.83/1000; infant mortality rate: 90.92/1000; life expectancy: 49.87

  Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Bissau, 423,000

  Monetary unit: CFA Franc

  National name: Républica da Guiné-Bissau

  Current government officials

  Languages: Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages

  Ethnicity/race: African 99% (Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1%

  Religions: Islam 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 10%

  National Holiday: Independence Day, September 24

  Literacy rate: 55.43% (2011 est.)

  Economic summary:GDP/PPP (2013 est.): $2.005 billion; per capita $1,200.

  Real growth rate: 3.5%. Inflation: 1.9%. Un