Population density rose 2.41% to 59.2 km per capita in Guinea Bissau in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, population density in Guinea Bissau reached an all time high of 60.6 km per capita in 2013 and an all time low of 22.8 km per capita in 1961. When compared to Guinea Bissau's main peers, population density in Gambia amounted to 177 km per capita, 46.6 km per capita in Guinea, 12.2 km per capita in Mali and 71.3 km per capita in Senegal in 2015.
Guinea Bissau has been ranked 108th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of population density, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population Density | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Algeria | km per capita | 15.3 | 15.6 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | km per capita | 55.2 | 56.8 | 58.5 | 60.2 | 61.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | km per capita | 161 | 166 | 171 | 177 | 183 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | km per capita | 43.1 | 44.3 | 45.4 | 46.6 | 47.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | km per capita | 55.2 | 56.4 | 57.8 | 59.2 | 60.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | km per capita | 39.7 | 41.1 | 42.4 | 43.5 | 44.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | km per capita | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | km per capita | 3.41 | 3.50 | 3.59 | 3.68 | 3.77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | km per capita | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | km per capita | 65.4 | 67.3 | 69.2 | 71.3 | 73.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | km per capita | 78.2 | 79.7 | 81.3 | 82.8 | 84.4 |
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