Guinea — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Guinea had an estimated population of 7,988,524 in 2005, with 37 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
For current figures: Guinea today — population now 15,441,993, against 7,988,524 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 7,988,524 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 9,245,844 | 15,441,993 | +67% |
The two sources differ by 14% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conakry | Conakry | 1,871,242 | 1,928,389 now |
| 2 | Nzérékoré | Nzérékoré | 132,728 | 226,426 now |
| 3 | Kindia | Kindia | 117,062 | 161,024 now |
| 4 | Kankan | Kankan | 114,009 | 221,428 now |
| 5 | Kissidougou | Kissidougou | 47,099 | 116,019 now |
| 6 | Labé | Labé | 46,510 | 107,571 now |
| 7 | Siguiri | Siguiri | 43,601 | — |
| 8 | Macenta | Macenta | 43,102 | 68,020 now |
| 9 | Mamou | Mamou | 41,619 | 79,109 now |
| 10 | Télimélé | Télimélé | 30,311 | 30,311 now |
| 11 | Tougué | Tougué | 25,531 | 25,531 now |
| 12 | Pita | Pita | 20,052 | 25,355 now |
| 13 | Boké | Boké | 15,460 | — |
| 14 | Kouroussa | Kouroussa | 14,223 | 36,295 now |
| 15 | Beyla | Beyla | 14,054 | 19,848 now |
| 16 | Koundara | Koundara | 13,990 | 22,326 now |
| 17 | Dabola | Dabola | 13,057 | 29,449 now |
| 18 | Dalaba | Dalaba | 12,824 | — |
| 19 | Forécariah | Forécariah | 12,358 | 23,350 now |
| 20 | Tondon | 12,235 | — | |
| 21 | Mandiana | Mandiana | 10,609 | 19,110 now |
| 22 | Dubréka | 10,363 | — | |
| 23 | Koubia | Koubia | 9,909 | — |
| 24 | Faranah | Faranah | 9,350 | — |
| 25 | Fria | Fria | 9,326 | — |
| 26 | Youkounkoun | 7,952 | — | |
| 27 | Gaoual | Gaoual | 7,461 | — |
| 28 | Kérouane | Kérouane | 7,228 | — |
| 29 | Tokonou | 6,729 | — | |
| 30 | Sanguéya | 6,117 | — | |
| 31 | Dinguiraye | Dinguiraye | 6,062 | — |
| 32 | Guékédou | Guéckédou | 5,533 | — |
| 33 | Mali | Mali | 5,479 | — |
| 34 | Yomou | Yomou | 3,614 | — |
| 35 | Boffa | Boffa | 2,332 | — |
| 36 | Lola | Lola | 1,982 | — |
| 37 | Coyah | Coyah | 1,632 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conakry | 1,871,242 |
| 2 | Guéckédou | 404,691 |
| 3 | Macenta | 296,192 |
| 4 | Boké | 289,407 |
| 5 | Kindia | 286,152 |
| 6 | Télimélé | 283,642 |
| 7 | Nzérékoré | 278,035 |
| 8 | Pita | 265,689 |
| 9 | Mali | 245,870 |
| 10 | Siguiri | 243,888 |
| 11 | Kankan | 234,785 |
| 12 | Mamou | 222,087 |
| 13 | Kissidougou | 213,577 |
| 14 | Labé | 204,193 |
| 15 | Beyla | 188,045 |
| 16 | Faranah | 166,594 |
| 17 | Boffa | 165,196 |
| 18 | Lélouma | 161,465 |
| 19 | Kouroussa | 159,600 |
| 20 | Mandiana | 158,901 |
| 21 | Gaoual | 158,200 |
| 22 | Coyah | 156,452 |
| 23 | Dinguiraye | 155,636 |
| 24 | Dalaba | 154,820 |
| 25 | Forécariah | 135,817 |
| 26 | Tougué | 132,086 |
| 27 | Kérouane | 124,625 |
| 28 | Lola | 124,393 |
| 29 | Koubia | 114,366 |
| 30 | Dabola | 114,250 |
| 31 | Koundara | 109,819 |
| 32 | Yomou | 86,736 |
| 33 | Fria | 82,073 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.