Guinea-Bissau: cities by population
Guinea-Bissau has a population of 1,874,309, with Bissau as its capital. The 44 largest of its 44 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bissau | Bissau | 439,704 |
| 2 | Gabú | Gabú | 49,371 |
| 3 | Contumo | Bissau | 45,482 |
| 4 | Reino de Bandim | Bissau | 44,718 |
| 5 | Bafatá | Bafatá | 33,502 |
| 6 | Reino de Antula | Bissau | 30,778 |
| 7 | Quelele | Bissau | 28,898 |
| 8 | Plaque | Bissau | 27,633 |
| 9 | Xitole | Bafatá | 19,424 |
| 10 | Pefiné | 14,808 | |
| 11 | Canchungo | Cacheu | 13,652 |
| 12 | Bissorã | Oio | 12,688 |
| 13 | Jabicunda | 12,395 | |
| 14 | Bissorã | Oio | 11,964 |
| 15 | Madina do Boé | Gabú | 11,750 |
| 16 | Bolama | Bolama | 10,769 |
| 17 | Cacheu | Cacheu | 10,490 |
| 18 | Bula | Cacheu | 10,213 |
| 19 | Farim | Oio | 10,207 |
| 20 | Catió | Tombali | 9,898 |
| 21 | Mansôa | Oio | 9,422 |
| 22 | Bubaque | Bolama | 9,244 |
| 23 | Ingoré | Cacheu | 9,189 |
| 24 | Buba | Quinara | 8,952 |
| 25 | Bambadinca | Bafatá | 7,620 |
| 26 | Quebo | Tombali | 7,072 |
| 27 | Canchungo | Cacheu | 6,853 |
| 28 | Quinhámel | Biombo | 6,602 |
| 29 | São Domingos | Cacheu | 6,004 |
| 30 | Mansabá | Oio | 5,964 |
| 31 | Pitche | Gabú | 5,655 |
| 32 | Contuboel | Bafatá | 4,871 |
| 33 | Prábis | Biombo | 3,223 |
| 34 | Safim | Biombo | 3,193 |
| 35 | Pirada | Gabú | 2,980 |
| 36 | Sonaco | Gabú | 2,753 |
| 37 | Empada | 2,680 | |
| 38 | Nhacra | Oio | 1,966 |
| 39 | Fulacunda | Quinara | 1,804 |
| 40 | Caió | Cacheu | 1,398 |
| 41 | Cacine | Tombali | 1,151 |
| 42 | Tite | 1,109 | |
| 43 | Bedanda | 783 | |
| 44 | Cumeré | 654 |
Twenty years earlier: Guinea-Bissau in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 1,427,685.