Guinea-Bissau: cities by population
Guinea-Bissau has a population of 2,297,808 (UN estimate, 2026), with Bissau as its capital. The 44 largest of its 44 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
+86%
since 2000 (1,234,741)
+50%
projected by 2050 (3,438,608)
82
people per km²
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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
Largest cities in Guinea-Bissau
| # | 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.
Common questions
What is the population of Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau has a population of 2,297,808, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 3,438,608 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Guinea-Bissau?
Bissau.