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Guinea has almost 246,000 square kilometres (94,981 sq mi). It forms a crescent by curving from its western border on the Atlantic boarder towards the east and south. Guinea shares its northern border with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Mali. Guinea shares its southern border with Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivoire. The Niger River arises in Guinea and runs eastward. Guinea is home to twenty-four ethnic groups. The most prominent groups are the Fula, Mandinka and Susu. Guinea belonged to a series of empires until France colonized it in the 1890s, and made it part of French West Africa. Guinea declared its independence from France on 02 October 1958.

General Information

Capital(and largest city)Conakry
9°31'N, 13°42'W
Official Languague French
2000 2005
People
Population, total 8.3 million 9.2 million
Population growth (annual %) 2 2
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 54 56
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 6 6
Environment
Surface area (sq. km) 245,860 245,860
Forest area (sq. km) 269,042 67,242
Agricultural land (% of land area) 50 51
Economy
GNI, Atlas method (current US$) 3,367 million 3,862 million
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) 400 420
GDP (current US$) 3112 million 3260 million
GDP growth (annual %) 23
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) 11 29
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) 20 20
Industry, value added (% of GDP) 3335
States and market
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people) 1 2
Internet users (per 1,000 people) 0 1
Roads, paved (% of total roads)16 ..
Global links
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) 41 51
Net barter terms of trade (2000 - 100) 100 143
Long-term debt (DOD, current U$S) 3,387million3246 million
Present value of debt (% of GNI) .. 34.86
Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and income) 20 ..

Source: World Development Indicators database, April 2007