Key facts
Capital:Conakry
Location:Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone
Currency:Guinean francs (GNF)
Area:245,857 sq km
Population:12,877,894 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:French (official), Pular, Maninka, Susu, other native languages
Religion:Muslim 89.1%, Christian 6.8%, animist 1.6%, other 0.1%, none 2.4% (2014 est.)
TimeZone:UTC 0
Tel Code:+224
