# Urban population share in Guinea-Bissau

Urban population share in Guinea-Bissau was 46.7% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `urban_population_share`
- Place id: `gw`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in urban areas, as each national statistical office defines them, as a percentage of total population. World Bank series based on the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
- Note: Countries define urban areas differently, so shares are only roughly comparable between countries.
- Source: World Bank, Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/urban-population/guinea-bissau
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/urban-population/guinea-bissau.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=urban_population_share&place=gw

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 46.7 |
| 2024 | 46.1 |
| 2023 | 45.6 |
| 2022 | 45.2 |
| 2021 | 44.7 |
| 2020 | 44.3 |
| 2019 | 43.9 |
| 2018 | 43.4 |
| 2017 | 43 |
| 2016 | 42.6 |
| 2015 | 42.2 |
| 2014 | 41.7 |
| 2013 | 41.3 |
| 2012 | 40.9 |
| 2011 | 40.4 |
| 2010 | 40 |
| 2009 | 39.7 |
| 2008 | 39.3 |
| 2007 | 39 |
| 2006 | 38.7 |
| 2005 | 38.4 |
| 2004 | 38.1 |
| 2003 | 37.8 |
| 2002 | 37.5 |
| 2001 | 37.2 |
| 2000 | 36.8 |
| 1999 | 36.5 |
| 1998 | 36.1 |
| 1997 | 35.8 |
| 1996 | 35.4 |
| 1995 | 34.9 |
| 1994 | 34.5 |
| 1993 | 34 |
| 1992 | 33.4 |
| 1991 | 32.8 |
| 1990 | 31.9 |
| 1989 | 30.6 |
| 1988 | 29.2 |
| 1987 | 27.6 |
| 1986 | 25.9 |
| 1985 | 24.2 |
| 1984 | 22.5 |
| 1983 | 20.9 |
| 1982 | 19.4 |
| 1981 | 18.2 |
| 1980 | 17.3 |
| 1979 | 16.7 |
| 1978 | 16.4 |
| 1977 | 16.1 |
| 1976 | 15.9 |
| 1975 | 15.7 |
| 1974 | 15.5 |
| 1973 | 15.3 |
| 1972 | 15.2 |
| 1971 | 15.1 |
| 1970 | 15 |
| 1969 | 14.9 |
| 1968 | 14.7 |
| 1967 | 14.6 |
| 1966 | 14.5 |
| 1965 | 14.4 |
| 1964 | 14.2 |
| 1963 | 14.1 |
| 1962 | 13.9 |
| 1961 | 13.7 |
| 1960 | 13.5 |