The 2001 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      Currency code: GNF

      Exchange rates: Guinean francs per US dollar - 1,855.0 (October 2000), 1,572.0 (2000), 1,387.4 (1999), 1,236.8 (1998), 1,095.3 (1997), 1,004.0 (1996)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Guinea Communications

      Telephones - main lines in use: 20,000 (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,868 (1997)

      Telephone system: general assessment: poor to fair system of open-wire lines, small radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio relay system

      domestic: microwave radio relay and radiotelephone communication

      international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 8, shortwave 3 (1998)

      Radios: 357,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 6 (1997)

      Televisions: 85,000 (1997)

      Internet country code: .gn

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

      Internet users: 5,000 (2000)

      Guinea Transportation

      Railways: total: 1,086 km

      standard gauge: 279 km 1.435-m gauge

      narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry)

      Highways: total: 30,500 km

      paved: 5,033 km

      unpaved: 25,467 km (1996)

      Waterways: 1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft)

      Ports and harbors: Boke, Conakry, Kamsar

      Merchant marine: none (2000 est.)

      Airports: 15 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 5

      over 3,047 m: 1

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 10

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

      914 to 1,523 m: 3

      under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

      Guinea Military

      Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard,

       Presidential Guard, paramilitary National Gendarmerie, National

       Police Force (Surete National)

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 1,764,912 (2001 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15–49: 891,166 (2001 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $56 million (FY96)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.4% (FY96)

      Guinea Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: border incursions by Revolutionary United Front combatants from Sierra Leone; civil war in that country has engendered a massive flow of refugees to southern Guinea and Liberia

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      @Guinea-Bissau

      Guinea-Bissau Introduction

      Background: In 1994, 20 years after independence from Portugal, the country's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held. An army uprising that triggered a bloody civil war in 1998, created hundreds of thousands of displaced persons. The president was ousted by a military junta in May 1999. An interim government turned over power in February 2000 when opposition leader Koumba YALLA took office following two rounds of transparent presidential elections. Guinea-Bissau's transition back to democracy will be complicated by a crippled economy devastated by civil war and the military's predilection for governmental meddling.

      Guinea-Bissau Geography

      Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal

      Geographic coordinates: 12 00 N, 15 00 W

      Map references: Africa

      Area: total: 36,120 sq km

      land: 28,000 sq km

      water: 8,120 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly less than three times the size of

       Connecticut

      Land boundaries: total: 724 km

      border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km

      Coastline: 350 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM

      territorial sea: 12 NM

      Climate: tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds

      Terrain: mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

      highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m

      Natural resources: fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum

      Land use: arable land: 11%

      permanent crops: 1%

      permanent pastures: 38%

      forests and woodland: 38%

      other: 12% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 17 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires

      Environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity,

       Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea,

       Wetlands

      signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Guinea-Bissau People

      Population: 1,315,822 (July 2001 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years: 42.09% (male 276,312; female 277,536)

      15–64 years: 55.05% (male 344,493; female 379,889)

      65 years and over: 2.86% (male 16,850; female 20,742) (2001 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.23% (2001 est.)

      Birth rate: 39.29 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Death rate: 15.33 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Net migration rate: −1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

      under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female

      15–64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female

      65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female

      total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 110.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 49.42 years

      male: 47.12 years

      female: