Sector Autónomo de Bissau: population, jobs, health, schools, water and living standards
Sector Autónomo de Bissau is a autonomous sector (capital) of Guinea-Bissau, the largest of 9 by population. The Instituto Nacional de Estatística projects the population of the Sector Autónomo de Bissau (the capital) at 476,154 for 2026, 25.2% of Guinea-Bissau's projected 1,890,252; the largest of the 9 regions. This is a projection published in 2022 from the 2009 census and the 2014 MICS survey, not a census count.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Sector Autónomo de Bissau: The unemployment rate in the Sector Autónomo de Bissau was 13.0% in the INE's 2017/2018 employment and informal sector survey (ERI-ESI), the highest of the 9 regions (Guinea-Bissau: 7.1%).
- Health in Sector Autónomo de Bissau: Women in the Sector Autónomo de Bissau aged 15 to 19 had 35 births per 1,000 each year in the 2018-2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS6), the lowest of the 9 regions (Guinea-Bissau: 84).
- Education in Sector Autónomo de Bissau: 84.9% of children of primary-school age in the Sector Autónomo de Bissau were attending primary school (or higher) in 2018-2019 and 8.2% were out of school; the highest of the 9 regions for attendance (Guinea-Bissau: 68.7% and 27.7%).
- Poverty and living standards in Sector Autónomo de Bissau: 0.0% of people in the Sector Autónomo de Bissau lived in households in Guinea-Bissau's poorest fifth by assets and housing in 2018-2019 (20% nationally by definition), the lowest of the 9 regions; 74.8% were in the richest fifth. The INE publishes no official poverty rate by region.
Is the population of the Sector Autónomo de Bissau growing?
The INE projection has the Sector Autónomo de Bissau growing from 381,490 people in 2014 to 476,154 in 2026, 24.8% more, about 2.0% a year now; regions are projected to grow at the national pace because the INE shares the national projection out in proportion to each region's census population.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau · saved copyAre births registered in the Sector Autónomo de Bissau?
62.7% of children under five in the Sector Autónomo de Bissau had their birth registered with the civil registry in 2018-2019, 2nd highest of the 9 regions (Guinea-Bissau: 46.0%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau and Ministério da Economia e Finanças, with UNICEF · saved copyHow autonomous sectors are governed in Guinea-Bissau
Regions (8) plus the Autonomous Sector of Bissau. Regional governors appointed and dismissed by the government on the minister's proposal. Represent central government.
Every tier of government in Guinea-Bissau
Other autonomous sectors of Guinea-Bissau
- Oio 280,702
- Gabú 268,227
- Bafatá 261,989
- Cacheu 241,385
- Biombo 121,354
- Tombali 118,897
- Quinara 79,202
- Bolama/Bijagós 42,342
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau, with AFRISTAT: Inquérito Regional Integrado sobre Emprego e Setor Informal (ERI-ESI) 2017/2018, general report (July 2019): tables 19 and 23, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 79c387bd2247…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau and Ministério da Economia e Finanças, with UNICEF: Inquérito aos Indicadores Múltiplos (MICS6) 2018-2019, final report: regional tables, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 bfaad4e22778…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau: Relatório de apresentação das projeções da população da Guiné-Bissau de 2014 a 2063 (November 2022), Tabela 14: projected population by region, 2014-2040, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 fca32d201d06…)
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