Boké: population, poverty, jobs, health, schools, water and sanitation

Boké is a administrative region of Guinea, number 5 of 8 by population. The Institut National de la Statistique projected the population of the Boké region at 1,441,618 for 2024 (706,546 male, 735,072 female), 10.3% of Guinea's projected 13.99 million; 4th smallest of the 8 regions. This is a projection from the 2014 census.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Boké: The unemployment rate in Boké was 2.3% in the 2018/19 national employment and informal sector survey (ENESI), 3rd lowest of the 8 regions (Guinea: 4.8%).
• Health in Boké: For every 1,000 babies born in Boké in the ten years before the 2024-2025 survey, 55 died before their first birthday and 92 before their fifth; the under-five rate is 3rd highest of the 8 regions (Guinea, last five years: 61 and 95).
• Education in Boké: 61.7% of children of primary-school age in Boké were attending primary school in 2024-2025 (59.3% of girls, 64.2% of boys), 3rd lowest of the 8 regions (Guinea: 65.1%).
• Poverty and living standards in Boké: 46.4% of people in Boké lived below the national poverty line in the 2018/19 household living conditions survey (EHCVM), 4th highest of the 8 regions (Guinea: 43.7%); the poverty gap index (how far below the line poor people fall, averaged over the whole population) was 12.4% (Guinea: 12.5%).

More figures

• The preliminary results of Guinea's fourth census, taken in July 2025 and published by the INS in 2026, count 17.52 million residents nationally, 25% more than the INS's 2014-based projection for 2024, far more than one year's growth. The census count for Boké is not saved here, and the gap differs between regions, so the projection for Boké may be off in either direction. Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Guinea · saved copy

How administrative regions are governed in Guinea

Administrative regions (8, including the special zone of Conakry). Governor appointed by the president. Coordinates state services; planned elected regions had not been set up by 2022.

Every tier of government in Guinea

Other administrative regions of Guinea

• Kankan 2,611,957
• Conakry 2,210,774
• Nzérékoré 2,100,765
• Kindia 2,076,973
• Labé 1,321,648
• Faranah 1,253,278
• Mamou 972,783

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Sources

• Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Guinea: Annuaire statistique 2024: population projections by region (tables 3.24-3.25), poverty (4.8, 4.11, 4.15), employment (5.3, 5.5, 5.7) and primary schooling (7.16, 7.18), read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 98ebe23cdd42…)
• Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Guinea, with ICF (The DHS Program): Enquête Démographique et de Santé (EDS-G) 2024-2025, final report: regional tables, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 60ad14374722…)
• Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Guinea: INS Guinea home page: key indicators, including the preliminary national total of the 2025 census (RGPH-4), read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 030abc650caa…)

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