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

Conakry is a special zone (capital) of Guinea, number 2 of 8 by population. The Institut National de la Statistique projected the population of the special zone of Conakry at 2,210,774 for 2024 (1,117,813 male, 1,092,962 female), 15.8% of Guinea's projected 13.99 million; 2nd largest of the 8 regions. This is a projection from the 2014 census.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Conakry: The unemployment rate in Conakry was 14.1% in the 2018/19 national employment and informal sector survey (ENESI), the highest of the 8 regions (Guinea: 4.8%).
• Health in Conakry: For every 1,000 babies born in Conakry in the ten years before the 2024-2025 survey, 37 died before their first birthday and 43 before their fifth; the under-five rate is the lowest of the 8 regions (Guinea, last five years: 61 and 95).
• Education in Conakry: 89.1% of children of primary-school age in Conakry were attending primary school in 2024-2025 (88.2% of girls, 90.2% of boys), the highest of the 8 regions (Guinea: 65.1%).
• Poverty and living standards in Conakry: 15.7% of people in Conakry lived below the national poverty line in the 2018/19 household living conditions survey (EHCVM), the lowest 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 2.9% (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 Conakry is not saved here, and the gap differs between regions, so the projection for Conakry may be off in either direction. Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Guinea · saved copy

How special zones 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.

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Other special zones of Guinea

• Kankan 2,611,957
• Nzérékoré 2,100,765
• Kindia 2,076,973
• Boké 1,441,618
• 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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