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

Faranah is a administrative region of Guinea, number 7 of 8 by population. The Institut National de la Statistique projected the population of the Faranah region at 1,253,278 for 2024 (604,593 male, 648,685 female), 9.0% of Guinea's projected 13.99 million; 2nd smallest of the 8 regions. This is a projection from the 2014 census.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Faranah: The unemployment rate in Faranah was 0.7% in the 2018/19 national employment and informal sector survey (ENESI), the lowest of the 8 regions (Guinea: 4.8%).
• Health in Faranah: For every 1,000 babies born in Faranah in the ten years before the 2024-2025 survey, 91 died before their first birthday and 137 before their fifth; the under-five rate is the highest of the 8 regions (Guinea, last five years: 61 and 95).
• Education in Faranah: 55.4% of children of primary-school age in Faranah were attending primary school in 2024-2025 (51.4% of girls, 58.9% of boys), 2nd lowest of the 8 regions (Guinea: 65.1%).
• Poverty and living standards in Faranah: 63.9% of people in Faranah lived below the national poverty line in the 2018/19 household living conditions survey (EHCVM), 2nd 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 22.2% (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 Faranah is not saved here, and the gap differs between regions, so the projection for Faranah 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.

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Other administrative regions of Guinea

• Kankan 2,611,957
• Conakry 2,210,774
• Nzérékoré 2,100,765
• Kindia 2,076,973
• Boké 1,441,618
• Labé 1,321,648
• 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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