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

Kankan is a administrative region of Guinea, the largest of 8 by population. The Institut National de la Statistique projected the population of the Kankan region at 2,611,957 for 2024 (1,305,494 male, 1,306,463 female), 18.7% of Guinea's projected 13.99 million; the largest of the 8 regions. This is a projection from the 2014 census.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Kankan: The unemployment rate in Kankan was 2.6% in the 2018/19 national employment and informal sector survey (ENESI), 4th lowest of the 8 regions (Guinea: 4.8%).
• Health in Kankan: For every 1,000 babies born in Kankan in the ten years before the 2024-2025 survey, 76 died before their first birthday and 132 before their fifth; the under-five rate is 2nd highest of the 8 regions (Guinea, last five years: 61 and 95).
• Education in Kankan: 44.1% of children of primary-school age in Kankan were attending primary school in 2024-2025 (41.7% of girls, 46.3% of boys), the lowest of the 8 regions (Guinea: 65.1%).
• Poverty and living standards in Kankan: 30.5% of people in Kankan lived below the national poverty line in the 2018/19 household living conditions survey (EHCVM), 2nd 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 6.6% (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 Kankan is not saved here, and the gap differs between regions, so the projection for Kankan 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

• Conakry 2,210,774
• 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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