Guinea     [48]
(Independent in 1958 from France)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: GN
LAND AREA: 246048 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 7518000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 31 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 3%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 87%
  URBAN POP: 29% (1994), versus 10% (1960), Annual Growth: 5.7%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 45.1 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 34.8%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 131 per/1000 (1994), versus 203 (1960)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.271

ECONOMY
  GNP: US$3.3 billion
  GDP/Capita: $397  GDP/Capita PPP: $1103
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $0, 1970 $0, 1980 $0, 1990 $403
  OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $392 million  ODA%GNP: 12.0%
  ODA/Capita: $62

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 6367,000 ha, 25.9% of land area, 1.0 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 6363,000 ha
  ARABLE LAND: 2.5% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 82 kw-hr/capita, versus 99 kw-hr/cap (1970)
  TRADITIONAL FUEL CONSUMPTION: 70% (1993), versus 69% (1973)
  INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 33.7,000 cu.m/cap/year
  SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION (1990-92): 8 kg/cap/year, CHANGE SINCE 1980-82: 12%
  CHANGE IN ANNUAL MARINE CATCH 1980-82 to 1990-92: 56%

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: