Guinea-Bissau     [49]
(Independent in 1973 from Portugal)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: GW
LAND AREA: 36260 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: 1091000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 30 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 2%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 85%
  URBAN POP: 22% (1994), versus 14% (1960), Annual Growth: 4.6%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 43.2 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 53.9%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 138 per/1000 (1994), versus 200 (1960)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.291

ECONOMY
  GNP: US$0.3 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 4.6%,  Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 2.8%
  GDP/Capita: $216  GDP/Capita PPP: $793
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $0, 1970 $202, 1980 $146, 1990 $202
  OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $119 million  ODA%GNP: 49.6%
  ODA/Capita: $113

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 2309,000 ha, 82.1% of land area, 2.2 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 2308,000 ha
  ARABLE LAND: 8.3% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 43 kw-hr/capita, versus 21 kw-hr/cap (1970)
  TRADITIONAL FUEL CONSUMPTION: 58% (1993), versus 72% (1973)
  INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 25.2,000 cu.m/cap/year
  SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION (1990-92): 2 kg/cap/year
  CHANGE IN ANNUAL MARINE CATCH 1980-82 to 1990-92: 46%

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: