Guinea
Guinée
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.5%
- people aged 65 or older
- 524.4K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 4.6%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.6 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 2.1%
- women 3%, men 1.4%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2021; UN, 1996 census
Languages
49 languages, 15 of them endangered
- Bullom SoSeverely endangered
- Baga KogaDefinitely endangered
- Baga ManduriDefinitely endangered
- Baga SitemuDefinitely endangered
- MbulungishDefinitely endangered
- PukurDefinitely endangered
- BadyaraVulnerable
- BassariVulnerable
- East LimbaVulnerable
- KakabeVulnerable
- LandomaVulnerable
- NaluVulnerable
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- Sankaran ManinkaVulnerable
- WameyVulnerable
- ZialoVulnerable
- Bambara
- Bandi
- Dan
- Eastern Maninkakan
- Guinea Kpelle
- Guinean Sign Language
- Jahanka
- Kita Maninkakan
- Kono
- Kono
- Konyanka Maninka
- Krio
- Kuranko
- Lele
- Liberia Kpelle
- Loma
- Mahou
- Mandinka
- Mano
- Manya
- Mende
- Mixifore
- Northern Kissi
- Pulaar
- Pular
- Soninke
- Southern Kissi
- Susu
- Temne
- Toma
- Western Maninkakan
- Wojenaka
- Yalunka
- Bauxite Pidgin
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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