Guinea
Republic of Guinea · Guinée
Guinea (GN, GIN) is a country in Western Africa, with Conakry as its capital. The currency is the Guinean Franc (GNF, GNF). The international dialling code is +224; mobile numbers are written like 601 12 34 56. The time zone is Africa/Conakry. Official language: French.
CurrencyGNFGNF
Dial code+224e.g. 601 12 34 56
Time zoneConakryUTC+00:00
LanguageFrench
CapitalConakry
Population14M245.9K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Guinea
- Native name
- Guinée
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- GN
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- GIN
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 324
- IOC code
- GUI
- Demonym
- Guinean
- Capital
- Conakry
- Region
- Africa › Western Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .gn
- Coordinates
- 11, -10
- Area
- 245,857 km²
- Population
- 13,986,200
- GDP
- $56.7B ($4.1K per person)
- Literacy
- 41%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Guinean Franc GNF
- Symbol
- GNF narrow FG
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- 1 235 FG
Former currencies: GNS
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| French fr | Official | 27% (3.8M) | |
| Fula ff | 26% (3.6M) | ||
| Mandingo man | 23% (3.2M) | ||
| Mandingo (N’Ko) man-Nkoo | 23% (3.2M) | ||
| Susu sus | 11% (1.5M) | ||
| N’Ko nqo | 5% (699.3K) | ||
| Kpelle kpe | 3.8% (531.5K) | ||
| Fula (Adlam) ff-Adlm | 0% (0) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Conakry | UTC+00:00 | none | Greenwich Mean Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +224
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 8–9 digits
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 30 24 12 34 | +224 30 24 12 34 | XX XX XX XX | 8 |
| Mobile | 601 12 34 56 | +224 601 12 34 56 | XXX XX XX XX | 9 |
| VoIP | 722 12 34 56 | +224 722 12 34 56 | XXX XX XX XX | 9 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | 3 | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | [67] | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Postal code} {Street address} {City}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{3}- Examples
- 001 · 200 · 100
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the French (Guinea) locale (fr-GN), amounts in GNF.
- Number
- 1 234 567,891
- Percent
- 45,7 %
- Currency (GNF)
- 1 234 568 FG
- Accounting
- (1 234 568 FG)
- Currency, name
- 1 234 568 francs guinéens
- Compact short
- 1,2 M
- Compact long
- 1,2 million
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilomètres par heure
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- vendredi 27 mars 2026
- Date, long
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 mars 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- mars 2026
- Weekday
- vendredi
- Relative time
- hier · dans 3 jours · il y a 2 heures
- List: and
- A, B et C
- List: or
- A, B ou C