Guinea-Bissau
Republic of Guinea-Bissau · Guiné-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau (GW, GNB) is a country in Western Africa, with Bissau as its capital. The currency is the West African CFA Franc (XOF, F CFA). The international dialling code is +245; mobile numbers are written like 955 012 345. The time zone is Africa/Bissau. Official language: Portuguese.
CurrencyXOFF CFA
Dial code+245e.g. 955 012 345
Time zoneBissauUTC+00:00
LanguagePortuguese
CapitalBissau
Population2.1M36.1K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Guinea-Bissau
- Native name
- Guiné-Bissau
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- GW
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- GNB
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 624
- IOC code
- GBS
- Demonym
- Guinea-Bissauan
- Capital
- Bissau
- Region
- Africa › Western Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .gw
- Coordinates
- 12, -15
- Area
- 36,125 km²
- Population
- 2,132,330
- GDP
- $5.1B ($2.4K per person)
- Literacy
- 55.3%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
West African CFA Franc XOF
- Symbol
- F CFA
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- 1235 F CFA
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese pt | Official | 100% (2.1M) | |
| French fr | 15% (319.8K) | ||
| knf knf | 2.6% (55.4K) | ||
| Fula ff | 0% (0) | ||
| Fula (Adlam) ff-Adlm | 0% (0) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Bissau | UTC+00:00 | none | Greenwich Mean Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +245
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 7–9 digits
- Emergency number
- 113 pattern 11[378]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 443 201 234 | +245 443 201 234 | XXX XXX XXX | 9 |
| Mobile | 955 012 345 | +245 955 012 345 | XXX XXX XXX | 9 |
| VoIP | 401 2345 | +245 401 2345 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 40 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | [49] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{4}- Examples
- 1000 · 1011
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
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Portuguese (Guinea-Bissau) locale (pt-GW), amounts in XOF.
- Number
- 1 234 567,891
- Percent
- 45,7%
- Currency (XOF)
- 1 234 568 F CFA
- Accounting
- (1 234 568 F CFA)
- Currency, name
- 1 234 568 francos CFA (BCEAO)
- Compact short
- 1,2 M
- Compact long
- 1,2 milhão
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 quilómetros por hora
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- sexta-feira, 27 de março de 2026
- Date, long
- 27 de março de 2026
- Date, medium
- 27/03/2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/26
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27/03/2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- março de 2026
- Weekday
- sexta-feira
- Relative time
- ontem · dentro de 3 dias · há 2 horas
- List: and
- A, B e C
- List: or
- A, B ou C