World Countries

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau coat of arms
The flag of Guinea-Bissau features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and green adjoining the vertical band. A five-pointed black star is centered in the vertical band.

Common Name: Guinea-Bissau

Official Name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Geographic Details

CapitalBissau
Continent(s)Africa
RegionAfrica
SubregionWestern Africa
Landlocked❌
Area36,125 km²
Coordinates(12° 0' N, 15° 0' W)

Demographic and Political Information

Population1,781,308
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr)
TimezonesUTC
LanguagesPortuguese, Upper Guinea Creole
UN Member❌

Additional Information

Top-level Domain.gw
Calling Code+2
Independent✅
Start of weekmonday
alpha2CodeGW
alpha3CodeGNB