Guinea

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(Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone)
Guinea
Misc
Country CodeGN
Geography
Area (sq km)245,857
Coastline (km)320
Highest Point (m)1,752 (Mont Nimba)
Average Elevation (m)472
People
Population11,855,411
Median Age19.00
Growth Rate2.75 %
Birth Rate (Births a year per 1,000 people)36.40
Death Rate (Deaths a year per 1,000 people)8.90
Urban Population36.10 %
Health
Mothers age at first birth18.90
Maternal mortality rate (Deaths per 100,000 live births)679.00
Infant mortality rate (Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births)55.30
Health expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)5.60 %
Physicians (per 1,000 people)0.08
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)0.30
Adult obesity (Percentage of population with BMI > 30)7.70 %
Education
Education expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)2.20 %
School life (years)9
Youth unemployment (% of 15 to 24 years old unemployed)1.00 %
Economy
GDP (Gross Domestic Product in US $)27.970 billion
Growth Rate (Real growth rate of GDP)8.20 %
GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product per person, in US $)2,200
Gross National Saving (National saving as a percent of GDP)5.10 %

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