Guinea: flag, capital & map
Get to know Guinea, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Conakry
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 15,099,727
- Area
- 245,857 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- French
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Guinean Franc (GNF)
- Land neighbours
- Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Guinea is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Conakry.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Guinea
The flag of Guinea is composed of three equal vertical bands of red, yellow and green.
Where it is
Guinea is grouped in Western Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 6 countries in this atlas: Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Guinea has a recorded area of 245,857 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Western Africa in this dataset, it ranks 7 by area, from largest to smallest. Burkina Faso is immediately above it in that ordering, at 272,967 km². Ghana is immediately below it, at 238,533 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 15,099,727 people for Guinea in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 61 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are French. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Guinean Franc (GNF). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Guinea?
Reveal answer
Conakry. Guinea is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Conakry.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Guinea?
Reveal answer
The flag of Guinea is composed of three equal vertical bands of red, yellow and green.
Which land neighbours of Guinea are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. The source classifies Guinea as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Guinea?
Reveal answer
French. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Guinea.
Which currency codes are listed for Guinea?
Reveal answer
Guinean Franc (GNF). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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