Guinea Statistics

Guinea Population : 10,057,975

Number children going to school: 1, 954, 364

Number of girls: 510,101

Number of boys: 740,811

Estimated number of students in University: 856,744

Literacy rate: 29.5%

Child labor: Youth as young as 8 years work up to 18 hours day without pay (HRW 2007)

Common diseases: Malaria, Diarrhea, Cholera, HIV, tuberculosis and noncommunicable diseases  

Under five death rate per thousand is 126

Nearly  (31.8%) to 40.9% use pit or unimproved latrines.