[2] Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2019) (Data refer to national projections.

[2] [5] The population of Guinea-Bissau is ethnically diverse with distinct languages, customs, and social structures.

Most Guineans, 99%, are Black people — mostly Fula and Mandinka-speakers concentrated in the north and northeast, the Balanta and Papel, living in the southern coastal regions, and the Manjaco and Mancanha, occupying the central and northern coastal areas.

Most of the rest, 1% of its total population, are mestiços of mixed Portuguese and black descent, including Cape Verdean minority.

The country also has a Chinese minority, including Macanese people of mixed Portuguese and Cantonese blood from Macau.