[3] Polygamy was widely practiced in religious marriages.
[4] The prevalence of polygamy in Guinea is one of the highest in the world, although it is today less common than in the past.
UNICEF reported in 2005 that 53.4% of Guinean women aged 15–49 were in polygamous marriages.
[7] Guinea is part of the "polygamy belt", a part of West and Central Africa that stretches across Africa, from Senegal to Tanzania, in which polygamy is very common and strongly rooted in culture and society.
[8][9] Guinea is estimated (as of 2020) to have the sixth highest polygamy rate in the world (after Burkina Faso, Mali, Gambia, Niger and Nigeria).