Demographics of Guinea includes several ethnic groups, three larger ones and a number of others:

• Fulɓe (singular Pullo). Called Peuhl or Peul (fr:Peul) in French, Fula or Fulani in English, who are chiefly found in the mountainous region of Fouta Djallon;
• Maninka. Malinke in French, Mandingo in English, mostly inhabiting the savanna of Upper Guinea and the Forest region;
• Susus or Soussous. Susu is also a lingua franca in Guinea, and is commonly spoken in the coastal areas including the capital Conakry; and
• Several small groups (Gerzé, Toma, Kissis, etc.) in the forest region and Bagas (including Landoumas) , Koniagis etc... in the coastal area.

West Africans make up the largest non-Guinean population. Non-Africans total about 30,000 (mostly Lebanese, French, and other Europeans). Seven national languages are used extensively; the major written languages are [[French language|French], Pular (Fula or Peuhl), and Arabic. Other languages have established Latin orthographies that are used somewhat, notably for Susu and Maninka. The N'ko alphabet is increasingly used on a grassroots level for the Maninka language. Fulani women in the East Province of Cameroon The Fulani is an ethnic group of people spread over many countries in West Africa, from Mauritania in the northwest to Cameroon in the east. ... Fouta Djallon is a highland region in Guinea, West Africa. ... The Malinké are an African ethnic group. ... The Mandinka are a Mande people of West Africa, all descendent physically or culturally from the ancient Mali Empire which controlled the trans-Saharic trade from the Middle East to West Africa. ... A savanna or savannah is a grassland with widely spaced trees, and occurs in several types of biomes. ... The Susu (Soso in their language; Soussou in French) are major ethnic group of Guinea (West Africa), also present in northern Sierra Leone and into Guinea Bissau. ... Susu is an African language in the African country of Guinea hundreds of years ago. ... Lingua franca, literally Frankish language in Italian, was originally a mixed language consisting largely of Italian plus a vocabulary drawn from Turkish, Persian, French, Greek and Arabic and used for communication throughout the Middle East. ... Conakry (also Konakry, Malinké KÉ”nakiri), population 2,000,000 (2002), is the capital of Guinea. ... Toma was a short-lived television series that ran on ABC in 1974. ... Kissi (or Kisi) is a language split into two parts, northern and southern. ... The Baga people live in the coastal area of Guinea. ... The Fula language is a language of West Africa, spoken by the Fula people from Senegal to Cameroon and Sudan. ... Susu is an African language in the African country of Guinea hundreds of years ago. ... Maninka is a Niger-Congo; Mande language spoken by 3,300,000 (including all varieties) in Guinea and Mali where it is the official langauge and also in Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone where it has no official status. ... The word NKo written in the NKo alphabet NKo is a script devised by Solomana Kante in 1949 as a writing system for the Mande languages of West Africa; NKo means I say in all Mande languages. ... Maninka is a Niger-Congo; Mande language spoken by 3,300,000 (including all varieties) in Guinea and Mali where it is the official langauge and also in Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone where it has no official status. ...

Population: 9,690,222 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 44.4% (male 2,171,733/female 2,128,027)
15-64 years: 52.5% (male 2,541,140/female 2,542,847)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 134,239/female 172,236) (2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.63% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 41.76 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate: 15.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
note: as a result of conflict in neighboring countries, Guinea is host to approximately 141,500 refugees from Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone (2006 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 90 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 49.5 years
male: 48.34 years
female: 50.7 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate: 5.79 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Guinean(s)
adjective: Guinean

Ethnic groups: Fula 40%, Malinke 30%, Susu 20%, smaller ethnic groups 10%

Religions: Muslim 85%, Christian 8% (mainly Roman Catholic Church, Église Evangelique des Frères and Église Evangelique Protestante), indigenous beliefs 7%. The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see Terminology, below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus, with its traditions first established by the Twelve Apostles and maintained through...

Official census does not break in ethnicity or religion

Languages: French (official), each ethnic group has its own language

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 35.9%
male: 49.9%
female: 21.9% (1995 est.)