🌆 Largest Cities in Guinea-Bissau

Cities of Guinea-Bissau with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).

📅 2026📏 people15 entries🇬🇼 See all of this country’s rankings →

Bissau49%

Bairro Militar7.2%

Gabú5.5%

Contumo5%

Reino de Bandim4.9%

Missira4.3%

Bafatá3.7%

Reino de Antula3.4%

Quelele3.2%

Plaque3.1%

Luanda2.8%

Sintra-Nema2.4%

Xitole2.1%

Belem

Santa-Luzia

Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 904,776 (15 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.

BissauBissau

439,704

Bairro MilitarBissau

65,274

GabúGabú

49,371

ContumoBissau

45,482

Reino de BandimBissau

44,718

MissiraBissau

38,838

BafatáBafatá

33,502

Reino de AntulaBissau

30,778

QueleleBissau

28,898

PlaqueBissau

27,633

LuandaBissau

25,236

Sintra-NemaBissau

21,451

XitoleBafatá

19,424

BelemBissau

17,263

Santa-LuziaBissau

17,204

Highlights

Within Guinea-Bissau, Bissau ranks first in 2026 with 439,704, followed by Bairro Militar (65,274) and Gabú (49,371).

Bissau is 6.7 times higher than Bairro Militar, the runner-up.

Across 15 entries, values run from 439,704 (Bissau) to 17,204 (Santa-Luzia), with a median of 30,778.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.