Guinea-Bissau

Population Statistics

1,726,170

Total Population

258,926

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

31
dec

Bissau-Guinean Presidency 2024

2024

24 September 2014

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (1984, last amended 1991)

Updated: June 2015

Article 68, clause 1 states:

If the President of the Council of State is absent from the country, temporarily obstructed from office, has a disease, or has died, he shall be replaced and his functions assumed by the Vice-Presidents of the Council of State, according to the established hierarchical order.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (1984, last amended 1991)