**Kankan Surpasses Conakry in Guinea’s Provisional Census Results**
**Background**
The provisional results of the Administrative Census for Civil Status (RAVEC) were unveiled on July 19, 2025, to Guinea’s sociopolitical stakeholders. This census is pivotal for establishing a reliable national registry. The findings have sparked significant interest, particularly regarding the regional distribution of the population, as reported by Guineematin.com.
**What Happened**
In a notable development, the region of Kankan emerged as the most populous, with 2,089,320 individuals, accounting for 23.27% of the total population. This marks a historic first in recent Guinean census records where an interior region surpasses the capital city, Conakry, which recorded 1,992,986 individuals, or 22.19% of the population. Kankan’s population alone exceeds the combined total of the Labé, Boké, and Mamou regions, which collectively account for 1,821,280 individuals.
The provisional statistics by region are as follows:
– Kankan: 2,089,320 individuals (23.27%)
– Conakry: 1,992,986 individuals (22.19%)
– Kindia: 1,160,579 individuals (12.92%)
– N’Zérékoré: 1,094,704 individuals (12.19%)
– Boké: 774,090 individuals (8.62%)
– Faranah: 681,972 individuals (7.59%)
– Labé: 610,636 individuals (6.80%)
– Mamou: 436,554 individuals (4.86%)
Together, these eight regions account for 8,840,841 individuals, representing 98.45% of the data collected thus far.
**Implications**
These provisional figures represent a crucial advancement in Guinea’s civil status modernization process. They will form the foundation for completing the National Register of Physical Persons (RNPP), revising the electoral roll, and guiding future public policy planning.
**Official Reactions**
The release of these preliminary results has drawn attention and analysis from various observers, highlighting the significant demographic shift indicated by Kankan’s population surpassing that of Conakry. The data will be instrumental in shaping electoral and policy decisions in the coming years.
*Source: Guineematin.com*
*Author: 554*
