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City profile · Guinea · Africa

Camayenne

Conakry · Guinea
City population
1,871,242
#2
in Guinea
#2
in Conakry
#224
worldwide
ConakryCamayenne
9.535, -13.688 · 1 km from Conakry
City population
1,871,242
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Guinea
#2
of 47 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#224
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Guinea
12.4%
of the national population

About Camayenne

A city of 1.87 million holds 12.4% of Guinea's national population, a substantial share yet one that reflects a country with significant population dispersed beyond its largest urban centres. Camayenne sits 1 km from the capital Conakry, which itself holds 1.93 million people, making the two cities closely neighbouring components of Guinea's primary urban concentration. Within the Conakry region, Camayenne ranks second of three listed cities.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Guinea
#2of 47
LargestSmallest
Position in Conakry
#2of 3
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Guinea
Region
Conakry
Rank in region
#2of 3
Distance to capital
1 km
to Conakry
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Conakry
Coordinates
9.535, -13.688
Record updated
2012-01-18
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 47 in Guinea

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

1KMConakry1.93M people2KMDixinn137K people34KMDubréka182K people37KMManéah194K people38KMCoyah77K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Camayenne1.87M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Camayenne compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Camayenne1.87M

Camayenne Population FAQ

What is the population of Camayenne?

Camayenne has a city population of 1,871,242. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Camayenne?

Camayenne is in Conakry, Guinea, 1 km from the capital, Conakry. Its coordinates are 9.535, -13.688.

How big is Camayenne compared with other cities in Guinea?

It is the 2nd largest of the 47 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Guinea, holding 12.4% of the national population.

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