Green hills of the Fouta Djallon highlands, Guinea

Who needs a visa for Guinea?

Sub-Saharan Africa · Conakry

Photo: Maarten van der Bent / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Of 198 nationalities, 21 enter Guinea with no paperwork at all. The rest: 1 can get a visa at the border and 176 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Guinea government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Guinea's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 21

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 176

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa on arrival 1

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

About Guinea

Region
Western Africa
Capital
Conakry
Population
15,099,727 2025 · 74th of 197
Size
245,857 km² 77th largest of 199
Density
61 per km²
Language
French
Currency
Guinean franc GNF

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.