Calling to Guinea
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers begin with ‘6’.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Guinea does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
Calling within Guinea (domestic dialing)
Dial the entire nine digit phone number for all calls within Guinea. There is no trunk or long distance number used in Guinea’s phone network.
| nine digits |
| local phone number |
Guinea’s phone numbers explained
Number details
Guinean phone numbers are nine digits.
The first digit signifies whether the phone number is a land-line (fixed line) or mobile phone.
Land-line phone numbers begin with a ‘3’.
Mobile numbers begin with a ‘6’.
An example of a phone number in Guinea
The Palm Camayenne lists its phone number in Conakry as +224 656 10 10 10.
Phone number explanation
| 224 | 6 | 56 10 10 10 |
| country code for Guinea | signifies a mobile phone | remainder of the phone number |
Local example – calling from another location in Conakry, Guinea
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Guinea.
| 6 | 56 10 10 10 |
| signifies a mobile phone | remainder of the phone number |
Long distance example – calling from Boola, Guinea (on the other side of the country)
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Guinea.
| 6 | 56 10 10 10 |
| signifies a mobile phone | remainder of the phone number |
Mobile phone example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile roaming in Guinea)
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Guinea.
| 6 | 56 10 10 10 |
| signifies a mobile phone | remainder of the phone number |
International example – calling from outside Guinea
To call from outside Guinea, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Guinea’s country code of ‘224’, followed by the local phone number.
| exit code | 224 | 6 | 56 10 10 10 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Guinea | signifies a mobile phone | remainder of the phone number |
Calling from Guinea
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Guinea.
Sources and more resources
- National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) – Guinea’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Guinea (country code +224) National Numbering Plan – Details of Guinea’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Guinea – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Guinea. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Guinea – Entry for Guinea in the British Telecom international directory.