Country code +245

Sending SMS to Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau dials on +245. Portuguese is official while Guinea-Bissau Creole is more widely spoken; both are Latin script. A small market including the Bijagós archipelago, where island coverage is materially thinner than the mainland.

Dialling

How to dial Guinea-Bissau

Every part of the number, laid out separately, then the same thing written the way an API expects it.

+Exit

245Country code

national numberNational number

+245 — +245 followed by the national number

From abroad, replace your exit code with +, then 245, then the national number — dropping the national trunk prefix if the country uses one (a leading 0 in most, though not in the +1 numbering plan). Store numbers in E.164 (+245…) and they work from any country and any API.

At a glance

Guinea-Bissau by the numbers

The figures below come from public country data and set the context for how much SMS traffic Guinea-Bissau actually carries.

+245

Guinea-Bissau country code

ISOGW / GNB

1,565,126

People

36,120

Area km²

880 Million

GDP (USD)

Sender ID

How your name appears in Guinea-Bissau

General guidance — we have not yet confirmed Guinea-Bissau-specific sender ID rules.

9:41

SMSLOCAL

Text Message

Your verification code is 4172. Valid for 10 minutes.

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Delivered on +245

Sender ID rules for +245

Both alphanumeric and numeric sender IDs are supported where the local network allows it. Exact registration steps, character limits and lead time vary by operator, and are confirmed as part of onboarding before your first send.

Alphanumeric ID

Your brand name instead of a number, typically up to 11 characters, where the network allows it.

Numeric ID

A long code or short code — falls back to this wherever alphanumeric isn’t supported.

Approval time

Same-day to a few business days, depending on the operator and ID type.

What people send most: OTP and account verification · Order and delivery updates · Appointment and service reminders.

Message length: under the standard SMS encoding, a segment typically holds 160 GSM-7 characters, or 70 once a message uses Unicode — Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, emoji. Longer messages split into several segments automatically and are billed per segment; exact limits are confirmed for Guinea-Bissau as part of onboarding.

Before you send