Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau has 1.2× the population of Equatorial Guinea: 2,249,515 vs 1,938,431, a gap of 311,084. Equatorial Guinea is growing faster (+2.40% vs +2.16% a year), adding about 46,468 people a year against +48,686. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Equatorial Guinea would overtake Guinea-Bissau in about 64 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2089) — a projection, not a forecast. GDP per capita is 5.9× higher in Equatorial Guinea ($6,615 vs $1,124).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Equatorial Guinea) and 2025 (Guinea-Bissau); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau — side by side
 Equatorial Guinea |  Guinea-Bissau | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,938,4312025 | 2,249,5152025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.40%2025 | +2.16%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 30.02024 | 29.62024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.92024 | 7.02024 |
| Children per woman | 4.122024 | 3.762024 |
| Life expectancy | 63.9 yrs2024 | 64.3 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 37.1%2025 | 38.3%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 3.8%2025 | 3.2%2025 |
| Density | 65.9 /km²2023 | 76.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 28,050 km²2023 | 36,130 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 71.6%2025 | 46.7%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +3,8122025 | -1,3732025 |
| GDP per capita | $6,6152025 | $1,1242025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #149 | #147 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Equatorial Guinea: 7.2× from 1960 to 2025; Guinea-Bissau: 3.9× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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