Equatorial Guinea Population
Equatorial Guinea had an estimated population of 1,938,431 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 149th most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.02% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +2.40% a year.
Equatorial Guinea at a glance
How Equatorial Guinea's population is changing
Equatorial Guinea's population is growing fast: +2.40% a year, which works out to about +46,468 people per year, or +127 a day. Births (30.0 per 1,000) and deaths (7.9 per 1,000) alone would give +2.21% a year; net migration adds about 3,812 people a year (+0.20%). Roughly one in every 4,238 people on Earth lives in Equatorial Guinea.
Population of Equatorial Guinea since 1960
In 1960, Equatorial Guinea had 269,807 people. By 2025 that was 1,938,431 — 7.2× larger. The fastest growth came between 1999 and 2009, when the population rose by 70%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 269,807 | — |
| 1970 | 320,803 | +18.9% |
| 1980 | 288,644 | −10.0% |
| 1990 | 474,274 | +64.3% |
| 2000 | 703,279 | +48.3% |
| 2010 | 1,189,085 | +69.1% |
| 2020 | 1,716,468 | +44.4% |
| 2025 | 1,938,431 | +12.9% |
Equatorial Guinea from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Equatorial Guinea at about 80,377 people in 1800; the UN estimates 1,938,436 in 2025 (24× 1800) and projects 5,003,220 for 2100 in its medium scenario. That is still 158% growth over the rest of this century.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 80,377 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 108,091 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 135,206 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 226,570 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 703,287 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 1,938,436 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 3,143,731 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 4,240,152 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 5,003,220 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Equatorial Guinea
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 1,938,431. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bata | 863,383 | UN urban centre | 44.54% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | Malabo | 754,834 | UN urban centre | 38.94% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 3 | Ebebiyin | 24,831 | GeoNames settlement | 1.28% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 4 | Aconibe | 11,192 | GeoNames settlement | 0.58% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 5 | Añisoc | 10,191 | GeoNames settlement | 0.53% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 6 | Luba | 8,655 | GeoNames settlement | 0.45% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 7 | Evinayong | 8,462 | GeoNames settlement | 0.44% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 8 | Mongomo | 6,393 | GeoNames settlement | 0.33% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 9 | Aual | 6,335 | GeoNames settlement | 0.33% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 10 | Mikomeseng | 5,813 | GeoNames settlement | 0.30% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
How Equatorial Guinea compares
Equatorial Guinea has almost the same population as Latvia (1,847,785).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Equatorial Guinea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #147 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2,249,515 | +16% | compare → |
| #148 |  Slovenia | 2,130,986 | +10% | compare → |
| #150 |  Latvia | 1,847,785 | −5% | compare → |
| #151 |  North Macedonia | 1,820,909 | −6% | compare → |
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Same region (Sub-Saharan Africa): Nigeria, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya.
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Land neighbours (2)
Cameroon 29,879,337 · 15.4× the population · compare
Gabon 2,593,130 · 1.3× the population · compare
Equatorial Guinea's 2 neighbours together hold 32,472,467 people — 16.8× Equatorial Guinea's population. The most populous is Cameroon (29,879,337).
In its region
Equatorial Guinea is the 42nd most populous of the 48 economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, holding 0.1% of the region's 1,321,654,217 people.
Rankings featuring Equatorial Guinea
Cities
Bata, Malabo, Ebebiyin, Aconibe, Añisoc, Luba, Evinayong, Mongomo — all Equatorial Guinea's cities on the map.
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