Demographics of Equatorial Guinea

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Equatorial Guinea is projected at 1.45 million, up by 3.34% compared with 1.40 million in 2020. Equatorial Guinea is ranked 153rd in terms of population and 3th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 46.34 thousand births in Equatorial Guinea in 2021. That is 127 per day, which is ranked 140th. The crude birth rate is 31.94 per 1000 people. There are 12.64 thousand deaths in Equatorial Guinea in 2021. That is 35 per day, which is ranked 151st. The crude death rate is 8.71 per 1000 people.

1.07 million people are living in urban areas, which is 73.56% of Equatorial Guinea population. Equatorial Guinea is ranked 91st in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Equatorial Guinea in 2021 is 125.4 males per 100 females. There are 0.81 million males and 0.64 million females in Equatorial Guinea. The percentage of female population is 44.36% compare to 55.64% male population. Equatorial Guinea has 0.16 million more males than females. Equatorial Guinea is at 194th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Equatorial Guinea population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950225,530-
1955239,8660.77
1960255,3381.42
1965276,2962.10
1970303,9860.00
1975255,808-3.75
1980249,9313.29
1985352,1166.20
1990419,1883.09
1995496,7683.69
2000606,1804.20
2005749,5274.54
2010943,6404.66
20151,168,5754.13
20161,215,1813.99
20171,262,0083.85
20181,308,9663.72
20191,355,9823.59
20201,402,9853.47
20211,449,8913.34
  • Total
  • Crude

Equatorial Guinea death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19506,9349,75330.5542.96
19557,10610,05129.6141.90
19607,17410,46428.0240.87
19657,30411,41826.0940.73
19707,49211,97125.9741.47
19756,72211,10825.5242.45
19805,61411,62721.0943.26
19856,26114,71518.2243.14
19907,35017,70817.4542.09
19957,72220,79015.4141.49
20008,34425,05613.6941.14
20059,43630,15112.4639.86
201010,67935,60111.2737.60
201511,70540,65810.0034.77
202012,50945,4158.9132.35
202112,64146,3388.7131.94
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Equatorial Guinea

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195034,875190,662-15.463
195548,725190,6505.6320.355
196065,202190,1216.0625.537
196573,516203,8802.5326.502
197082,618223,8970.4326.954
197571,198188,549-3.2727.410
198071,164184,1613.6827.872
1985107,455251,4419.4929.940
1990148,306278,5406.0934.745
1995204,444300,4278.0840.494
2000301,586312,7377.9749.092
2005437,275320,0427.6757.740
2010627,157323,9477.1965.940
2015830,013345,3764.8670.616
20201,027,990378,2904.0773.100
20211,068,360383,9903.9373.561
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Equatorial Guinea population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 103,394 101,168 204,562 14.11 102.200
05-09 89,962 87,560 177,522 12.24 102.743
10-14 77,387 74,458 151,845 10.47 103.934
15-19 66,219 63,078 129,297 8.92 104.980
20-24 81,730 59,809 141,539 9.76 136.652
25-29 94,514 57,186 151,700 10.46 165.275
30-34 92,718 53,574 146,292 10.09 173.065
35-39 68,744 41,063 109,807 7.57 167.411
40-44 43,245 27,855 71,100 4.90 155.250
45-49 27,657 19,983 47,640 3.29 138.403
50-54 21,007 17,063 38,070 2.63 123.114
55-59 13,769 12,618 26,387 1.82 109.122
60-64 9,929 9,850 19,779 1.36 100.802
65-69 7,562 7,905 15,467 1.07 95.661
70-74 4,554 4,966 9,520 0.66 91.704
75-79 2,596 3,024 5,620 0.39 85.847
80-84 1,186 1,489 2,675 0.18 79.651
85-89 402 502 904 0.06 80.080
90-94 70 86 156 0.01 81.395
95-99 4 5 9 0.00 80.000
100+ 0 0 00.00 -
Total 806,649 643,242 1,449,891 125.404