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Equatorial Guinea population

Equatorial Guinea population now

1,995,757

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 1.9–2.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 1,847,549

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 1.98447 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 1.9–2.1 million
Median age: 21.9
Aged 65+: 3.9%

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Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

GNQ · 1950–2100 · in brief

Equatorial Guinea in numbers

The UN counts 1,847,549 people in Equatorial Guinea in mid-2023, which makes it the 151st-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.02% of the world's people. That is 8.2 times its 1950 population of 227 thousand.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 5.0 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 1.7 million to 35.6 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 23.5 in 1950 and 22.0 in 2023; the projection has 36.0 in 2100. 3.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 13.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Among countries it ranks 151st in 2023, 141st in 2050 and 128th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Latvia in 2024, Slovenia in 2029 and Albania in 2038.

Population, mid-2023: 1,847,549
Rank by population, 2023: 151 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.02%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.44% · +44,004 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 66
Land area, 2023: 28,050 km²
Births, 2023: 54,694
Deaths, 2023: 14,556
Net migration, 2023: +3,997
Children per woman, 2023: 4.08
Median age, 2023: 22.0 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 63.7 years
In a city, 2025: 83 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 226,562
Projected, mid-2050: 3,143,728
Projected, mid-2100: 5,003,223

GNQ · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: Equatorial Guinea, 1950–2100

Equatorial Guinea: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	224,540		9,638	5,593	5.68	40.1
1951	estimate	228,585		9,763	5,709	5.67	40.4
1952	estimate	232,645		9,884	5,793	5.67	40.6
1953	estimate	236,722		10,003	5,860	5.66	40.9
1954	estimate	240,870		10,122	5,916	5.66	41.1
1955	estimate	245,080		10,241	5,966	5.66	41.4
1956	estimate	249,350		10,360	6,010	5.65	41.7
1957	estimate	253,705		10,482	6,051	5.65	41.9
1958	estimate	258,124		10,608	6,090	5.65	42.2
1959	estimate	262,650		10,742	6,128	5.65	42.5
1960	estimate	267,342		10,893	6,167	5.65	42.7
1961	estimate	272,271		11,068	6,211	5.66	43.0
1962	estimate	277,520		11,273	6,260	5.67	43.3
1963	estimate	283,052		11,509	6,318	5.69	43.5
1964	estimate	288,878		11,776	6,382	5.71	43.8
1965	estimate	295,007		12,074	6,455	5.73	44.1
1966	estimate	301,469		12,403	6,536	5.76	44.3
1967	estimate	308,249		12,760	6,625	5.78	44.6
1968	estimate	315,361		13,138	6,721	5.79	44.9
1969	estimate	322,336		13,430	10,837	5.80	31.0
1970	estimate	322,697		13,524	10,809	5.81	31.1
1971	estimate	318,909		13,473	8,651	5.81	37.2
1972	estimate	312,970		13,303	6,732	5.80	44.4
1973	estimate	305,966		13,036	6,528	5.80	44.7
1974	estimate	298,597		12,731	7,033	5.79	41.5
1975	estimate	291,309		12,424	7,844	5.79	37.3
1976	estimate	284,494		12,124	9,674	5.79	30.5
1977	estimate	277,567		11,932	6,381	5.79	42.0
1978	estimate	275,991		11,899	6,265	5.80	42.3
1979	estimate	277,070		12,003	6,216	5.82	43.0
1980	estimate	282,623		12,329	5,186	5.83	48.8
1981	estimate	294,664		12,906	5,334	5.86	49.1
1982	estimate	311,839		13,718	5,537	5.88	49.7
1983	estimate	332,594		14,695	5,808	5.90	50.0
1984	estimate	354,247		16,236	6,159	5.93	50.2
1985	estimate	375,552		17,643	6,464	5.95	50.6
1986	estimate	395,542		18,829	6,768	5.96	50.9
1987	estimate	413,915		19,777	7,050	5.97	51.0
1988	estimate	431,129		20,541	7,274	5.98	51.2
1989	estimate	448,173		21,220	7,495	5.99	51.3
1990	estimate	465,444		21,861	7,704	5.99	51.4
1991	estimate	483,104		22,489	7,907	5.99	51.5
1992	estimate	501,331		23,125	8,116	5.98	51.6
1993	estimate	520,209		23,781	8,323	5.98	51.7
1994	estimate	539,837		24,468	8,531	5.98	51.8
1995	estimate	560,439		25,072	8,726	5.97	51.9
1996	estimate	582,088		25,712	8,910	5.96	52.1
1997	estimate	604,896		26,391	9,086	5.94	52.4
1998	estimate	628,890		27,114	9,260	5.91	52.6
1999	estimate	654,058		27,878	9,413	5.88	53.0
2000	estimate	680,370		28,690	9,559	5.83	53.4
2001	estimate	726,188		30,313	9,936	5.79	53.8
2002	estimate	773,483		32,057	10,314	5.73	54.3
2003	estimate	822,431		33,907	10,738	5.67	54.8
2004	estimate	873,294		35,845	11,180	5.62	55.3
2005	estimate	926,539		37,814	11,699	5.56	55.8
2006	estimate	968,195		39,298	11,894	5.50	56.4
2007	estimate	1,012,491		40,807	12,135	5.43	56.9
2008	estimate	1,059,597		42,302	12,361	5.36	57.4
2009	estimate	1,109,463		43,778	12,594	5.29	57.9
2010	estimate	1,161,883		45,207	12,839	5.21	58.3
2011	estimate	1,216,287		46,562	13,061	5.13	58.8
2012	estimate	1,267,384		47,565	13,217	5.04	59.3
2013	estimate	1,319,582		48,510	13,352	4.95	59.8
2014	estimate	1,372,854		49,389	13,500	4.86	60.2
2015	estimate	1,426,801		50,205	13,662	4.77	60.6
2016	estimate	1,481,045		50,965	13,785	4.69	61.1
2017	estimate	1,535,327		51,669	13,929	4.60	61.5
2018	estimate	1,589,464		52,372	14,041	4.51	61.9
2019	estimate	1,643,380		53,083	14,189	4.43	62.3
2020	estimate	1,696,974		53,813	14,818	4.35	62.1
2021	estimate	1,735,963		54,000	14,840	4.27	62.5
2022	estimate	1,781,610		54,328	14,456	4.17	63.4
2023	estimate	1,825,480		54,694	14,556	4.08	63.7
2024	estimate	1,869,618		56,763	14,858	4.12	63.9
2025	projection	1,915,415	1.9–1.9 million	57,351	15,127	4.04	64.1
2026	projection	1,961,447	1.9–2.0 million	57,895	15,386	3.96	64.3
2027	projection	2,007,489	1.9–2.1 million	58,448	15,648	3.87	64.5
2028	projection	2,054,020	1.9–2.2 million	59,086	15,941	3.80	64.7
2029	projection	2,100,505	1.9–2.3 million	59,710	16,225	3.72	64.9
2030	projection	2,146,899	1.9–2.4 million	60,353	16,518	3.65	65.1
2031	projection	2,193,991	1.9–2.5 million	61,070	16,836	3.59	65.2
2032	projection	2,242,177	1.9–2.6 million	61,824	17,159	3.52	65.4
2033	projection	2,291,883	1.9–2.8 million	62,583	17,514	3.46	65.6
2034	projection	2,340,115	1.9–2.9 million	63,231	17,847	3.40	65.8
2035	projection	2,389,590	1.8–3.0 million	63,886	18,189	3.34	66.0
2036	projection	2,438,949	1.8–3.2 million	64,563	18,534	3.29	66.1
2037	projection	2,488,829	1.8–3.3 million	65,190	18,888	3.23	66.3
2038	projection	2,539,087	1.8–3.5 million	65,738	19,253	3.18	66.5
2039	projection	2,590,619	1.8–3.7 million	66,260	19,621	3.13	66.6
2040	projection	2,640,231	1.8–3.8 million	66,764	19,998	3.08	66.8
2041	projection	2,690,940	1.8–4.0 million	67,270	20,376	3.03	67.0
2042	projection	2,740,024	1.8–4.2 million	67,666	20,719	2.98	67.1
2043	projection	2,789,528	1.8–4.4 million	68,104	21,080	2.94	67.3
2044	projection	2,838,018	1.8–4.5 million	68,469	21,454	2.90	67.5
2045	projection	2,887,019	1.8–4.7 million	68,794	21,821	2.87	67.6
2046	projection	2,935,451	1.8–4.9 million	69,053	22,193	2.83	67.8
2047	projection	2,982,742	1.8–5.2 million	69,253	22,563	2.79	68.0
2048	projection	3,028,377	1.8–5.4 million	69,394	22,947	2.76	68.1
2049	projection	3,074,605	1.8–5.7 million	69,548	23,304	2.72	68.3
2050	projection	3,120,671	1.8–6.0 million	69,621	23,669	2.69	68.4
2051	projection	3,166,785	1.8–6.3 million	69,742	24,036	2.66	68.6
2052	projection	3,213,488	1.8–6.5 million	69,882	24,426	2.63	68.7
2053	projection	3,260,699	1.7–6.8 million	70,097	24,842	2.60	68.8
2054	projection	3,307,775	1.7–7.1 million	70,194	25,227	2.57	69.0
2055	projection	3,355,503	1.7–7.4 million	70,384	25,627	2.54	69.2
2056	projection	3,402,761	1.7–7.7 million	70,522	26,016	2.52	69.3
2057	projection	3,449,061	1.7–8.0 million	70,597	26,426	2.49	69.5
2058	projection	3,495,157	1.7–8.3 million	70,711	26,843	2.46	69.6
2059	projection	3,542,661	1.7–8.8 million	70,869	27,257	2.44	69.8
2060	projection	3,588,380	1.7–9.2 million	70,959	27,646	2.42	69.9
2061	projection	3,632,690	1.8–9.5 million	71,005	28,038	2.40	70.0
2062	projection	3,676,340	1.8–10.0 million	71,206	28,439	2.38	70.2
2063	projection	3,719,190	1.8–10.3 million	71,293	28,823	2.36	70.3
2064	projection	3,762,058	1.8–10.6 million	71,298	29,212	2.34	70.5
2065	projection	3,806,176	1.8–11.1 million	71,281	29,617	2.32	70.6
2066	projection	3,849,716	1.8–11.5 million	71,260	30,000	2.30	70.7
2067	projection	3,891,766	1.7–11.9 million	71,152	30,357	2.28	70.9
2068	projection	3,933,141	1.7–12.4 million	71,063	30,704	2.26	71.0
2069	projection	3,973,239	1.7–12.8 million	70,871	31,074	2.24	71.2
2070	projection	4,015,201	1.7–13.4 million	70,772	31,424	2.22	71.3
2071	projection	4,057,305	1.7–13.9 million	70,757	31,807	2.20	71.4
2072	projection	4,097,922	1.7–14.3 million	70,539	32,155	2.18	71.6
2073	projection	4,138,943	1.7–14.9 million	70,463	32,532	2.17	71.7
2074	projection	4,179,190	1.7–15.7 million	70,393	32,909	2.15	71.8
2075	projection	4,219,598	1.6–16.2 million	70,211	33,273	2.13	72.0
2076	projection	4,260,699	1.6–16.8 million	70,208	33,690	2.12	72.1
2077	projection	4,301,595	1.6–17.3 million	70,238	34,113	2.11	72.3
2078	projection	4,339,902	1.6–17.8 million	70,106	34,552	2.10	72.4
2079	projection	4,377,355	1.6–18.7 million	69,972	34,932	2.09	72.5
2080	projection	4,415,392	1.6–19.2 million	69,900	35,370	2.08	72.7
2081	projection	4,451,006	1.6–19.8 million	69,749	35,800	2.07	72.8
2082	projection	4,485,878	1.6–20.0 million	69,602	36,286	2.06	73.0
2083	projection	4,518,971	1.6–20.4 million	69,379	36,797	2.04	73.1
2084	projection	4,551,467	1.6–21.1 million	69,190	37,320	2.04	73.3
2085	projection	4,585,965	1.6–21.6 million	68,995	37,883	2.02	73.4
2086	projection	4,616,675	1.6–22.4 million	68,679	38,480	2.01	73.5
2087	projection	4,646,784	1.6–23.1 million	68,460	39,060	2.00	73.7
2088	projection	4,676,966	1.6–24.2 million	68,264	39,729	1.99	73.8
2089	projection	4,707,716	1.6–24.7 million	68,076	40,358	1.99	73.9
2090	projection	4,738,174	1.6–25.4 million	67,846	41,038	1.98	74.1
2091	projection	4,765,546	1.7–26.7 million	67,664	41,715	1.97	74.2
2092	projection	4,791,335	1.7–27.5 million	67,568	42,395	1.96	74.3
2093	projection	4,818,798	1.7–28.7 million	67,321	43,066	1.96	74.5
2094	projection	4,846,112	1.7–29.8 million	67,176	43,748	1.95	74.6
2095	projection	4,873,643	1.6–30.8 million	66,996	44,408	1.94	74.7
2096	projection	4,899,081	1.6–31.8 million	66,823	45,111	1.93	74.8
2097	projection	4,922,858	1.6–33.1 million	66,657	45,754	1.93	75.0
2098	projection	4,946,645	1.7–33.9 million	66,450	46,295	1.92	75.1
2099	projection	4,969,933	1.7–35.0 million	66,265	46,842	1.92	75.3
2100	projection	4,992,145	1.7–35.6 million	66,104	47,409	1.91	75.4

Show the numbers: Equatorial Guinea, mid-2026, by single year of age

Equatorial Guinea: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	28,062	27,396
1	27,380	26,742
2	26,579	25,952
3	25,858	25,270
4	25,578	25,016
5	25,340	24,798
6	25,031	24,516
7	24,642	24,156
8	24,262	23,797
9	23,880	23,437
10	23,483	23,060
11	23,053	22,655
12	22,590	22,218
13	22,092	21,739
14	21,556	21,226
15	20,952	20,642
16	20,290	19,992
17	19,651	19,349
18	19,059	18,734
19	18,505	18,137
20	17,964	17,544
21	17,635	16,845
22	17,088	15,872
23	16,168	14,800
24	15,431	13,938
25	14,930	13,349
26	14,531	12,920
27	14,316	12,658
28	14,316	12,567
29	14,338	12,511
30	14,369	12,478
31	14,454	12,482
32	14,613	12,502
33	14,850	12,530
34	15,162	12,570
35	15,519	12,605
36	15,848	12,598
37	16,047	12,498
38	16,052	12,274
39	15,841	11,910
40	15,417	11,399
41	14,812	10,774
42	14,096	10,092
43	13,434	9,508
44	12,858	9,049
45	12,276	8,620
46	11,695	8,221
47	11,146	7,859
48	10,652	7,538
49	10,204	7,254
50	9,796	7,004
51	9,404	6,776
52	8,998	6,554
53	8,559	6,320
54	8,088	6,077
55	7,594	5,834
56	7,105	5,604
57	6,665	5,404
58	6,284	5,233
59	5,967	5,090
60	5,712	4,974
61	5,479	4,858
62	5,217	4,706
63	4,907	4,497
64	4,544	4,235
65	4,137	3,924
66	3,720	3,597
67	3,335	3,300
68	3,003	3,051
69	2,727	2,850
70	2,502	2,692
71	2,306	2,554
72	2,116	2,396
73	1,922	2,204
74	1,720	1,983
75	1,518	1,740
76	1,318	1,500
77	1,100	1,243
78	907	1,030
79	772	904
80	659	807
81	560	722
82	471	641
83	392	555
84	324	469
85	266	388
86	215	312
87	171	248
88	133	193
89	100	148
90	73	110
91	52	82
92	38	60
93	26	42
94	19	30
95	14	21
96	10	14
97	7	9
98	5	6
99	4	4
100+	8	5

GNQ · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Equatorial Guinea, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

GNQ · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Equatorial Guinea

In Equatorial Guinea the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 1,088,060 of them.

100 aged 15–64

64 children

6 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 27 years: 2068–2094.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

GNQ · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Equatorial Guinea, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Equatorial Guinea gains 4,056 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 1,197 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 200 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 28,578 (2004), and a loss of 13,875 (1973).

In 2024, 248,930 people living in Equatorial Guinea had been born in another country, 13 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

GNQ · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Equatorial Guinea

Of every 100 babies born in Equatorial Guinea in 2023, 27 had a mother under 20, 60 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 13 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 14 under 20 and 19 aged 35 or older.

1950
14 · 67 · 19

2023
27 · 60 · 13

2050 · projected
23 · 66 · 11

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 54,694
Average age when women have a baby: 27.0 years; 29.0 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 151; 116 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Equatorial Guinea by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	127	198	869	1,650	1,220	139
15–19	1,214	2,146	5,728	12,828	14,702	5,338
20–24	2,605	3,541	6,604	12,774	18,354	13,270
25–29	2,250	2,732	5,735	11,112	15,959	19,072
30–34	1,648	1,850	4,600	9,037	11,449	17,035
35–39	1,152	1,250	3,392	5,160	5,821	8,652
40–44	542	553	1,458	1,889	1,954	2,417
45–49	95	146	292	235	158	178
50–54	5	8	12	9	4	3
All babies	9,638	12,424	28,690	54,694	69,621	66,104

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

GNQ · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Equatorial Guinea

Of the 61.6 years a baby born in Equatorial Guinea in 2021 could expect, about 53.3 would be lived in full health (95% range 51.7–54.9). The years in less than full health come to 8.3, below the world's 9.5: shorter lives leave fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

53.5 in full health, 9.7 not: 63.2 years

Men

52.9 in full health, 7.3 not: 60.2 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 53.5 healthy years of 63.2. Men: 52.9 of 60.2.

GNQ · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Equatorial Guinea

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from Equatorial Guinea at the end of 2025.

Read that as a gap in the record, not as a finding. The count reaches as far as one agency's work reaches, and no further.

In 2025, 184 people from Equatorial Guinea asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Equatorial Guinea whose claims were decided that year, 22 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

GNQ · of every 100 people

How people live in Equatorial Guinea

Of every 100 people in Equatorial Guinea in 2025, 83 lived in a city, 7 in a town or suburb and 10 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

34.9 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 36.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

GNQ · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Equatorial Guinea went in school

Of every 100 adults in Equatorial Guinea in 2020, 7 never went to school and 10 finished upper secondary or went further.

7 never went to school 22 some primary 42 finished primary 19 finished lower secondary 6 finished upper secondary 4 studied after school

The young went further: 2 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 16 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 3.7 against 3.9).

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2085; the ones who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

GNQ · cities · 2025

Cities in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea had 2 cities in 2025, home to 1.6 million people. The largest, Bata, holds 45 of every 100 people in Equatorial Guinea.

Bata863,383
Malabo754,834

How to read this: the 2 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

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Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Equatorial Guinea are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.