World Factbook
Equatorial Guinea
Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial (Spanish)/ République de Guinée équatoriale (French)
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Languages
Languages
Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes Fang, Bubi, Portuguese (official), French (official), Fa d'Ambo spoken in Annobon) 32.4% (1994 est.)
major-language sample(s)
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
Roman Catholic 88%, Protestant 5%, Muslim 2%, other 5% (animist, Baha'i, Jewish) (2015 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years
1.22 male(s)/female
total population
1.16 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
1.09 male(s)/female
Birth rate
28.55 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
8.81 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
22.7 years
total
22.3 years (2025 est.)
female
21.5 years
Population
male
962,385
total
1,795,834 (2024 est.)
female
833,449
Nationality
noun
Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s)
adjective
Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean
Urbanization
urban population
74.4% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
3.62% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
35.6% (male 330,636/female 309,528)
15-64 years
59.4% (male 585,139/female 481,121)
65 years and over
5% (2024 est.) (male 46,610/female 42,800)
Ethnic groups
Fang 78.1%, Bubi 9.4%, Ndowe 2.8%, Nanguedambo 2.7%, Bisio 0.9%, foreigner 5.3%, other 0.7%, unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
68.4 (2024 est.)
youth dependency ratio
60 (2024 est.)
potential support ratio
11.9 (2024 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
8.4 (2024 est.)
Physician density
0.15 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
3.4% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
4.4% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
11.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Total fertility rate
4.05 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
83.3 deaths/1,000 live births
total
76.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
71.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
3.1% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
1.99 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
the two large cities are Bata on the mainland and the capital Malabo on the island of Bioko; small communities are scattered throughout the mainland and the five inhabited islands, as shown in this population distribution map
Life expectancy at birth
male
61.6 years
female
66.2 years
total population
63.9 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
174 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
3.83 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
1.24 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
6.11 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
0.99 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
297,000 MALABO (capital) (2018)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
8% (2016)