Demographics & population — Equatorial Guinea
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Equatorial Guinea: 1,795,834
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Population overview
- Population
1,795,834
- Population Growth Rate
2.58%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
MALABO (capital) 137,000
Age & family
- Age Structure
- Median Age
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
34
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
8.59
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
4.74
- Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49
10.1%
- Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49
10.1%
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Bioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos), Rio Muni (primarily Fang), Europeans less than 1,000, mostly Spanish
- Nationality Noun
Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s)
Education
- Literacy - total population
87%
- Literacy - male
93.3%
- Literacy - female
78.4%
- Literacy Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
0.6%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
240
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
.3
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
2.1
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
4%
- Major Infectious Diseases - degree of risk
Very high
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
10.6%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- Underweight - percent of children under five years
10.6%