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🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3GNQ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2GQ
UN M49 numeric226
IOC codeGEQ
Official nameRepublic of Equatorial Guinea
Native name(s)fra: official: République de la Guinée Équatoriale; common: Guinée équatoriale; por: official: República da Guiné Equatorial; common: Guiné Equatorial; spa: official: República de Guinea Ecuatorial; common: Guinea Ecuatorial
Alt spellingsGQ, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, République de Guinée équatoriale, República da Guiné Equatorial
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionMiddle Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalMalabo
Area (km²)28,051
Lat / Lng2.0000, 10.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)CMR, GAB
Top-level domain.gq
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 40

Demographics

Population (World Bank)1,938,431 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)63.906 (2024)
Languagesfra: French; por: Portuguese; spa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Equatorial Guinean; m: Equatorial Guinean; fra: f: Équato-guinéenne; m: Équato-guinéen
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)12,823,210,425.922 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)6,615.252 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)8.337 (2025)
CurrenciesXAF: name: Central African CFA franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950226,563
1951230,615
1952234,684
1953238,796
1954242,975
1955247,215
1956251,528
1957255,915
1958260,387
1959264,996
1960269,807
1961274,896
1962280,286
1963285,965
1964291,942
1965298,238
1966304,859
1967311,805
1968318,849
1969322,517
1970320,803
1971315,940
1972309,468
1973302,281
1974294,953
1975287,901
1976281,031
1977276,779
1978276,531
1979279,846
1980288,644
1981303,252
1982322,216
1983343,421
1984364,899
1985385,547
1986404,728
1987422,522
1988439,651
1989456,808
1990474,274
1991492,217
1992510,770
1993530,023
1994550,138
1995571,264
1996593,492
1997616,893
1998641,474
1999667,214
2000703,279
2001749,836
2002797,957
2003847,862
2004899,917
2005947,367
2006990,343
20071,036,044
20081,084,530
20091,135,673
20101,189,085
20111,241,835
20121,293,483
20131,346,218
20141,399,828
20151,453,923
20161,508,186
20171,562,396
20181,616,422
20191,670,177
20201,716,468
20211,758,786
20221,803,545
20231,847,549

Full raw record (JSON)

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      },
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      "official": "Republik Äquatorialguinea",
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      "official": "Republika Ekvatorska Gvineja",
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      "official": "赤道ギニア共和国",
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      "official": "赤道几内亚共和国",
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  "region": "Africa",
  "subregion": "Middle Africa",
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      "ara": {
        "official": "جمهورية غينيا الاستوائية",
        "common": "غينيا الاستوائية"
      },
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        "common": "Ginea ar C'heheder"
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        "common": "Rovníková Guinea"
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