Population | 797,457 (July 2018 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 39.46% (male 159,814 /female 154,860) 15-24 years: 19.8% (male 80,368 /female 77,515) 25-54 years: 32.34% (male 129,248 /female 128,664) 55-64 years: 4.46% (male 15,428 /female 20,176) 65 years and over: 3.94% (male 13,000 /female 18,384) (2018 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 67.5 (2015 est.) youth dependency ratio: 62.7 (2015 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 4.8 (2015 est.) potential support ratio: 20.6 (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 19.9 years (2018 est.) male: 19.5 years female: 20.4 years |
Population growth rate | 2.41% (2018 est.) |
Birth rate | 31.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
Death rate | 7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | urban population: 72.6% of total population (2019) rate of urbanization: 4.28% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) |
Major cities - population | 297,000 MALABO (capital) (2018) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.76 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2018 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 63.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.) male: 64.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 62.2 deaths/1,000 live births |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 65 years (2018 est.) male: 63.8 years female: 66.2 years |
Total fertility rate | 4.29 children born/woman (2018 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 12.6% (2011) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 7.1% (2018 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 62,000 (2018 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | 1,800 (2018 est.) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 72.5% of population rural: 31.5% of population total: 47.9% of population unimproved: urban: 27.5% of population rural: 68.5% of population total: 52.1% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 79.9% of population (2015 est.) rural: 71% of population (2015 est.) total: 74.5% of population (2015 est.) unimproved: urban: 20.1% of population (2015 est.) rural: 29% of population (2015 est.) total: 25.5% of population (2015 est.) |
Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high (2016) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016) vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever (2016) animal contact diseases: rabies (2016) |
Nationality | noun: Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s) adjective: Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean |
Ethnic groups | Fang 85.7%, Bubi 6.5%, Mdowe 3.6%, Annobon 1.6%, Bujeba 1.1%, other 1.4% (1994 census) |
Religions | nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, Muslim, Baha'i, animist, indigenous |
Demographic profile | Equatorial Guinea is one of the smallest and least populated countries in continental Africa and is the only independent African country where Spanish is an official language. Despite a boom in oil production in the 1990s, authoritarianism, corruption, and resource mismanagement have concentrated the benefits among a small elite. These practices have perpetuated income inequality and unbalanced development, such as low public spending on education and health care. Unemployment remains problematic because the oil-dominated economy employs a small labor force dependent on skilled foreign workers. The agricultural sector, Equatorial Guinea’s main employer, continues to deteriorate because of a lack of investment and the migration of rural workers to urban areas. About three-quarters of the population lives below the poverty line. Equatorial Guinea’s large and growing youth population – about 60% are under the age of 25 – is particularly affected because job creation in the non-oil sectors is limited, and young people often do not have the skills needed in the labor market. Equatorial Guinean children frequently enter school late, have poor attendance, and have high dropout rates. Thousands of Equatorial Guineans fled across the border to Gabon in the 1970s to escape the dictatorship of MACIAS NGUEMA; smaller numbers have followed in the decades since. Continued inequitable economic growth and high youth unemployment increases the likelihood of ethnic and regional violence. |
Languages | Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes Fang, Bubi, Portuguese (official), French (official)) 32.4% (1994 census) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.3% male: 97.4% female: 93% (2015 est.) |
Education expenditures | NA |
Maternal mortality rate | 301 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 5.6% (2011) |
Health expenditures | 3.4% (2016) |
Physicians density | 0.4 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
Hospital bed density | 2.1 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 8% (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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