How much coast is there?

Cameroon’s coastline is 36% longer than Equatorial Guinea’s.

Cameroon: 402 km (2026 edition) · Equatorial Guinea: 296 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Cameroon’s highest peak towers 1,037 m above Equatorial Guinea’s.

Cameroon: 4,045 m (2026 edition) · Equatorial Guinea: 3,008 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Cameroon has 15 times as many people as Equatorial Guinea.

Cameroon: 29.9 million (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: 1.94 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Equatorial Guinea is 9% more densely populated than Cameroon.

Cameroon: 63 per km² (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: 69 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Equatorial Guinea is 3.2 years older than in Cameroon.

Cameroon: 17.8 years (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: 21 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Cameroon have 0.1 more children on average than in Equatorial Guinea.

Cameroon: 4.26 children per woman (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 4.12 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

3.8% of people in Equatorial Guinea are 65 or older, versus 2.8% in Cameroon.

Cameroon: 2.8% (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: 3.8% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea are practically level.

Cameroon: 0 (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Equatorial Guinea has 3 official languages, Cameroon 2.

Cameroon: 2 (2026) · Equatorial Guinea: 3 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Cameroon’s economy is 4.6 times the size of Equatorial Guinea’s.

Cameroon: $58.9 billion (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: $12.8 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Equatorial Guinea produces 2.8 times as much per person as Cameroon.

Cameroon: Int$5,788 (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: Int$16,133 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Cameroon than in Equatorial Guinea (Gini 3.7 points higher).

Cameroon: 42.2 (2021) · Equatorial Guinea: 38.5 (2022)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.3% in Equatorial Guinea, versus 3.6% in Cameroon.

Cameroon: 3.6% (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: 8.3% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea are practically level.

Cameroon: 1% (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 1% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Equatorial Guinea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Cameroon’s.

Cameroon: 34% (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: 41% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Equatorial Guinea spends 3 times as much on health per person as Cameroon.

Cameroon: $79 (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: $234 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Equatorial Guinea is 18% more likely to die before turning one than in Cameroon.

Cameroon: 40.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 47.6 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Equatorial Guinea has 13% more doctors per person than Cameroon.

Cameroon: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Equatorial Guinea: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

19% of adults in Equatorial Guinea are obese, versus 15% in Cameroon.

Cameroon: 14.6% (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 18.8% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

Cameroon: 5.7% (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: no data

How do people rate their lives?

Cameroon: 5.08 (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: no data

How much do people drink?

Adults in Cameroon drink 2.5 times as much alcohol as in Equatorial Guinea.

Cameroon: 12.9 litres (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: 5.3 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Cameroon: 14.8 kg (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: no data

How much food is there per day?

Cameroon: 2,901 kcal (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: no data

How long do people work?

Cameroon: 2,181 hours (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: no data

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Equatorial Guinea went to school 1.7 years longer than in Cameroon.

Cameroon: 6.6 years (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: 8.3 years (2023)

How many people are online?

63% of people in Equatorial Guinea are online, versus 46% in Cameroon.

Cameroon: 46% (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 63% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

72% of people in Cameroon have electricity, versus 65% in Equatorial Guinea.

Cameroon: 72% (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 65.1% (2024)

How many live in cities?

72% of people in Equatorial Guinea live in cities, versus 56% in Cameroon.

Cameroon: 56% (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: 72% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Cameroon has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Equatorial Guinea 50.

Cameroon: 108 (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 50 (2022)

How much railway is there?

Cameroon: 884 km (2021) · Equatorial Guinea: no data

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Equatorial Guinea fly 5.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Cameroon.

Cameroon: 0.01 (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: 0.06 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 86% of Equatorial Guinea, but only 43% of Cameroon.

Cameroon: 42.7% (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: 86.4% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Equatorial Guinea emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Cameroon.

Cameroon: 0.3 t (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 3.7 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

73% of Cameroon’s electricity is renewable, versus 27% in Equatorial Guinea.

Cameroon: 73.1% (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 26.8% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Cameroon carries 45% more fine dust than in Equatorial Guinea.

Cameroon: 51.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 35.4 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Cameroon: 6.8 per 100k (2022) · Equatorial Guinea: no data

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Equatorial Guinea are 10% deadlier than in Cameroon.

Cameroon: 10.6 per 100k (2021) · Equatorial Guinea: 11.7 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Cameroon is on average 0.6 °C warmer than Equatorial Guinea.

Cameroon: 25.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Equatorial Guinea: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Equatorial Guinea gets 75% more rain than Cameroon.

Cameroon: 1,665 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Equatorial Guinea: 2,914 mm (2016–2025 avg)