Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Equatorial Guinea fits inside Cameroon 17 times
Cameroon: 475,442 km² (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 28,052 km² (2024)
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 much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 21% of Cameroon, versus 3.4% of Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon: 21.1% (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 3.4% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
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 tall are the men?
Men in Cameroon are 3.9 cm taller than in Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon: 172.1 cm (2019) · Equatorial Guinea: 168.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Cameroon are 2.4 cm taller than in Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon: 160.4 cm (2019) · Equatorial Guinea: 158.1 cm (2019)
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 refugees does it host?
Cameroon hosts 5,176 times as many refugees per resident as Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon: 13.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: 0.0026 per 1,000 (2024)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea are practically level
Cameroon: 0 (2026) · Equatorial Guinea: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Equatorial Guinea has 3 official languages, Cameroon 2
Cameroon: 2 (2026) · Equatorial Guinea: 3 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
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 live on less than $3 a day?
27% of people in Cameroon live on less than $3 a day, versus 8.8% in Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon: 26.7% (2021) · Equatorial Guinea: 8.8% (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: 1.1% (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: 0.9% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Cameroon’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Equatorial Guinea’s 6.6%
Cameroon: 11.3% (2021) · Equatorial Guinea: 6.6% (2022)
How expensive is it?
Equatorial Guinea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Cameroon’s
Cameroon: 34% (2025) · Equatorial Guinea: 41% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
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 long do people live?
Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea are practically level
Cameroon: 64 years (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 63.9 years (2024)
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 many hospital beds are there?
Cameroon: 2.7 per 1,000 (2016) · Equatorial Guinea: no data
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Cameroon is 4% higher than in Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon: 17.5 per 100k (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: 16.8 per 100k (2023)
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
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
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 World Heritage sites?
Cameroon has 3 more World Heritage sites than Equatorial Guinea (3 against 0)
Cameroon: 3 (2026) · Equatorial Guinea: 0 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Cameroon has won 6 Olympic medals, Equatorial Guinea none
Cameroon: 6 (2026 edition) · Equatorial Guinea: 0 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
63% of people in Equatorial Guinea are online, versus 46% in Cameroon
Cameroon: 46% (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 63% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Equatorial Guinea is 15% faster than in Cameroon
Cameroon: 35 Mbps (2026) · Equatorial Guinea: 40 Mbps (2026)
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)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 86% of Equatorial Guinea, but only 41% of Cameroon
Cameroon: 40.7% (2024) · Equatorial Guinea: 86.1% (2024)
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)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Cameroon: 6.8 per 100k (2022) · Equatorial Guinea: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Equatorial Guinea are 2.4 times as deadly as in Cameroon
Cameroon: 7.8 per 100k (2023) · Equatorial Guinea: 18.6 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Cameroon bigger than Equatorial Guinea?
Cameroon is larger. Equatorial Guinea fits inside Cameroon 17 times.
Which has more people, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
Cameroon has 15 times as many people as Equatorial Guinea (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea are practically level. Life expectancy at birth is 64.0 years in Cameroon and 63.9 in Equatorial Guinea.
Are people taller in Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
Men in Cameroon are 3.9 cm taller than in Equatorial Guinea (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
