The duel
World median is the middle country on each statistic: half of all countries with data are above it, half below. It is not an average, so it is never pulled up or down by giants or microstates.
Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Equatorial Guinea fits inside the median country 4 times.
Equatorial Guinea: 28,050 km² (2023) · World median: 111,370 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
The median country’s coastline is 49% longer than Equatorial Guinea’s.
Equatorial Guinea: 296 km (2026 edition) · World median: 440 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Equatorial Guinea’s highest peak towers 673 m above the median country’s.
Equatorial Guinea: 3,008 m (2026 edition) · World median: 2,335 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
The median country has 3.8 times as many people as Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 1.94 million (2025) · World median: 7.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
The median country is 42% more densely populated than Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 69 per km² (2025) · World median: 98 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in the median country are 5.3 cm taller than in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 168.2 cm (2019) · World median: 173.5 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in the median country are 2.5 cm taller than in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 158.1 cm (2019) · World median: 160.6 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in the median country is 10 years older than in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 21 years (2023) · World median: 31.1 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Equatorial Guinea have 2.2 more children on average than in the median country.
Equatorial Guinea: 4.12 children per woman (2024) · World median: 1.9 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
8.6% of people in the median country are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 3.8% (2025) · World median: 8.6% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Equatorial Guinea and the median country are practically level.
Equatorial Guinea: 0 (2025) · World median: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Equatorial Guinea has 3 official languages, the median country 1.
Equatorial Guinea: 3 (2026) · World median: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
The median country’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Equatorial Guinea’s.
Equatorial Guinea: $12.8 billion (2025) · World median: $45.5 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
The median country produces 31% more per person than Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: Int$16,133 (2025) · World median: Int$21,072 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Equatorial Guinea than in the median country (Gini 4.1 points higher).
Equatorial Guinea: 38.5 (2022) · World median: 34.4 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 8.3% in Equatorial Guinea, versus 5.1% in the median country.
Equatorial Guinea: 8.3% (2025) · World median: 5.1% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
The median country spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Equatorial Guinea 1.0%.
Equatorial Guinea: 1% (2024) · World median: 1.7% (2024)
How expensive is it?
The median country’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Equatorial Guinea’s.
Equatorial Guinea: 41% (2025) · World median: 45% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
The median country spends 2 times as much on health per person as Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: $234 (2023) · World median: $470 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in the median country live 11 years longer than in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 63.9 years (2024) · World median: 74.6 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Equatorial Guinea is 3.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in the median country.
Equatorial Guinea: 47.6 per 1,000 (2024) · World median: 12.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
The median country has 11 times as many doctors per person as Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · World median: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in the median country are obese, versus 19% in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 18.8% (2024) · World median: 24% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Equatorial Guinea: no data · World median: 19% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Equatorial Guinea: no data · World median: 5.83 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Equatorial Guinea drink 22% more alcohol than in the median country.
Equatorial Guinea: 5.3 litres (2023) · World median: 4.3 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Equatorial Guinea: no data · World median: 56.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Equatorial Guinea: no data · World median: 2,938 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Equatorial Guinea: no data · World median: 1,974 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in the median country went to school 1.7 years longer than in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 8.3 years (2023) · World median: 9.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Equatorial Guinea: no data · World median: 0.34 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
82% of people in the median country are online, versus 63% in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 63% (2024) · World median: 82% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in the median country have electricity, versus 65% in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 65.1% (2024) · World median: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
72% of people in Equatorial Guinea live in cities, versus 64% in the median country.
Equatorial Guinea: 72% (2025) · World median: 64% (2025)
How many phones per person?
The median country has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Equatorial Guinea 50.
Equatorial Guinea: 50 (2022) · World median: 115 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Equatorial Guinea: no data · World median: 2,141 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from the median country fly 3.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 0.06 (2023) · World median: 0.24 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 86% of Equatorial Guinea, but only 31% of the median country.
Equatorial Guinea: 86.4% (2023) · World median: 31.2% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Equatorial Guinea emits 24% more CO₂ than someone in the median country.
Equatorial Guinea: 3.7 t (2024) · World median: 3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
31% of the median country’s electricity is renewable, versus 27% in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 26.8% (2024) · World median: 30.8% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Equatorial Guinea carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in the median country.
Equatorial Guinea: 35.4 µg/m³ (2024) · World median: 16.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Equatorial Guinea: no data · World median: 2.3 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in the median country are 5% deadlier than in Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea: 11.7 per 100k (2021) · World median: 12.3 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Equatorial Guinea is on average 1.5 °C warmer than the median country.
Equatorial Guinea: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · World median: 23°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Equatorial Guinea gets 2.9 times as much rain as the median country.
Equatorial Guinea: 2,914 mm (2016–2025 avg) · World median: 1,014 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Equatorial Guinea bigger than the median country?
The median country is larger. Equatorial Guinea fits inside the median country 4 times.
Which has more people, Equatorial Guinea or the median country?
The median country has 3.8 times as many people as Equatorial Guinea (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Equatorial Guinea or the median country?
People in the median country live 11 years longer than in Equatorial Guinea. Life expectancy at birth is 63.9 years in Equatorial Guinea and 74.6 in the median country.
Are people taller in Equatorial Guinea or the median country?
Men in the median country are 5.3 cm taller than in Equatorial Guinea (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
