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Middle Africa · sovereign state

Equatorial Guinea

Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Capital
Ciudad de la Paz
Languages
French, Portuguese, Spanish
Currency
Central African CFA franc
People
1.94 million (2025)
Neighbours
2

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Equatorial Guinea

  • 7th highest forest cover 86.1% · #7 of 207 · 2024
  • 10th lowest farmland 3.4% · #10 of 205 · 2024
  • 11th lowest mobile subscriptions 50 · #11 of 208 · 2022

Surprising facts about Equatorial Guinea

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Equatorial Guinea’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Equatorial Guinea among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Equatorial Guinea sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Equatorial Guinea across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

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Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people