Equatorial Guinea — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2025.
Population growth for Equatorial Guinea was 2.40% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.41% in 2001. The lowest was -2.45% in 1974 (about -1.0× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.39% per year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 29 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 13%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Equatorial Guinea sits above it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 37%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 20 of 48 economies; Sudan (2.38%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 1429% in 1979. That is 19% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1981. Doubling roughly every 178 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 137th of 216 in 1961 → 213th of 216 in 1970 → 43rd of 216 in 1980 → 21st of 216 in 1990 → 2nd of 217 in 2000 → 4th of 217 in 2010 → 21st of 217 in 2020 → 29th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4% | -0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 2.4% | -0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 2.41% | -0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 2.51% | +0.1 pp |
| 2021 | 2.44% | -0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 2.73% | -0.5 pp |
| 2019 | 3.27% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 3.4% | -0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 3.53% | -0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 3.66% | -0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 3.79% | -0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 3.91% | -0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 4% | -0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 4.07% | -0.3 pp |
| 2011 | 4.34% | -0.3 pp |
| 2010 | 4.6% | -0.0 pp |
| 2009 | 4.61% | +0.0 pp |
| 2008 | 4.57% | +0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 4.51% | +0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 4.44% | -0.7 pp |
| 2005 | 5.14% | -0.8 pp |
| 2004 | 5.96% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 6.07% | -0.2 pp |
| 2002 | 6.22% | -0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 6.41% | +1.1 pp |
| 2000 | 5.26% | +1.3 pp |
| 1999 | 3.93% | +0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 3.91% | +0.0 pp |
| 1997 | 3.87% | +0.0 pp |
| 1996 | 3.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 3.77% | +0.0 pp |
| 1994 | 3.72% | +0.0 pp |
| 1993 | 3.7% | +0.0 pp |
| 1992 | 3.7% | -0.0 pp |
| 1991 | 3.71% | -0.0 pp |
| 1990 | 3.75% | -0.1 pp |
| 1989 | 3.83% | -0.1 pp |
| 1988 | 3.97% | -0.3 pp |
| 1987 | 4.3% | -0.6 pp |
| 1986 | 4.86% | -0.6 pp |
| 1985 | 5.5% | -0.6 pp |
| 1984 | 6.07% | -0.3 pp |
| 1983 | 6.37% | +0.3 pp |
| 1982 | 6.07% | +1.1 pp |
| 1981 | 4.94% | +1.8 pp |
| 1980 | 3.1% | +1.9 pp |
| 1979 | 1.19% | +1.3 pp |
| 1978 | -0.09% | +1.4 pp |
| 1977 | -1.52% | +0.9 pp |
| 1976 | -2.42% | +0.0 pp |
| 1975 | -2.42% | +0.0 pp |
| 1974 | -2.45% | -0.1 pp |
| 1973 | -2.35% | -0.3 pp |
| 1972 | -2.07% | -0.5 pp |
| 1971 | -1.53% | -1.0 pp |
| 1970 | -0.53% | -1.7 pp |
| 1969 | 1.14% | -1.1 pp |
| 1968 | 2.23% | -0.0 pp |
| 1967 | 2.25% | +0.1 pp |
| 1966 | 2.2% | +0.1 pp |
| 1965 | 2.13% | +0.1 pp |
| 1964 | 2.07% | +0.1 pp |
| 1963 | 2.01% | +0.1 pp |
| 1962 | 1.94% | +0.1 pp |
| 1961 | 1.87% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Equatorial Guinea’s Population growth in 1962?
1.94% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Equatorial Guinea’s Population growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +28.3% in total — about 0.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.GROW. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2.4%; 2024: 2.4%; 2023: 2.41%; 2022: 2.51%; 2021: 2.44%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.