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Equatorial Guinea vs Seychelles statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Equatorial Guinea has a population of 1.89M (ranked 148/197), compared with 121K in The Seychelles (ranked 181/197). Equatorial Guinea's land area is 10,830 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for The Seychelles (ranked 140th vs. 181st).

By GDP, Equatorial Guinea ranks 148/197 ($12.8B) and The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B). By GDP per capita, Equatorial Guinea ranks 106/197 ($6,745), while The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859).

Main facts and rankings

Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
Population
1975406
125181
Population rank 148/197 181/197
GDP
$12.8B
2024
$2.17B
2024
GDP rank 148/197 176/197
GDP per capita
$6,745
2024
$17,859
2024
GDP per capita rank 106/197 63/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$17,567
2024
$33,239
2024
Government debt
$4.62B
2024
$1.25B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
35.1%
2025
59.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,442
2024
$10,323
2024
Government debt per person rank 112/185 59/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,393
2025
$9,988
2025
Land area
10,830 sq mi
2025
177.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
174.7 ppl/mi²
2024
683 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.08
2023
2.02
2023
Median age
22 years
2024
35 years
2024
Life expectancy
64.1 years
2025
73.1 years
2025

Equatorial Guinea and Seychelles: Comparison Charts

Equatorial Guinea and Seychelles economies compared

GDP
Equatorial Guinea

Seychelles
Year GDP
Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
1960 - $12,012,025
1961 - $11,592,024
1962 $37,253,333 $12,642,026
1963 $44,266,667 $13,923,029
1964 $51,915,000 $15,393,032
1965 $64,748,333 $15,603,032
1966 $69,110,000 $16,443,034
1967 $72,317,447 $16,632,032
1968 $67,514,286 $16,074,028
1969 $67,225,714 $16,452,028
1970 $66,331,429 $18,432,032
1971 $64,946,955 $21,965,951
1972 $65,429,198 $30,645,123
1973 $81,203,227 $36,896,280
1974 $94,159,863 $43,134,496
1975 $104,295,643 $47,803,146
1976 $103,653,050 $49,278,982
1977 $103,987,520 $64,526,401
1978 - $85,552,366
1979 - $127,261,099
1980 $50,642,881 $156,783,830
1981 $36,731,423 $163,750,728
1982 $44,294,648 $157,211,790
1983 $44,442,457 $156,098,237
1984 $50,320,914 $160,992,921
1985 $62,118,570 $179,691,483
1986 $76,407,396 $221,147,061
1987 $93,345,860 $265,212,957
1988 $100,534,657 $301,985,618
1989 $88,265,975 $324,333,367
1990 $112,119,411 $392,163,561
1991 $110,906,029 $398,307,170
1992 $134,707,184 $461,409,399
1993 $136,047,906 $504,230,621
1994 $100,807,003 $517,570,058
1995 $141,853,361 $540,733,048
1996 $232,463,023 $535,250,347
1997 $442,337,871 $598,966,982
1998 $370,687,634 $647,287,376
1999 $621,117,886 $662,838,615
2000 $1,045,998,496 $654,212,394
2001 $1,461,139,022 $662,064,156
2002 $1,806,742,742 $742,134,838
2003 $2,484,745,935 $750,847,230
2004 $4,410,764,339 $893,012,218
2005 $8,217,369,093 $977,899,382
2006 $10,086,528,699 $1,081,441,283
2007 $13,071,718,759 $1,077,308,814
2008 $19,749,893,536 $979,597,394
2009 $15,027,795,173 $850,901,620
2010 $16,314,443,436 $981,616,542
2011 $21,357,343,669 $1,058,918,707
2012 $22,388,344,144 $1,089,407,839
2013 $21,948,834,284 $1,333,160,407
2014 $21,765,453,082 $1,387,577,870
2015 $13,185,496,881 $1,432,403,352
2016 $11,240,808,848 $1,568,513,348
2017 $12,200,913,879 $1,675,370,641
2018 $13,097,012,134 $1,784,313,927
2019 $11,364,133,550 $1,868,690,097
2020 $9,893,816,008 $1,382,551,752
2021 $12,215,878,033 $1,487,173,795
2022 $13,687,643,436 $2,018,346,589
2023 $12,337,550,584 $2,187,379,755
2024 $12,765,777,677 $2,167,239,562

Equatorial Guinea and Seychelles economies compared

GDP per capita
Equatorial Guinea

Seychelles
Year GDP per capita
Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
1960 - $288.1
1961 - $270.3
1962 $132.9 $287
1963 $154.8 $308
1964 $177.8 $332
1965 $217.1 $328
1966 $226.7 $338
1967 $231.9 $333
1968 $211.7 $314
1969 $208.4 $314
1970 $206.8 $344
1971 $205.6 $402
1972 $211.4 $547
1973 $268.6 $649
1974 $319 $745
1975 $362 $806
1976 $369 $814
1977 $376 $1,044
1978 $376 $1,377
1979 $372 $2,030
1980 $175.5 $2,478
1981 $121.1 $2,557
1982 $137.5 $2,441
1983 $129.4 $2,426
1984 $137.9 $2,488
1985 $161.1 $2,754
1986 $188.8 $3,368
1987 $220.9 $3,872
1988 $228.7 $4,392
1989 $193.2 $4,689
1990 $236.4 $5,642
1991 $225.3 $5,655
1992 $263.7 $6,520
1993 $256.7 $6,979
1994 $183.2 $6,975
1995 $248.3 $7,181
1996 $392 $7,004
1997 $717 $7,747
1998 $578 $8,210
1999 $931 $8,243
2000 $1,487 $8,064
2001 $1,949 $8,153
2002 $2,264 $8,864
2003 $2,931 $9,070
2004 $4,901 $10,828
2005 $8,674 $11,802
2006 $10,185 $12,783
2007 $12,617 $12,669
2008 $18,211 $11,265
2009 $13,233 $9,747
2010 $13,720 $10,935
2011 $17,198 $12,110
2012 $17,309 $12,337
2013 $16,304 $14,821
2014 $15,549 $15,188
2015 $9,069 $15,333
2016 $7,453 $16,567
2017 $7,809 $17,480
2018 $8,102 $18,440
2019 $6,804 $19,142
2020 $5,764 $14,041
2021 $6,946 $14,983
2022 $7,589 $16,837
2023 $6,678 $18,263
2024 $6,745 $17,859

Equatorial Guinea vs. Seychelles life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Equatorial Guinea

Seychelles
Year Life expectancy, years
Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
1950 40.1 57.8
1951 40.4 58
1952 40.6 58.4
1953 40.9 58.7
1954 41.1 59
1955 41.4 59.4
1956 41.7 59.8
1957 41.9 60.2
1958 42.2 60.4
1959 42.5 60.4
1960 42.7 60.5
1961 43 60.6
1962 43.3 60.7
1963 43.5 60.9
1964 43.8 61.2
1965 44.1 61.4
1966 44.3 61.7
1967 44.6 62.1
1968 44.9 62.6
1969 31 63.3
1970 31.1 64
1971 37.2 64.6
1972 44.4 65.3
1973 44.7 65.9
1974 41.5 66.4
1975 37.3 66.8
1976 30.5 67.2
1977 42 67.6
1978 42.3 67.9
1979 43 68.2
1980 48.8 68.5
1981 49.1 68.7
1982 49.7 69
1983 50 69.3
1984 50.2 69.5
1985 50.6 69.6
1986 50.8 69.8
1987 51 69.9
1988 51.2 70
1989 51.3 70.1
1990 51.4 70.2
1991 51.5 70.3
1992 51.6 70.3
1993 51.7 70.4
1994 51.8 70.5
1995 51.9 70.6
1996 52.1 70.8
1997 52.4 70.8
1998 52.6 71.1
1999 53 71.2
2000 53.4 71.3
2001 53.8 71.4
2002 54.3 71.5
2003 54.8 71.7
2004 55.3 71.7
2005 55.8 71.9
2006 56.4 72
2007 56.9 72.2
2008 57.4 72.3
2009 57.9 72.4
2010 58.3 72.5
2011 58.8 72.5
2012 59.3 72.5
2013 59.8 72.4
2014 60.2 72.4
2015 60.6 72.3
2016 61.1 72.2
2017 61.5 72.2
2018 61.9 72.2
2019 62.3 72.1
2020 62.1 74.1
2021 62.4 71.2
2022 63.4 71.2
2023 63.7 72.9
2024 63.9 73
2025 64.1 73.1

Equatorial Guinea and Seychelles population clocks and comparison

Population
Equatorial Guinea

Seychelles
Year Population
Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
1960 269,807 41,700
1961 274,896 42,889
1962 280,286 44,042
1963 285,965 45,176
1964 291,942 46,322
1965 298,238 47,500
1966 304,859 48,699
1967 311,805 49,911
1968 318,849 51,134
1969 322,517 52,365
1970 320,803 53,600
1971 315,940 54,695
1972 309,468 56,029
1973 302,281 56,892
1974 294,953 57,937
1975 287,901 59,292
1976 281,031 60,504
1977 276,779 61,786
1978 276,531 62,150
1979 279,846 62,686
1980 288,644 63,261
1981 303,252 64,035
1982 322,216 64,413
1983 343,421 64,335
1984 364,899 64,717
1985 385,547 65,244
1986 404,728 65,652
1987 422,522 68,499
1988 439,651 68,755
1989 456,808 69,167
1990 474,274 69,507
1991 492,217 70,439
1992 510,770 70,763
1993 530,023 72,253
1994 550,138 74,205
1995 571,264 75,304
1996 593,492 76,417
1997 616,893 77,319
1998 641,474 78,846
1999 667,214 80,410
2000 703,279 81,131
2001 749,836 81,202
2002 797,957 83,723
2003 847,862 82,781
2004 899,917 82,475
2005 947,367 82,858
2006 990,343 84,600
2007 1,036,044 85,033
2008 1,084,530 86,956
2009 1,135,673 87,298
2010 1,189,085 89,770
2011 1,241,835 87,441
2012 1,293,483 88,303
2013 1,346,218 89,949
2014 1,399,828 91,359
2015 1,453,923 93,419
2016 1,508,186 94,677
2017 1,562,396 95,843
2018 1,616,422 96,762
2019 1,670,177 97,625
2020 1,716,468 98,462
2021 1,758,786 99,258
2022 1,803,545 119,878
2023 1,847,549 119,773
2024 1,892,516 121,354

Fertility rates in Equatorial Guinea and Seychelles

Fertility rate
Equatorial Guinea

Seychelles
Year Fertility rate
Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
1960 5.65 5.31
1961 5.66 5.42
1962 5.67 5.51
1963 5.69 5.61
1964 5.71 5.69
1965 5.73 5.72
1966 5.76 6.13
1967 5.78 5.9
1968 5.79 5.61
1969 5.8 5.48
1970 5.81 5.31
1971 5.81 5.69
1972 5.81 5.16
1973 5.8 4.78
1974 5.8 5.1
1975 5.79 4.75
1976 5.79 4.09
1977 5.8 3.75
1978 5.8 3.92
1979 5.82 3.66
1980 5.84 3.79
1981 5.86 3.67
1982 5.88 3.13
1983 5.9 3.22
1984 5.93 3.24
1985 5.95 3.09
1986 5.96 3.07
1987 5.97 2.92
1988 5.98 2.79
1989 5.99 2.67
1990 5.99 2.61
1991 5.99 2.69
1992 5.98 2.53
1993 5.98 2.58
1994 5.98 2.6
1995 5.97 2.36
1996 5.96 2.31
1997 5.94 2.1
1998 5.91 2.04
1999 5.88 2.04
2000 5.83 2.08
2001 5.79 1.98
2002 5.73 2.04
2003 5.68 2.06
2004 5.62 2.01
2005 5.56 2.2
2006 5.5 2.11
2007 5.43 2.24
2008 5.36 2.33
2009 5.29 2.38
2010 5.21 2.16
2011 5.13 2.33
2012 5.04 2.37
2013 4.95 2.26
2014 4.86 2.25
2015 4.77 2.31
2016 4.69 2.39
2017 4.6 2.41
2018 4.51 2.41
2019 4.43 2.36
2020 4.35 2.29
2021 4.27 2.46
2022 4.17 2.01
2023 4.08 2.02

Equatorial Guinea and Seychelles demographics compared

Median age
Equatorial Guinea

Seychelles
Year Median age, years
Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
1960 21.9 21.9
1961 21.7 21.6
1962 21.6 21.3
1963 21.4 21
1964 21.3 20.6
1965 21.1 20.2
1966 21 19.8
1967 20.8 19.4
1968 20.7 19
1969 20.5 18.7
1970 20.4 18.5
1971 20.2 18.4
1972 20.2 18.5
1973 20.1 18.6
1974 20 18.7
1975 19.9 18.9
1976 19.8 19
1977 19.6 19.3
1978 19.5 19.6
1979 19.4 19.9
1980 19.3 20.4
1981 19.2 20.7
1982 19.1 21.1
1983 19.3 21.4
1984 19.7 21.7
1985 19.9 22
1986 20 22.3
1987 20 22.5
1988 19.9 22.9
1989 19.8 23.3
1990 19.7 23.6
1991 19.5 24
1992 19.4 24.5
1993 19.2 24.8
1994 19.1 25.2
1995 19 25.4
1996 19 25.7
1997 18.9 26.1
1998 18.9 26.4
1999 18.9 26.8
2000 19 27.3
2001 19.1 27.7
2002 19.3 28.1
2003 19.4 28.5
2004 19.7 28.9
2005 19.9 29.3
2006 20.1 29.6
2007 20.4 30
2008 20.7 30.4
2009 20.9 30.8
2010 21.2 31.2
2011 21.3 31.4
2012 21.5 31.5
2013 21.6 31.6
2014 21.7 31.8
2015 21.9 32.1
2016 21.9 32.3
2017 22 32.6
2018 22.1 32.9
2019 22.2 33.2
2020 22.1 33.6
2021 22.1 34
2022 22.1 34.4
2023 22.1 34.7
2024 22 35

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
GNI, Atlas method
$8.96B
2024
$2.12B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.7%
2025
36%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.19%
1998
4.45%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.59%
2023
1.71%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.78%
2025
-1.19%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.6%
2014
2.59%
2024
Services, % of GDP
51.1%
2024
65.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
45.8%
2024
12.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
47.7
2025
66.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.1%
2022
23.9%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2022
2.6%
2018
Listed domestic companies n/a
23
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$811M
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.54B
2023
$774M
2024
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$11.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals n/a
124,500
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.22%
1996
18.4%
2020

Energy

Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,284 kg
2022
2,411 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.1
2022
$8.08
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.78 megatons
2023
1.24 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.04 tons
2023
10.3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
4.2%
2022
1.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.75%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-423%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
745 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
8.8%
2021
4.51%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.3%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
66.9%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,891
2024
+1,747
2024
Urban population
74.9%
2024
59.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.52 ft
2025
5.77 ft
2025
Average female height
5.18 ft
2025
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
26.6
2025
61.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
13
2024
72
2024
Higher education index
2
2025
7
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.31
2015
9.34
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.2
2019
11.3
2019
Visa free countries
66
2025
149
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.4%
2010
96.2%
2020
English speaking
1%
2025
37.9%
2023
People using the Internet
60.4%
2023
87.4%
2023

Health

Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
Government health expenditure per capita
$190.1
2022
$695
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$133.8
2022
$169.6
2022
Life expectancy
64.1 years
2025
73.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.83%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
3.82
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
174
2023
42
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
70.6
2023
14.3
2023
Obesity rate
18.6%
2022
30.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.2%
2024
9.3%
2024
Air quality index
27
2025
52
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
20.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.56 liters
2020
10.2 liters
2020

Territory

Equatorial Guinea Seychelles
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.0003%
2025
Land area per capita
5,723 sq mi
2024
1,464 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
404 sq mi
2025
5.98 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,357 sq mi
2025
130.1 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,790 mi
2017
327 mi
2015

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