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Equatorial Guinea vs Somalia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Equatorial Guinea has a population of 1.89M (ranked 148/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Equatorial Guinea's land area is 10,830 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 140th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Equatorial Guinea ranks 148/197 ($12.8B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Equatorial Guinea ranks 106/197 ($6,745), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Main facts and rankings

Equatorial Guinea Somalia
Population
1975406
20177806
Population rank 148/197 66/197
GDP
$12.8B
2024
$12.1B
2024
GDP rank 148/197 149/197
GDP per capita
$6,745
2024
$637
2024
GDP per capita rank 106/197 191/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$17,567
2024
$1,601
2024
Government debt
$4.62B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
35.1%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$2,442
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 112/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,393
2025
$1,941
2025
Land area
10,830 sq mi
2025
242,217 sq mi
2025
Population density
174.7 ppl/mi²
2024
78.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.08
2023
6.13
2023
Median age
22 years
2024
16.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
64.1 years
2025
59.1 years
2025

Equatorial Guinea and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Equatorial Guinea and Somalia economies compared

GDP
Equatorial Guinea

Somalia
Year GDP
Equatorial Guinea Somalia
1960 - $180,459,937
1961 - $191,659,914
1962 $37,253,333 $203,531,928
1963 $44,266,667 $216,145,936
1964 $51,915,000 $229,529,913
1965 $64,748,333 $243,725,898
1966 $69,110,000 $257,375,897
1967 $72,317,447 $271,781,887
1968 $67,514,286 $286,719,885
1969 $67,225,714 $306,357,285
1970 $66,331,429 $347,985,394
1971 $64,946,955 $347,039,446
1972 $65,429,198 $447,883,941
1973 $81,203,227 $483,699,611
1974 $94,159,863 $572,504,036
1975 $104,295,643 $757,015,879
1976 $103,653,050 $871,344,245
1977 $103,987,520 $498,550,725
1978 - $564,571,823
1979 - $589,566,929
1980 $50,642,881 $602,515,548
1981 $36,731,423 $699,302,473
1982 $44,294,648 $774,578,932
1983 $44,442,457 $735,408,642
1984 $50,320,914 $787,434,542
1985 $62,118,570 $875,702,247
1986 $76,407,396 $916,590,786
1987 $93,345,860 $1,018,972,664
1988 $100,534,657 $1,051,596,967
1989 $88,265,975 $1,181,360,844
1990 $112,119,411 $1,031,282,081
1991 $110,906,029 $717,974,930
1992 $134,707,184 $709,297,579
1993 $136,047,906 $1,260,132,956
1994 $100,807,003 $1,481,205,098
1995 $141,853,361 $1,534,756,135
1996 $232,463,023 $1,792,234,297
1997 $442,337,871 $2,191,749,014
1998 $370,687,634 $2,962,047,564
1999 $621,117,886 $3,045,751,528
2000 $1,045,998,496 $3,412,797,450
2001 $1,461,139,022 $2,252,847,465
2002 $1,806,742,742 $2,192,684,135
2003 $2,484,745,935 $2,836,724,352
2004 $4,410,764,339 $3,859,592,813
2005 $8,217,369,093 $4,683,246,454
2006 $10,086,528,699 $5,026,743,282
2007 $13,071,718,759 $5,430,713,729
2008 $19,749,893,536 $5,913,620,293
2009 $15,027,795,173 $2,948,594,552
2010 $16,314,443,436 $2,687,807,004
2011 $21,357,343,669 $2,906,000,097
2012 $22,388,344,144 $4,364,670,160
2013 $21,948,834,284 $5,062,881,600
2014 $21,765,453,082 $5,728,399,720
2015 $13,185,496,881 $6,152,149,100
2016 $11,240,808,848 $6,613,743,070
2017 $12,200,913,879 $7,621,501,710
2018 $13,097,012,134 $7,873,440,830
2019 $11,364,133,550 $8,655,023,960
2020 $9,893,816,008 $8,628,393,720
2021 $12,215,878,033 $9,483,997,390
2022 $13,687,643,436 $10,202,767,270
2023 $12,337,550,584 $10,968,517,090
2024 $12,765,777,677 $12,108,515,110

Equatorial Guinea and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita
Equatorial Guinea

Somalia
Year GDP per capita
Equatorial Guinea Somalia
1960 - $62.7
1961 - $64.9
1962 $132.9 $67.2
1963 $154.8 $69.5
1964 $177.8 $71.9
1965 $217.1 $74.4
1966 $226.7 $76.5
1967 $231.9 $78.7
1968 $211.7 $80.8
1969 $208.4 $84.1
1970 $206.8 $93.1
1971 $205.6 $90.4
1972 $211.4 $113.7
1973 $268.6 $119.6
1974 $319 $137.9
1975 $362 $177.8
1976 $369 $199.6
1977 $376 $111.2
1978 $376 $117.3
1979 $372 $108.2
1980 $175.5 $101.5
1981 $121.1 $116.9
1982 $137.5 $129
1983 $129.4 $118.6
1984 $137.9 $122.5
1985 $161.1 $130.8
1986 $188.8 $131.4
1987 $220.9 $141
1988 $228.7 $145.3
1989 $193.2 $166
1990 $236.4 $145.6
1991 $225.3 $105.4
1992 $263.7 $109.2
1993 $256.7 $188.6
1994 $183.2 $210.8
1995 $248.3 $210.7
1996 $392 $237.2
1997 $717 $280.1
1998 $578 $363
1999 $931 $359
2000 $1,487 $386
2001 $1,949 $244.9
2002 $2,264 $229.6
2003 $2,931 $286.3
2004 $4,901 $375
2005 $8,674 $440
2006 $10,185 $458
2007 $12,617 $480
2008 $18,211 $507
2009 $13,233 $246.5
2010 $13,720 $219.2
2011 $17,198 $235.3
2012 $17,309 $350
2013 $16,304 $393
2014 $15,549 $429
2015 $9,069 $446
2016 $7,453 $461
2017 $7,809 $511
2018 $8,102 $510
2019 $6,804 $540
2020 $5,764 $518
2021 $6,946 $549
2022 $7,589 $573
2023 $6,678 $597
2024 $6,745 $637

Equatorial Guinea vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Equatorial Guinea

Somalia
Year Life expectancy, years
Equatorial Guinea Somalia
1950 40.1 41.5
1951 40.4 41.7
1952 40.6 41.9
1953 40.9 42.1
1954 41.1 42.3
1955 41.4 42.5
1956 41.7 42.7
1957 41.9 42.9
1958 42.2 43.1
1959 42.5 43.3
1960 42.7 43.5
1961 43 43.7
1962 43.3 44
1963 43.5 44.2
1964 43.8 44.4
1965 44.1 44.6
1966 44.3 44.8
1967 44.6 45.1
1968 44.9 45.3
1969 31 45.5
1970 31.1 45.6
1971 37.2 45.8
1972 44.4 46
1973 44.7 46.2
1974 41.5 44.3
1975 37.3 44.5
1976 30.5 44.7
1977 42 47
1978 42.3 47
1979 43 47.4
1980 48.8 47.6
1981 49.1 47.8
1982 49.7 48
1983 50 48.2
1984 50.2 48.4
1985 50.6 48.3
1986 50.8 48.4
1987 51 49
1988 51.2 43.9
1989 51.3 46.6
1990 51.4 46.9
1991 51.5 25.4
1992 51.6 25
1993 51.7 50.6
1994 51.8 50.3
1995 51.9 50.6
1996 52.1 50.5
1997 52.4 50.3
1998 52.6 50.8
1999 53 50.6
2000 53.4 50.7
2001 53.8 50.8
2002 54.3 50.8
2003 54.8 50.7
2004 55.3 50.7
2005 55.8 50.9
2006 56.4 50.9
2007 56.9 50.9
2008 57.4 51.5
2009 57.9 52.1
2010 58.3 48.9
2011 58.8 32.5
2012 59.3 49.1
2013 59.8 54
2014 60.2 54.4
2015 60.6 55.1
2016 61.1 55.3
2017 61.5 52.2
2018 61.9 54.8
2019 62.3 57.2
2020 62.1 57.1
2021 62.4 55.7
2022 63.4 53.9
2023 63.7 58.8
2024 63.9 59
2025 64.1 59.1

Equatorial Guinea and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population
Equatorial Guinea

Somalia
Year Population
Equatorial Guinea Somalia
1960 269,807 2,876,331
1961 274,896 2,952,054
1962 280,286 3,030,091
1963 285,965 3,110,361
1964 291,942 3,192,796
1965 298,238 3,277,874
1966 304,859 3,365,106
1967 311,805 3,454,537
1968 318,849 3,546,590
1969 322,517 3,641,015
1970 320,803 3,738,448
1971 315,940 3,837,691
1972 309,468 3,939,436
1973 302,281 4,045,592
1974 294,953 4,151,842
1975 287,901 4,257,535
1976 281,031 4,365,812
1977 276,779 4,484,050
1978 276,531 4,814,892
1979 279,846 5,449,117
1980 288,644 5,936,154
1981 303,252 5,982,849
1982 322,216 6,003,840
1983 343,421 6,198,430
1984 364,899 6,428,389
1985 385,547 6,693,289
1986 404,728 6,974,788
1987 422,522 7,228,302
1988 439,651 7,235,360
1989 456,808 7,114,817
1990 474,274 7,082,811
1991 492,217 6,813,760
1992 510,770 6,495,107
1993 530,023 6,681,399
1994 550,138 7,026,797
1995 571,264 7,285,007
1996 593,492 7,554,474
1997 616,893 7,824,525
1998 641,474 8,155,417
1999 667,214 8,492,059
2000 703,279 8,838,713
2001 749,836 9,198,493
2002 797,957 9,550,063
2003 847,862 9,909,157
2004 899,917 10,280,998
2005 947,367 10,644,228
2006 990,343 10,975,502
2007 1,036,044 11,322,582
2008 1,084,530 11,663,084
2009 1,135,673 11,961,201
2010 1,189,085 12,261,756
2011 1,241,835 12,348,830
2012 1,293,483 12,461,160
2013 1,346,218 12,869,594
2014 1,399,828 13,339,491
2015 1,453,923 13,806,963
2016 1,508,186 14,348,740
2017 1,562,396 14,916,629
2018 1,616,422 15,452,487
2019 1,670,177 16,030,971
2020 1,716,468 16,651,191
2021 1,758,786 17,271,431
2022 1,803,545 17,801,897
2023 1,847,549 18,358,615
2024 1,892,516 19,009,151

Fertility rates in Equatorial Guinea and Somalia

Fertility rate
Equatorial Guinea

Somalia
Year Fertility rate
Equatorial Guinea Somalia
1960 5.65 7.25
1961 5.66 7.25
1962 5.67 7.26
1963 5.69 7.26
1964 5.71 7.26
1965 5.73 7.26
1966 5.76 7.26
1967 5.78 7.25
1968 5.79 7.23
1969 5.8 7.21
1970 5.81 7.18
1971 5.81 7.15
1972 5.81 7.12
1973 5.8 7.09
1974 5.8 7.06
1975 5.79 7.03
1976 5.79 7.02
1977 5.8 7
1978 5.8 7.13
1979 5.82 7.16
1980 5.84 7.18
1981 5.86 7.23
1982 5.88 7.25
1983 5.9 7.28
1984 5.93 7.3
1985 5.95 7.33
1986 5.96 7.35
1987 5.97 7.37
1988 5.98 7.4
1989 5.99 7.42
1990 5.99 7.44
1991 5.99 7.47
1992 5.98 7.5
1993 5.98 7.53
1994 5.98 7.54
1995 5.97 7.58
1996 5.96 7.62
1997 5.94 7.66
1998 5.91 7.66
1999 5.88 7.66
2000 5.83 7.65
2001 5.79 7.64
2002 5.73 7.63
2003 5.68 7.6
2004 5.62 7.57
2005 5.56 7.53
2006 5.5 7.49
2007 5.43 7.46
2008 5.36 7.42
2009 5.29 7.38
2010 5.21 7.32
2011 5.13 7.27
2012 5.04 7.21
2013 4.95 7.14
2014 4.86 7.06
2015 4.77 6.98
2016 4.69 6.88
2017 4.6 6.77
2018 4.51 6.66
2019 4.43 6.56
2020 4.35 6.45
2021 4.27 6.35
2022 4.17 6.26
2023 4.08 6.13

Equatorial Guinea and Somalia demographics compared

Median age
Equatorial Guinea

Somalia
Year Median age, years
Equatorial Guinea Somalia
1960 21.9 18.1
1961 21.7 17.9
1962 21.6 17.8
1963 21.4 17.7
1964 21.3 17.6
1965 21.1 17.5
1966 21 17.5
1967 20.8 17.5
1968 20.7 17.5
1969 20.5 17.5
1970 20.4 17.5
1971 20.2 17.6
1972 20.2 17.6
1973 20.1 17.6
1974 20 17.7
1975 19.9 17.7
1976 19.8 17.7
1977 19.6 17.7
1978 19.5 17.7
1979 19.4 17.6
1980 19.3 17.6
1981 19.2 17.5
1982 19.1 17.4
1983 19.3 17.4
1984 19.7 17.3
1985 19.9 17.2
1986 20 17.1
1987 20 17
1988 19.9 16.8
1989 19.8 16.7
1990 19.7 16.5
1991 19.5 16.5
1992 19.4 16.7
1993 19.2 16.8
1994 19.1 16.7
1995 19 16.6
1996 19 16.5
1997 18.9 16.4
1998 18.9 16.4
1999 18.9 16.3
2000 19 16.3
2001 19.1 16.2
2002 19.3 16.2
2003 19.4 16.1
2004 19.7 16
2005 19.9 15.9
2006 20.1 15.7
2007 20.4 15.6
2008 20.7 15.6
2009 20.9 15.6
2010 21.2 15.7
2011 21.3 15.8
2012 21.5 16
2013 21.6 16
2014 21.7 16
2015 21.9 16.1
2016 21.9 16.1
2017 22 16.2
2018 22.1 16.2
2019 22.2 16.3
2020 22.1 16.3
2021 22.1 16.4
2022 22.1 16.5
2023 22.1 16.5
2024 22 16.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Equatorial Guinea Somalia
GNI, Atlas method
$8.96B
2024
$11.5B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.7%
2025
13%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.19%
1998
0.000008%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.59%
2023
1.53%
1989
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
14,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.78%
2025
-4.94%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.6%
2014
18.8%
2019
Services, % of GDP
51.1%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
45.8%
2024
9.66%
1986
Economic freedom index
47.7
2025
29
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.1%
2022
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2022
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$1.54B
2023
$23.1M
1989
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$2.12B
2024
International tourism as share of exports
2.22%
1996
n/a
Banked people share n/a
38.7%
2014

Energy

Equatorial Guinea Somalia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,284 kg
2022
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.1
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.78 megatons
2023
0.87 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.04 tons
2023
0.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
4.2%
2022
95.4%
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
11.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.3%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
66.9%
2023
50.3%
2023

Society

Equatorial Guinea Somalia
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,891
2024
+26,859
2024
Urban population
74.9%
2024
48.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.52 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.18 ft
2025
5.25 ft
2025
Quality of life index
26.6
2025
7.34
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
13
2024
9
2024
Higher education index
2
2025
11
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.31
2015
4.31
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.2
2019
27.4
2019
Visa free countries
66
2025
44
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.4%
2010
54.1%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
2%
2025
People using the Internet
60.4%
2023
27.6%
2022

Health

Equatorial Guinea Somalia
Government health expenditure per capita
$190.1
2022
$15.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$133.8
2022
$6.47
2022
Life expectancy
64.1 years
2025
59.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.83%
2022
50.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
0.02
2014
Maternal mortality per 100K births
174
2023
563
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
70.6
2023
104
2023
Obesity rate
18.6%
2022
14.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.2%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
27
2025
35
2025
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.56 liters
2020
0 liters
2020

Territory

Equatorial Guinea Somalia
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.42%
2025
Land area per capita
5,723 sq mi
2024
12,742 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
404 sq mi
2025
170,384 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,357 sq mi
2025
22,200 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,790 mi
2017
9,321 mi
2018

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