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Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to France: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Equatorial Guinea was 1,892,516 in 2024 vs 68,516,699 people in France in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Equatorial Guinea's population is 1,975,406 people compared to 68,701,054 in France.

Population statistics:

  • France's population is 34.8 times bigger than Equatorial Guinea's.
  • Equatorial Guinea is ranked the 148th most populous country in the world, while France is the 23rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.85% of the world: 0.02% for Equatorial Guinea vs 0.83% for France.
  • For the last 10 years, Equatorial Guinea has had an average growth rate of +3.15% per year vs +0.34% in France.
  • Since 2005, the population of Equatorial Guinea has increased from 947K people to 1.98M (108.5% growth), while France has grown from 63.2M to 68.7M (8.74% growth).
  • Equatorial Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5M people compared to the peak of 70.6M people in 2095 for France.

Equatorial Guinea vs France: live population counter

Equatorial Guinea France
Current population
1975406
68701054
Population rank 148/197 23/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.83%
One net population change
11.7 minutes
2.29 minutes
One birth every
9.61 minutes
46.6 seconds
One death every
36.1 minutes
50.2 seconds
One migration net change every
2.25 hours
5.81 minutes
Annual migration change +3,891 +90,527
Daily growth/decline +123 +628
Annual growth/decline +44,967 +229,212
Annual growth/decline rate +2.43% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 32/197 147/197

Equatorial Guinea and France: population history and growth rate by year chart

Equatorial Guinea
Population

Growth rate
France
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Equatorial Guinea France Equatorial Guinea France
1960 269,807 47,412,964 - -
1961 274,896 47,905,982 1.89% 1.04%
1962 280,286 48,389,516 1.96% 1.01%
1963 285,965 48,877,567 2.03% 1.01%
1964 291,942 49,401,492 2.09% 1.07%
1965 298,238 49,877,725 2.16% 0.96%
1966 304,859 50,311,637 2.22% 0.87%
1967 311,805 50,722,791 2.28% 0.82%
1968 318,849 51,112,980 2.26% 0.77%
1969 322,517 51,536,014 1.15% 0.83%
1970 320,803 52,007,169 -0.53% 0.91%
1971 315,940 52,499,553 -1.52% 0.95%
1972 309,468 52,962,356 -2.05% 0.88%
1973 302,281 53,392,161 -2.32% 0.81%
1974 294,953 53,746,571 -2.42% 0.66%
1975 287,901 54,002,853 -2.39% 0.48%
1976 281,031 54,232,383 -2.39% 0.43%
1977 276,779 54,486,467 -1.51% 0.47%
1978 276,531 54,734,030 -0.09% 0.45%
1979 279,846 54,979,851 1.2% 0.45%
1980 288,644 55,274,184 3.14% 0.54%
1981 303,252 55,603,353 5.06% 0.6%
1982 322,216 55,806,789 6.25% 0.37%
1983 343,421 56,108,330 6.58% 0.54%
1984 364,899 56,383,085 6.25% 0.49%
1985 385,547 56,665,619 5.66% 0.5%
1986 404,728 56,956,002 4.98% 0.51%
1987 422,522 57,266,167 4.4% 0.54%
1988 439,651 57,598,186 4.05% 0.58%
1989 456,808 57,943,062 3.9% 0.6%
1990 474,274 58,261,012 3.82% 0.55%
1991 492,217 58,554,242 3.78% 0.5%
1992 510,770 58,846,584 3.77% 0.5%
1993 530,023 59,103,094 3.77% 0.44%
1994 550,138 59,324,863 3.8% 0.38%
1995 571,264 59,541,294 3.84% 0.36%
1996 593,492 59,754,504 3.89% 0.36%
1997 616,893 59,968,066 3.94% 0.36%
1998 641,474 60,190,684 3.98% 0.37%
1999 667,214 60,501,986 4.01% 0.52%
2000 703,279 60,918,661 5.41% 0.69%
2001 749,836 61,364,377 6.62% 0.73%
2002 797,957 61,812,142 6.42% 0.73%
2003 847,862 62,249,855 6.25% 0.71%
2004 899,917 62,707,588 6.14% 0.74%
2005 947,367 63,180,854 5.27% 0.75%
2006 990,343 63,622,342 4.54% 0.7%
2007 1,036,044 64,016,890 4.61% 0.62%
2008 1,084,530 64,375,116 4.68% 0.56%
2009 1,135,673 64,706,436 4.72% 0.51%
2010 1,189,085 65,026,211 4.7% 0.49%
2011 1,241,835 65,340,830 4.44% 0.48%
2012 1,293,483 65,657,659 4.16% 0.48%
2013 1,346,218 65,997,932 4.08% 0.52%
2014 1,399,828 66,312,067 3.98% 0.48%
2015 1,453,923 66,548,272 3.86% 0.36%
2016 1,508,186 66,724,104 3.73% 0.26%
2017 1,562,396 66,918,020 3.59% 0.29%
2018 1,616,422 67,158,348 3.46% 0.36%
2019 1,670,177 67,382,061 3.33% 0.33%
2020 1,716,468 67,601,110 2.77% 0.33%
2021 1,758,786 67,842,811 2.47% 0.36%
2022 1,803,545 68,065,015 2.54% 0.33%
2023 1,847,549 68,287,487 2.44% 0.33%
2024 1,892,516 68,516,699 2.43% 0.34%
2025 1,938,427 68,621,995 2.43% 0.15%
2026 1,984,463 68,720,416 2.37% 0.14%
2027 2,030,749 68,814,997 2.33% 0.14%
2028 2,077,253 68,908,044 2.29% 0.14%
2029 2,123,699 69,000,393 2.24% 0.13%
2030 2,170,434 69,092,395 2.2% 0.13%
2031 2,218,077 69,182,139 2.2% 0.13%
2032 2,267,025 69,271,844 2.21% 0.13%
2033 2,315,991 69,361,763 2.16% 0.13%
2034 2,364,847 69,453,221 2.11% 0.13%
2035 2,414,263 69,545,666 2.09% 0.13%
2036 2,463,880 69,635,631 2.06% 0.13%
2037 2,513,955 69,723,960 2.03% 0.13%
2038 2,564,843 69,807,163 2.02% 0.12%
2039 2,615,417 69,880,758 1.97% 0.11%
2040 2,665,575 69,948,192 1.92% 0.1%
2041 2,715,477 70,013,748 1.87% 0.09%
2042 2,764,764 70,076,842 1.82% 0.09%
2043 2,813,769 70,130,305 1.77% 0.08%
2044 2,862,511 70,172,822 1.73% 0.06%
2045 2,911,227 70,207,698 1.7% 0.05%
2046 2,959,088 70,232,113 1.64% 0.03%
2047 3,005,551 70,246,945 1.57% 0.02%
2048 3,051,480 70,253,351 1.53% 0.009%
2049 3,097,625 70,249,312 1.51% -0.006%
2050 3,143,719 70,237,272 1.49% -0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 506,556 people (a 53.5% growth), while France gained 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Equatorial Guinea gained 521,483 (a 35.9% growth), while France's population increased by 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 155th most populous country in 2005 and is 148th in 2025. France was ranked 20th in 2005 and ranked 23rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Equatorial Guinea's population will grow by 59.1% to 3,143,719 people with a rank change from 148th to 140th. The population of France will increase by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.

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