The latest officially reported population of Equatorial Guinea was 1,892,516 in 2024 vs 31,934,230 people in Ivory Coast in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Equatorial Guinea's population is 1,984,968 people compared to 33,502,938 in Ivory Coast.
Population statistics:
- Ivory Coast's population is 16.9 times bigger than Equatorial Guinea's.
- Equatorial Guinea is ranked the 148th most populous country in the world, while Ivory Coast is the 50th.
- The countries together account for 0.43% of the world: 0.02% for Equatorial Guinea vs 0.4% for Ivory Coast.
- For the last 10 years, Equatorial Guinea has had an average growth rate of +3.15% per year vs +2.65% in Ivory Coast.
- Since 2006, the population of Equatorial Guinea has increased from 990K people to 1.98M (100.4% growth), while Ivory Coast has grown from 20.5M to 33.5M (63.1% growth).
- Equatorial Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5M people compared to the peak of 104M people in 2100 for Ivory Coast.
Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast: live population counter
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| Current population |
1984968
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33502938
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| Population rank | 148/197 | 50/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.4% |
| One net population change |
11.7 minutes
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41 seconds
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| One birth every |
9.61 minutes
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31.6 seconds
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| One death every |
36.1 minutes
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2.2 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.25 hours
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1.12 hours
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| Annual migration change | +3,891 | +7,838 |
| Daily growth/decline | +123 | +2,106 |
| Annual growth/decline | +44,967 | +768,576 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.43% | +2.47% |
| Population growth rate rank | 30/197 | 28/197 |
Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 269,807 | 3,673,666 | - | - |
| 1961 | 274,896 | 3,810,151 | 1.89% | 3.72% |
| 1962 | 280,286 | 3,956,939 | 1.96% | 3.85% |
| 1963 | 285,965 | 4,112,061 | 2.03% | 3.92% |
| 1964 | 291,942 | 4,273,952 | 2.09% | 3.94% |
| 1965 | 298,238 | 4,442,377 | 2.16% | 3.94% |
| 1966 | 304,859 | 4,617,519 | 2.22% | 3.94% |
| 1967 | 311,805 | 4,799,744 | 2.28% | 3.95% |
| 1968 | 318,849 | 4,990,021 | 2.26% | 3.96% |
| 1969 | 322,517 | 5,192,221 | 1.15% | 4.05% |
| 1970 | 320,803 | 5,411,567 | -0.53% | 4.22% |
| 1971 | 315,940 | 5,650,868 | -1.52% | 4.42% |
| 1972 | 309,468 | 5,909,716 | -2.05% | 4.58% |
| 1973 | 302,281 | 6,184,944 | -2.32% | 4.66% |
| 1974 | 294,953 | 6,474,057 | -2.42% | 4.67% |
| 1975 | 287,901 | 6,776,297 | -2.39% | 4.67% |
| 1976 | 281,031 | 7,057,958 | -2.39% | 4.16% |
| 1977 | 276,779 | 7,321,950 | -1.51% | 3.74% |
| 1978 | 276,531 | 7,603,130 | -0.09% | 3.84% |
| 1979 | 279,846 | 7,902,267 | 1.2% | 3.93% |
| 1980 | 288,644 | 8,220,714 | 3.14% | 4.03% |
| 1981 | 303,252 | 8,556,596 | 5.06% | 4.09% |
| 1982 | 322,216 | 8,907,936 | 6.25% | 4.11% |
| 1983 | 343,421 | 9,272,744 | 6.58% | 4.1% |
| 1984 | 364,899 | 9,650,516 | 6.25% | 4.07% |
| 1985 | 385,547 | 10,040,483 | 5.66% | 4.04% |
| 1986 | 404,728 | 10,440,917 | 4.98% | 3.99% |
| 1987 | 422,522 | 10,851,475 | 4.4% | 3.93% |
| 1988 | 439,651 | 11,275,189 | 4.05% | 3.9% |
| 1989 | 456,808 | 11,719,771 | 3.9% | 3.94% |
| 1990 | 474,274 | 12,189,778 | 3.82% | 4.01% |
| 1991 | 492,217 | 12,683,870 | 3.78% | 4.05% |
| 1992 | 510,770 | 13,200,310 | 3.77% | 4.07% |
| 1993 | 530,023 | 13,735,951 | 3.77% | 4.06% |
| 1994 | 550,138 | 14,287,201 | 3.8% | 4.01% |
| 1995 | 571,264 | 14,855,565 | 3.84% | 3.98% |
| 1996 | 593,492 | 15,442,312 | 3.89% | 3.95% |
| 1997 | 616,893 | 16,047,170 | 3.94% | 3.92% |
| 1998 | 641,474 | 16,663,948 | 3.98% | 3.84% |
| 1999 | 667,214 | 17,215,935 | 4.01% | 3.31% |
| 2000 | 703,279 | 17,699,004 | 5.41% | 2.81% |
| 2001 | 749,836 | 18,178,913 | 6.62% | 2.71% |
| 2002 | 797,957 | 18,654,771 | 6.42% | 2.62% |
| 2003 | 847,862 | 19,125,542 | 6.25% | 2.52% |
| 2004 | 899,917 | 19,595,000 | 6.14% | 2.45% |
| 2005 | 947,367 | 20,068,458 | 5.27% | 2.42% |
| 2006 | 990,343 | 20,546,802 | 4.54% | 2.38% |
| 2007 | 1,036,044 | 21,030,558 | 4.61% | 2.35% |
| 2008 | 1,084,530 | 21,514,439 | 4.68% | 2.3% |
| 2009 | 1,135,673 | 21,997,940 | 4.72% | 2.25% |
| 2010 | 1,189,085 | 22,488,065 | 4.7% | 2.23% |
| 2011 | 1,241,835 | 22,982,000 | 4.44% | 2.2% |
| 2012 | 1,293,483 | 23,467,078 | 4.16% | 2.11% |
| 2013 | 1,346,218 | 23,939,775 | 4.08% | 2.01% |
| 2014 | 1,399,828 | 24,527,395 | 3.98% | 2.45% |
| 2015 | 1,453,923 | 25,246,342 | 3.86% | 2.93% |
| 2016 | 1,508,186 | 25,989,405 | 3.73% | 2.94% |
| 2017 | 1,562,396 | 26,733,372 | 3.59% | 2.86% |
| 2018 | 1,616,422 | 27,464,173 | 3.46% | 2.73% |
| 2019 | 1,670,177 | 28,193,009 | 3.33% | 2.65% |
| 2020 | 1,716,468 | 28,915,449 | 2.77% | 2.56% |
| 2021 | 1,758,786 | 29,639,736 | 2.47% | 2.5% |
| 2022 | 1,803,545 | 30,395,002 | 2.54% | 2.55% |
| 2023 | 1,847,549 | 31,165,654 | 2.44% | 2.54% |
| 2024 | 1,892,516 | 31,934,230 | 2.43% | 2.47% |
| 2025 | 1,938,427 | 32,711,547 | 2.43% | 2.43% |
| 2026 | 1,984,463 | 33,494,340 | 2.37% | 2.39% |
| 2027 | 2,030,749 | 34,281,129 | 2.33% | 2.35% |
| 2028 | 2,077,253 | 35,077,094 | 2.29% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 2,123,699 | 35,883,465 | 2.24% | 2.3% |
| 2030 | 2,170,434 | 36,699,008 | 2.2% | 2.27% |
| 2031 | 2,218,077 | 37,529,369 | 2.2% | 2.26% |
| 2032 | 2,267,025 | 38,376,612 | 2.21% | 2.26% |
| 2033 | 2,315,991 | 39,244,388 | 2.16% | 2.26% |
| 2034 | 2,364,847 | 40,132,807 | 2.11% | 2.26% |
| 2035 | 2,414,263 | 41,033,849 | 2.09% | 2.25% |
| 2036 | 2,463,880 | 41,948,468 | 2.06% | 2.23% |
| 2037 | 2,513,955 | 42,880,003 | 2.03% | 2.22% |
| 2038 | 2,564,843 | 43,824,363 | 2.02% | 2.2% |
| 2039 | 2,615,417 | 44,778,750 | 1.97% | 2.18% |
| 2040 | 2,665,575 | 45,743,921 | 1.92% | 2.16% |
| 2041 | 2,715,477 | 46,717,434 | 1.87% | 2.13% |
| 2042 | 2,764,764 | 47,702,165 | 1.82% | 2.11% |
| 2043 | 2,813,769 | 48,700,670 | 1.77% | 2.09% |
| 2044 | 2,862,511 | 49,709,049 | 1.73% | 2.07% |
| 2045 | 2,911,227 | 50,716,074 | 1.7% | 2.03% |
| 2046 | 2,959,088 | 51,718,057 | 1.64% | 1.98% |
| 2047 | 3,005,551 | 52,721,465 | 1.57% | 1.94% |
| 2048 | 3,051,480 | 53,730,594 | 1.53% | 1.91% |
| 2049 | 3,097,625 | 54,739,405 | 1.51% | 1.88% |
| 2050 | 3,143,719 | 55,746,988 | 1.49% | 1.84% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth), while Ivory Coast gained 5,442,603 people (a 26.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Equatorial Guinea gained 476,782 (a 31.6% growth), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 7,513,533 (a 28.9% growth).
Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th most populous country in 2006 and is 148th in 2026. Ivory Coast was ranked 53rd in 2006 and ranked 50th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Equatorial Guinea's population will grow by 58.4% to 3,143,719 people with a rank change from 148th to 140th. The population of Ivory Coast will increase by 66.4% to 55,746,988 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Malabo | 297K |
| Bata | 290K |
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| City | Population |
| Abidjan | 5.62M |
| Bouake | 740K |
| Korhogo | 441K |
| Yamoussoukro | 340K |
| Divo | 295K |
| Gagnoa | 277K |
| Abengourou | 164K |
| Dabou | 138K |
| Agboville | 135K |
| Grand-Bassam | 125K |
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Population differences between Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast
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| Life expectancy | 64.3 years | 62.4 years |
| Average age | 25.9 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 22 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 52.7:47.3 | 50.9:49.1 |
| Fertility rate | 4.08 births per woman | 4.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 174.7 ppl/mi² | 260.1 ppl/mi² |
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