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Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Equatorial Guinea was 1,892,516 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Equatorial Guinea's population is 1,975,406 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Equatorial Guinea's population is 54.4 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
  • Equatorial Guinea is ranked the 148th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Equatorial Guinea vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Equatorial Guinea has had an average growth rate of +3.15% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Equatorial Guinea has increased from 947K people to 1.98M (108.5% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
  • Equatorial Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.

Equatorial Guinea vs Marshall Islands: live population counter

Equatorial Guinea Marshall Islands
Current population
1975406
36281
Population rank 148/197 192/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.0004%
One net population change
11.7 minutes
6.85 hours
One birth every
9.61 minutes
10.7 hours
One death every
36.1 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
2.25 hours
4.96 hours
Annual migration change +3,891 -1,765
Daily growth/decline +123 -4
Annual growth/decline +44,967 -1,279
Annual growth/decline rate +2.43% -3.29%
Population growth rate rank 32/197 197/197

Equatorial Guinea and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Equatorial Guinea
Population

Growth rate
Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Equatorial Guinea Marshall Islands Equatorial Guinea Marshall Islands
1960 269,807 14,703 - -
1961 274,896 15,219 1.89% 3.51%
1962 280,286 15,755 1.96% 3.52%
1963 285,965 16,302 2.03% 3.47%
1964 291,942 16,852 2.09% 3.37%
1965 298,238 17,402 2.16% 3.26%
1966 304,859 17,927 2.22% 3.02%
1967 311,805 18,655 2.28% 4.06%
1968 318,849 19,862 2.26% 6.47%
1969 322,517 21,305 1.15% 7.27%
1970 320,803 22,530 -0.53% 5.75%
1971 315,940 23,366 -1.52% 3.71%
1972 309,468 23,992 -2.05% 2.68%
1973 302,281 24,581 -2.32% 2.45%
1974 294,953 25,296 -2.42% 2.91%
1975 287,901 26,154 -2.39% 3.39%
1976 281,031 27,021 -2.39% 3.31%
1977 276,779 27,906 -1.51% 3.28%
1978 276,531 28,809 -0.09% 3.24%
1979 279,846 29,738 1.2% 3.22%
1980 288,644 30,774 3.14% 3.48%
1981 303,252 32,017 5.06% 4.04%
1982 322,216 33,397 6.25% 4.31%
1983 343,421 34,811 6.58% 4.23%
1984 364,899 36,264 6.25% 4.17%
1985 385,547 37,761 5.66% 4.13%
1986 404,728 39,286 4.98% 4.04%
1987 422,522 40,828 4.4% 3.93%
1988 439,651 42,321 4.05% 3.66%
1989 456,808 43,586 3.9% 2.99%
1990 474,274 44,629 3.82% 2.39%
1991 492,217 45,568 3.78% 2.1%
1992 510,770 46,388 3.77% 1.8%
1993 530,023 47,093 3.77% 1.52%
1994 550,138 47,712 3.8% 1.31%
1995 571,264 48,266 3.84% 1.16%
1996 593,492 48,775 3.89% 1.05%
1997 616,893 49,259 3.94% 0.99%
1998 641,474 49,717 3.98% 0.93%
1999 667,214 50,202 4.01% 0.98%
2000 703,279 50,706 5.41% 1%
2001 749,836 51,123 6.62% 0.82%
2002 797,957 51,425 6.42% 0.59%
2003 847,862 51,639 6.25% 0.42%
2004 899,917 51,791 6.14% 0.29%
2005 947,367 51,906 5.27% 0.22%
2006 990,343 51,992 4.54% 0.17%
2007 1,036,044 52,035 4.61% 0.08%
2008 1,084,530 52,030 4.68% -0.01%
2009 1,135,673 52,019 4.72% -0.02%
2010 1,189,085 52,044 4.7% 0.05%
2011 1,241,835 51,907 4.44% -0.26%
2012 1,293,483 51,419 4.16% -0.94%
2013 1,346,218 50,681 4.08% -1.44%
2014 1,399,828 49,796 3.98% -1.75%
2015 1,453,923 48,800 3.86% -2%
2016 1,508,186 47,709 3.73% -2.24%
2017 1,562,396 46,529 3.59% -2.47%
2018 1,616,422 45,285 3.46% -2.67%
2019 1,670,177 44,007 3.33% -2.82%
2020 1,716,468 42,706 2.77% -2.96%
2021 1,758,786 41,367 2.47% -3.14%
2022 1,803,545 40,077 2.54% -3.12%
2023 1,847,549 38,827 2.44% -3.12%
2024 1,892,516 37,548 2.43% -3.29%
2025 1,938,427 36,281 2.43% -3.37%
2026 1,984,463 35,078 2.37% -3.32%
2027 2,030,749 33,976 2.33% -3.14%
2028 2,077,253 32,977 2.29% -2.94%
2029 2,123,699 32,054 2.24% -2.8%
2030 2,170,434 31,191 2.2% -2.69%
2031 2,218,077 30,420 2.2% -2.47%
2032 2,267,025 29,740 2.21% -2.23%
2033 2,315,991 29,142 2.16% -2.01%
2034 2,364,847 28,608 2.11% -1.83%
2035 2,414,263 28,147 2.09% -1.61%
2036 2,463,880 27,751 2.06% -1.41%
2037 2,513,955 27,405 2.03% -1.25%
2038 2,564,843 27,092 2.02% -1.14%
2039 2,615,417 26,836 1.97% -0.94%
2040 2,665,575 26,598 1.92% -0.89%
2041 2,715,477 26,396 1.87% -0.76%
2042 2,764,764 26,217 1.82% -0.68%
2043 2,813,769 26,054 1.77% -0.62%
2044 2,862,511 25,913 1.73% -0.54%
2045 2,911,227 25,777 1.7% -0.52%
2046 2,959,088 25,653 1.64% -0.48%
2047 3,005,551 25,543 1.57% -0.43%
2048 3,051,480 25,429 1.53% -0.45%
2049 3,097,625 25,311 1.51% -0.46%
2050 3,143,719 25,195 1.49% -0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 506,556 people (a 53.5% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Equatorial Guinea gained 521,483 (a 35.9% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 155th most populous country in 2005 and is 148th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.

Biggest cities by population

Equatorial Guinea
City Population
Malabo 297K
Bata 290K

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