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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Netherlands	Equatorial Guinea	Netherlands
1960	269,807	11,486,631	-	-
1961	274,896	11,638,712	1.89%	1.32%
1962	280,286	11,805,689	1.96%	1.43%
1963	285,965	11,965,966	2.03%	1.36%
1964	291,942	12,127,120	2.09%	1.35%
1965	298,238	12,294,732	2.16%	1.38%
1966	304,859	12,456,251	2.22%	1.31%
1967	311,805	12,598,201	2.28%	1.14%
1968	318,849	12,729,721	2.26%	1.04%
1969	322,517	12,877,984	1.15%	1.16%
1970	320,803	13,038,526	-0.53%	1.25%
1971	315,940	13,194,497	-1.52%	1.2%
1972	309,468	13,328,593	-2.05%	1.02%
1973	302,281	13,439,322	-2.32%	0.83%
1974	294,953	13,545,056	-2.42%	0.79%
1975	287,901	13,666,335	-2.39%	0.9%
1976	281,031	13,774,037	-2.39%	0.79%
1977	276,779	13,856,185	-1.51%	0.6%
1978	276,531	13,941,700	-0.09%	0.62%
1979	279,846	14,038,270	1.2%	0.69%
1980	288,644	14,149,800	3.14%	0.79%
1981	303,252	14,247,208	5.06%	0.69%
1982	322,216	14,312,690	6.25%	0.46%
1983	343,421	14,367,070	6.58%	0.38%
1984	364,899	14,424,211	6.25%	0.4%
1985	385,547	14,491,632	5.66%	0.47%
1986	404,728	14,572,278	4.98%	0.56%
1987	422,522	14,665,037	4.4%	0.64%
1988	439,651	14,760,094	4.05%	0.65%
1989	456,808	14,848,907	3.9%	0.6%
1990	474,274	14,951,510	3.82%	0.69%
1991	492,217	15,069,798	3.78%	0.79%
1992	510,770	15,184,166	3.77%	0.76%
1993	530,023	15,290,368	3.77%	0.7%
1994	550,138	15,382,838	3.8%	0.6%
1995	571,264	15,459,006	3.84%	0.5%
1996	593,492	15,530,498	3.89%	0.46%
1997	616,893	15,610,650	3.94%	0.52%
1998	641,474	15,707,209	3.98%	0.62%
1999	667,214	15,812,088	4.01%	0.67%
2000	703,279	15,925,513	5.41%	0.72%
2001	749,836	16,046,180	6.62%	0.76%
2002	797,957	16,148,929	6.42%	0.64%
2003	847,862	16,225,302	6.25%	0.47%
2004	899,917	16,281,779	6.14%	0.35%
2005	947,367	16,319,868	5.27%	0.23%
2006	990,343	16,346,101	4.54%	0.16%
2007	1,036,044	16,381,696	4.61%	0.22%
2008	1,084,530	16,445,593	4.68%	0.39%
2009	1,135,673	16,530,388	4.72%	0.52%
2010	1,189,085	16,615,394	4.7%	0.51%
2011	1,241,835	16,693,074	4.44%	0.47%
2012	1,293,483	16,754,962	4.16%	0.37%
2013	1,346,218	16,804,432	4.08%	0.3%
2014	1,399,828	16,865,008	3.98%	0.36%
2015	1,453,923	16,939,923	3.86%	0.44%
2016	1,508,186	17,030,314	3.73%	0.53%
2017	1,562,396	17,131,296	3.59%	0.59%
2018	1,616,422	17,231,624	3.46%	0.59%
2019	1,670,177	17,344,874	3.33%	0.66%
2020	1,716,468	17,441,500	2.77%	0.56%
2021	1,758,786	17,533,044	2.47%	0.52%
2022	1,803,545	17,700,982	2.54%	0.96%
2023	1,847,549	17,877,117	2.44%	1%
2024	1,892,516	17,993,485	2.43%	0.65%
2025	1,938,427	18,110,044	2.43%	0.65%
2026	1,984,463	18,210,675	2.37%	0.56%
2027	2,030,749	18,298,766	2.33%	0.48%
2028	2,077,253	18,378,805	2.29%	0.44%
2029	2,123,699	18,451,273	2.24%	0.39%
2030	2,170,434	18,515,139	2.2%	0.35%
2031	2,218,077	18,571,158	2.2%	0.3%
2032	2,267,025	18,620,309	2.21%	0.26%
2033	2,315,991	18,664,195	2.16%	0.24%
2034	2,364,847	18,701,674	2.11%	0.2%
2035	2,414,263	18,732,440	2.09%	0.16%
2036	2,463,880	18,759,270	2.06%	0.14%
2037	2,513,955	18,781,008	2.03%	0.12%
2038	2,564,843	18,797,497	2.02%	0.09%
2039	2,615,417	18,809,490	1.97%	0.06%
2040	2,665,575	18,816,959	1.92%	0.04%
2041	2,715,477	18,820,083	1.87%	0.02%
2042	2,764,764	18,818,821	1.82%	-0.007%
2043	2,813,769	18,814,475	1.77%	-0.02%
2044	2,862,511	18,806,778	1.73%	-0.04%
2045	2,911,227	18,796,219	1.7%	-0.06%
2046	2,959,088	18,784,939	1.64%	-0.06%
2047	3,005,551	18,770,867	1.57%	-0.07%
2048	3,051,480	18,753,541	1.53%	-0.09%
2049	3,097,625	18,734,516	1.51%	-0.1%
2050	3,143,719	18,713,797	1.49%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Equatorial Guinea gained 476,782 (a 31.6% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th most populous country in 2006 and is 148th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.