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Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Equatorial Guinea was 1,892,516 in 2024 vs 35,300,280 people in Saudi Arabia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Equatorial Guinea's population is 1,975,406 people compared to 36,428,123 in Saudi Arabia.

Population statistics:

  • Saudi Arabia's population is 18.4 times bigger than Equatorial Guinea's.
  • Equatorial Guinea is ranked the 148th most populous country in the world, while Saudi Arabia is the 44th.
  • The countries together account for 0.46% of the world: 0.02% for Equatorial Guinea vs 0.44% for Saudi Arabia.
  • For the last 10 years, Equatorial Guinea has had an average growth rate of +3.15% per year vs +2.3% in Saudi Arabia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Equatorial Guinea has increased from 947K people to 1.98M (108.5% growth), while Saudi Arabia has grown from 20.6M to 36.4M (77.2% growth).
  • Equatorial Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5M people compared to the peak of 73.8M people in 2100 for Saudi Arabia.

Equatorial Guinea vs Saudi Arabia: live population counter

Equatorial Guinea Saudi Arabia
Current population
1975406
36428123
Population rank 148/197 44/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.44%
One net population change
11.7 minutes
19.7 seconds
One birth every
9.61 minutes
57 seconds
One death every
36.1 minutes
6.66 minutes
One migration net change every
2.25 hours
4.3 minutes
Annual migration change +3,891 +122,170
Daily growth/decline +123 +4,377
Annual growth/decline +44,967 +1,597,549
Annual growth/decline rate +2.43% +4.74%
Population growth rate rank 32/197 3/197

Equatorial Guinea and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Equatorial Guinea
Population

Growth rate
Saudi Arabia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Equatorial Guinea Saudi Arabia Equatorial Guinea Saudi Arabia
1960 269,807 2,435,403 - -
1961 274,896 2,526,347 1.89% 3.73%
1962 280,286 2,620,910 1.96% 3.74%
1963 285,965 2,719,341 2.03% 3.76%
1964 291,942 2,821,968 2.09% 3.77%
1965 298,238 2,928,771 2.16% 3.78%
1966 304,859 3,039,887 2.22% 3.79%
1967 311,805 3,157,242 2.28% 3.86%
1968 318,849 3,282,711 2.26% 3.97%
1969 322,517 3,417,114 1.15% 4.09%
1970 320,803 3,562,470 -0.53% 4.25%
1971 315,940 3,724,031 -1.52% 4.54%
1972 309,468 3,905,722 -2.05% 4.88%
1973 302,281 4,106,344 -2.32% 5.14%
1974 294,953 4,323,632 -2.42% 5.29%
1975 287,901 4,556,287 -2.39% 5.38%
1976 281,031 4,807,933 -2.39% 5.52%
1977 276,779 5,083,048 -1.51% 5.72%
1978 276,531 5,381,902 -0.09% 5.88%
1979 279,846 5,703,698 1.2% 5.98%
1980 288,644 6,047,997 3.14% 6.04%
1981 303,252 6,420,551 5.06% 6.16%
1982 322,216 6,824,486 6.25% 6.29%
1983 343,421 7,252,941 6.58% 6.28%
1984 364,899 7,697,307 6.25% 6.13%
1985 385,547 8,151,779 5.66% 5.9%
1986 404,728 8,628,639 4.98% 5.85%
1987 422,522 9,130,194 4.4% 5.81%
1988 439,651 9,629,165 4.05% 5.47%
1989 456,808 10,128,394 3.9% 5.18%
1990 474,274 10,640,691 3.82% 5.06%
1991 492,217 11,160,744 3.78% 4.89%
1992 510,770 11,686,676 3.77% 4.71%
1993 530,023 12,215,862 3.77% 4.53%
1994 550,138 12,750,040 3.8% 4.37%
1995 571,264 13,289,245 3.84% 4.23%
1996 593,492 13,831,009 3.89% 4.08%
1997 616,893 14,374,943 3.94% 3.93%
1998 641,474 14,922,185 3.98% 3.81%
1999 667,214 15,472,075 4.01% 3.69%
2000 703,279 16,177,722 5.41% 4.56%
2001 749,836 17,041,397 6.62% 5.34%
2002 797,957 17,910,910 6.42% 5.1%
2003 847,862 18,786,767 6.25% 4.89%
2004 899,917 19,669,480 6.14% 4.7%
2005 947,367 20,559,890 5.27% 4.53%
2006 990,343 21,459,144 4.54% 4.37%
2007 1,036,044 22,368,313 4.61% 4.24%
2008 1,084,530 23,287,877 4.68% 4.11%
2009 1,135,673 24,217,654 4.72% 3.99%
2010 1,189,085 23,978,487 4.7% -0.99%
2011 1,241,835 25,091,867 4.44% 4.64%
2012 1,293,483 26,168,861 4.16% 4.29%
2013 1,346,218 27,624,004 4.08% 5.56%
2014 1,399,828 28,309,273 3.98% 2.48%
2015 1,453,923 29,816,382 3.86% 5.32%
2016 1,508,186 30,954,198 3.73% 3.82%
2017 1,562,396 30,977,355 3.59% 0.07%
2018 1,616,422 30,196,281 3.46% -2.52%
2019 1,670,177 30,063,799 3.33% -0.44%
2020 1,716,468 31,552,510 2.77% 4.95%
2021 1,758,786 30,784,383 2.47% -2.43%
2022 1,803,545 32,175,224 2.54% 4.52%
2023 1,847,549 33,702,731 2.44% 4.75%
2024 1,892,516 35,300,280 2.43% 4.74%
2025 1,938,427 35,927,625 2.43% 1.78%
2026 1,984,463 36,550,694 2.37% 1.73%
2027 2,030,749 37,167,513 2.33% 1.69%
2028 2,077,253 37,775,810 2.29% 1.64%
2029 2,123,699 38,364,377 2.24% 1.56%
2030 2,170,434 38,918,375 2.2% 1.44%
2031 2,218,077 39,450,880 2.2% 1.37%
2032 2,267,025 39,983,934 2.21% 1.35%
2033 2,315,991 40,517,599 2.16% 1.33%
2034 2,364,847 41,052,423 2.11% 1.32%
2035 2,414,263 41,588,429 2.09% 1.31%
2036 2,463,880 42,125,184 2.06% 1.29%
2037 2,513,955 42,661,908 2.03% 1.27%
2038 2,564,843 43,198,420 2.02% 1.26%
2039 2,615,417 43,734,316 1.97% 1.24%
2040 2,665,575 44,269,571 1.92% 1.22%
2041 2,715,477 44,804,338 1.87% 1.21%
2042 2,764,764 45,338,111 1.82% 1.19%
2043 2,813,769 45,870,896 1.77% 1.18%
2044 2,862,511 46,403,116 1.73% 1.16%
2045 2,911,227 46,934,822 1.7% 1.15%
2046 2,959,088 47,465,267 1.64% 1.13%
2047 3,005,551 47,993,976 1.57% 1.11%
2048 3,051,480 48,521,364 1.53% 1.1%
2049 3,097,625 49,047,461 1.51% 1.08%
2050 3,143,719 49,572,202 1.49% 1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 506,556 people (a 53.5% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Equatorial Guinea gained 521,483 (a 35.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 155th most populous country in 2005 and is 148th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.

Biggest cities by population

Equatorial Guinea
City Population
Malabo 297K
Bata 290K

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