The latest officially reported population of Equatorial Guinea was 1,892,516 in 2024 vs 68,560,157 people in Tanzania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Equatorial Guinea's population is 1,975,406 people compared to 72,166,806 in Tanzania.
Population statistics:
- Tanzania's population is 36.5 times bigger than Equatorial Guinea's.
- Equatorial Guinea is ranked the 148th most populous country in the world, while Tanzania is the 20th.
- The countries together account for 0.9% of the world: 0.02% for Equatorial Guinea vs 0.87% for Tanzania.
- For the last 10 years, Equatorial Guinea has had an average growth rate of +3.15% per year vs +3.13% in Tanzania.
- Since 2005, the population of Equatorial Guinea has increased from 947K people to 1.98M (108.5% growth), while Tanzania has grown from 39.2M to 72.2M (84.2% growth).
- Equatorial Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5M people compared to the peak of 263M people in 2100 for Tanzania.
Equatorial Guinea vs Tanzania: live population counter
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| Current population |
1975406
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72166806
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| Population rank | 148/197 | 20/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.87% |
| One net population change |
11.7 minutes
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16.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
9.61 minutes
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13.4 seconds
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| One death every |
36.1 minutes
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1.36 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.25 hours
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17.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +3,891 | -29,865 |
| Daily growth/decline | +123 | +5,322 |
| Annual growth/decline | +44,967 | +1,942,551 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.43% | +2.92% |
| Population growth rate rank | 32/197 | 19/197 |
Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 269,807 | 9,901,419 | - | - |
| 1961 | 274,896 | 10,187,886 | 1.89% | 2.89% |
| 1962 | 280,286 | 10,487,756 | 1.96% | 2.94% |
| 1963 | 285,965 | 10,799,528 | 2.03% | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 291,942 | 11,127,826 | 2.09% | 3.04% |
| 1965 | 298,238 | 11,470,728 | 2.16% | 3.08% |
| 1966 | 304,859 | 11,827,459 | 2.22% | 3.11% |
| 1967 | 311,805 | 12,200,109 | 2.28% | 3.15% |
| 1968 | 318,849 | 12,602,076 | 2.26% | 3.29% |
| 1969 | 322,517 | 13,036,700 | 1.15% | 3.45% |
| 1970 | 320,803 | 13,492,677 | -0.53% | 3.5% |
| 1971 | 315,940 | 13,971,451 | -1.52% | 3.55% |
| 1972 | 309,468 | 14,479,308 | -2.05% | 3.63% |
| 1973 | 302,281 | 15,010,101 | -2.32% | 3.67% |
| 1974 | 294,953 | 15,561,630 | -2.42% | 3.67% |
| 1975 | 287,901 | 16,138,361 | -2.39% | 3.71% |
| 1976 | 281,031 | 16,736,211 | -2.39% | 3.7% |
| 1977 | 276,779 | 17,352,929 | -1.51% | 3.68% |
| 1978 | 276,531 | 17,976,566 | -0.09% | 3.59% |
| 1979 | 279,846 | 18,592,038 | 1.2% | 3.42% |
| 1980 | 288,644 | 19,189,769 | 3.14% | 3.21% |
| 1981 | 303,252 | 19,784,703 | 5.06% | 3.1% |
| 1982 | 322,216 | 20,398,571 | 6.25% | 3.1% |
| 1983 | 343,421 | 21,079,874 | 6.58% | 3.34% |
| 1984 | 364,899 | 21,779,066 | 6.25% | 3.32% |
| 1985 | 385,547 | 22,501,693 | 5.66% | 3.32% |
| 1986 | 404,728 | 23,258,959 | 4.98% | 3.37% |
| 1987 | 422,522 | 24,030,378 | 4.4% | 3.32% |
| 1988 | 439,651 | 24,769,686 | 4.05% | 3.08% |
| 1989 | 456,808 | 25,438,759 | 3.9% | 2.7% |
| 1990 | 474,274 | 26,110,207 | 3.82% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 492,217 | 26,780,436 | 3.78% | 2.57% |
| 1992 | 510,770 | 27,457,588 | 3.77% | 2.53% |
| 1993 | 530,023 | 28,332,692 | 3.77% | 3.19% |
| 1994 | 550,138 | 29,442,356 | 3.8% | 3.92% |
| 1995 | 571,264 | 30,383,497 | 3.84% | 3.2% |
| 1996 | 593,492 | 30,945,762 | 3.89% | 1.85% |
| 1997 | 616,893 | 31,578,089 | 3.94% | 2.04% |
| 1998 | 641,474 | 32,420,458 | 3.98% | 2.67% |
| 1999 | 667,214 | 33,300,330 | 4.01% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 703,279 | 34,260,139 | 5.41% | 2.88% |
| 2001 | 749,836 | 35,198,299 | 6.62% | 2.74% |
| 2002 | 797,957 | 36,121,304 | 6.42% | 2.62% |
| 2003 | 847,862 | 37,089,555 | 6.25% | 2.68% |
| 2004 | 899,917 | 38,109,668 | 6.14% | 2.75% |
| 2005 | 947,367 | 39,182,076 | 5.27% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 990,343 | 40,294,902 | 4.54% | 2.84% |
| 2007 | 1,036,044 | 41,435,512 | 4.61% | 2.83% |
| 2008 | 1,084,530 | 42,570,728 | 4.68% | 2.74% |
| 2009 | 1,135,673 | 43,633,982 | 4.72% | 2.5% |
| 2010 | 1,189,085 | 44,758,488 | 4.7% | 2.58% |
| 2011 | 1,241,835 | 46,029,367 | 4.44% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 1,293,483 | 47,374,260 | 4.16% | 2.92% |
| 2013 | 1,346,218 | 48,824,128 | 4.08% | 3.06% |
| 2014 | 1,399,828 | 50,351,512 | 3.98% | 3.13% |
| 2015 | 1,453,923 | 52,020,962 | 3.86% | 3.32% |
| 2016 | 1,508,186 | 53,824,013 | 3.73% | 3.47% |
| 2017 | 1,562,396 | 55,652,890 | 3.59% | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 1,616,422 | 57,437,145 | 3.46% | 3.21% |
| 2019 | 1,670,177 | 59,174,891 | 3.33% | 3.03% |
| 2020 | 1,716,468 | 60,972,798 | 2.77% | 3.04% |
| 2021 | 1,758,786 | 62,830,412 | 2.47% | 3.05% |
| 2022 | 1,803,545 | 64,711,821 | 2.54% | 2.99% |
| 2023 | 1,847,549 | 66,617,606 | 2.44% | 2.95% |
| 2024 | 1,892,516 | 68,560,157 | 2.43% | 2.92% |
| 2025 | 1,938,427 | 70,545,858 | 2.43% | 2.9% |
| 2026 | 1,984,463 | 72,563,773 | 2.37% | 2.86% |
| 2027 | 2,030,749 | 74,604,804 | 2.33% | 2.81% |
| 2028 | 2,077,253 | 76,670,483 | 2.29% | 2.77% |
| 2029 | 2,123,699 | 78,773,192 | 2.24% | 2.74% |
| 2030 | 2,170,434 | 80,913,118 | 2.2% | 2.72% |
| 2031 | 2,218,077 | 83,087,927 | 2.2% | 2.69% |
| 2032 | 2,267,025 | 85,293,126 | 2.21% | 2.65% |
| 2033 | 2,315,991 | 87,520,491 | 2.16% | 2.61% |
| 2034 | 2,364,847 | 89,788,673 | 2.11% | 2.59% |
| 2035 | 2,414,263 | 92,091,418 | 2.09% | 2.56% |
| 2036 | 2,463,880 | 94,420,808 | 2.06% | 2.53% |
| 2037 | 2,513,955 | 96,775,766 | 2.03% | 2.49% |
| 2038 | 2,564,843 | 99,156,465 | 2.02% | 2.46% |
| 2039 | 2,615,417 | 101,567,525 | 1.97% | 2.43% |
| 2040 | 2,665,575 | 103,999,350 | 1.92% | 2.39% |
| 2041 | 2,715,477 | 106,448,475 | 1.87% | 2.35% |
| 2042 | 2,764,764 | 108,926,272 | 1.82% | 2.33% |
| 2043 | 2,813,769 | 111,433,788 | 1.77% | 2.3% |
| 2044 | 2,862,511 | 113,966,263 | 1.73% | 2.27% |
| 2045 | 2,911,227 | 116,525,463 | 1.7% | 2.25% |
| 2046 | 2,959,088 | 119,109,670 | 1.64% | 2.22% |
| 2047 | 3,005,551 | 121,721,018 | 1.57% | 2.19% |
| 2048 | 3,051,480 | 124,351,294 | 1.53% | 2.16% |
| 2049 | 3,097,625 | 126,981,394 | 1.51% | 2.12% |
| 2050 | 3,143,719 | 129,621,083 | 1.49% | 2.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 506,556 people (a 53.5% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Equatorial Guinea gained 521,483 (a 35.9% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).
Equatorial Guinea was ranked 155th most populous country in 2005 and is 148th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Malabo | 297K |
| Bata | 290K |
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Population differences between Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania
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| Life expectancy | 64.1 years | 67.4 years |
| Average age | 25.9 years | 22.7 years |
| Median age | 22 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 52.7:47.3 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 4.08 births per woman | 4.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 174.7 ppl/mi² | 200.5 ppl/mi² |
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