Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to Zambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Equatorial Guinea and Zambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Zambia	Equatorial Guinea	Zambia
1960	269,807	3,153,729	-	-
1961	274,896	3,254,086	1.89%	3.18%
1962	280,286	3,358,099	1.96%	3.2%
1963	285,965	3,465,907	2.03%	3.21%
1964	291,942	3,577,017	2.09%	3.21%
1965	298,238	3,692,086	2.16%	3.22%
1966	304,859	3,812,003	2.22%	3.25%
1967	311,805	3,936,343	2.28%	3.26%
1968	318,849	4,065,593	2.26%	3.28%
1969	322,517	4,197,116	1.15%	3.24%
1970	320,803	4,321,718	-0.53%	2.97%
1971	315,940	4,442,525	-1.52%	2.8%
1972	309,468	4,569,309	-2.05%	2.85%
1973	302,281	4,702,693	-2.32%	2.92%
1974	294,953	4,842,746	-2.42%	2.98%
1975	287,901	4,990,086	-2.39%	3.04%
1976	281,031	5,143,842	-2.39%	3.08%
1977	276,779	5,302,480	-1.51%	3.08%
1978	276,531	5,465,374	-0.09%	3.07%
1979	279,846	5,631,728	1.2%	3.04%
1980	288,644	5,802,833	3.14%	3.04%
1981	303,252	5,983,289	5.06%	3.11%
1982	322,216	6,178,637	6.25%	3.26%
1983	343,421	6,381,038	6.58%	3.28%
1984	364,899	6,580,490	6.25%	3.13%
1985	385,547	6,780,953	5.66%	3.05%
1986	404,728	6,986,471	4.98%	3.03%
1987	422,522	7,191,282	4.4%	2.93%
1988	439,651	7,391,440	4.05%	2.78%
1989	456,808	7,589,216	3.9%	2.68%
1990	474,274	7,786,169	3.82%	2.6%
1991	492,217	7,981,650	3.78%	2.51%
1992	510,770	8,176,680	3.77%	2.44%
1993	530,023	8,373,921	3.77%	2.41%
1994	550,138	8,576,269	3.8%	2.42%
1995	571,264	8,785,763	3.84%	2.44%
1996	593,492	9,004,053	3.89%	2.48%
1997	616,893	9,237,063	3.94%	2.59%
1998	641,474	9,482,408	3.98%	2.66%
1999	667,214	9,740,005	4.01%	2.72%
2000	703,279	10,017,631	5.41%	2.85%
2001	749,836	10,325,185	6.62%	3.07%
2002	797,957	10,647,949	6.42%	3.13%
2003	847,862	10,983,595	6.25%	3.15%
2004	899,917	11,338,198	6.14%	3.23%
2005	947,367	11,718,819	5.27%	3.36%
2006	990,343	12,129,553	4.54%	3.5%
2007	1,036,044	12,565,085	4.61%	3.59%
2008	1,084,530	13,021,324	4.68%	3.63%
2009	1,135,673	13,490,389	4.72%	3.6%
2010	1,189,085	13,965,594	4.7%	3.52%
2011	1,241,835	14,437,796	4.44%	3.38%
2012	1,293,483	14,913,629	4.16%	3.3%
2013	1,346,218	15,398,997	4.08%	3.25%
2014	1,399,828	15,895,315	3.98%	3.22%
2015	1,453,923	16,399,089	3.86%	3.17%
2016	1,508,186	16,914,423	3.73%	3.14%
2017	1,562,396	17,441,320	3.59%	3.12%
2018	1,616,422	17,973,569	3.46%	3.05%
2019	1,670,177	18,513,839	3.33%	3.01%
2020	1,716,468	19,059,395	2.77%	2.95%
2021	1,758,786	19,603,607	2.47%	2.86%
2022	1,803,545	20,152,938	2.54%	2.8%
2023	1,847,549	20,723,965	2.44%	2.83%
2024	1,892,516	21,314,956	2.43%	2.85%
2025	1,938,427	21,913,869	2.43%	2.81%
2026	1,984,463	22,521,905	2.37%	2.77%
2027	2,030,749	23,138,716	2.33%	2.74%
2028	2,077,253	23,761,368	2.29%	2.69%
2029	2,123,699	24,389,681	2.24%	2.64%
2030	2,170,434	25,024,887	2.2%	2.6%
2031	2,218,077	25,666,496	2.2%	2.56%
2032	2,267,025	26,311,946	2.21%	2.51%
2033	2,315,991	26,960,073	2.16%	2.46%
2034	2,364,847	27,611,621	2.11%	2.42%
2035	2,414,263	28,266,887	2.09%	2.37%
2036	2,463,880	28,925,103	2.06%	2.33%
2037	2,513,955	29,583,482	2.03%	2.28%
2038	2,564,843	30,240,549	2.02%	2.22%
2039	2,615,417	30,895,586	1.97%	2.17%
2040	2,665,575	31,550,394	1.92%	2.12%
2041	2,715,477	32,204,340	1.87%	2.07%
2042	2,764,764	32,856,596	1.82%	2.03%
2043	2,813,769	33,510,500	1.77%	1.99%
2044	2,862,511	34,165,920	1.73%	1.96%
2045	2,911,227	34,821,101	1.7%	1.92%
2046	2,959,088	35,475,795	1.64%	1.88%
2047	3,005,551	36,129,270	1.57%	1.84%
2048	3,051,480	36,782,260	1.53%	1.81%
2049	3,097,625	37,434,667	1.51%	1.77%
2050	3,143,719	38,083,369	1.49%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 506,556 people (a 53.5% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Equatorial Guinea gained 521,483 (a 35.9% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 155th most populous country in 2005 and is 148th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.