1) Natural geography
 

Area > Comparative to US places slightly smaller than Maryland
Capital city with population	Malabo - 30,418
Forested Land	62.5%	[18th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	2 00 N, 10 00 E
land border lengths > D-F > Number of neighbours	2	[8th of 14]
land border lengths > D-F > Total Borders	539 km	[10th of 14]
Largest city population	30,000	[161st of 174]
Largest city with population	Malabo - 30,418
northernmost point > Latitude	03°47'N
Population density	16.6 people per sqkm	[189th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	17.95 people/m²	[165th of 204]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land	226.28 people/km² of arable lan	[102nd of 188]
Surface area > sq. km	28,050 km²	[141st of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Pico Basile

SOURCES All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook , City Population , CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer , Official government websites.; FAO; Wikipedia
 List of land border lengths ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook ; Wikipedia
 List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation. ; World Development Indicators database ; Wikipedia
 List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial, Guinea Ecuatorial

Environment
 

Adjusted savings  carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.22 % of GNI	[147th of 179]
Areas under protection	0	[147th of 146]
CO2 Emissions	715.9	[142nd of 178]
CO2 emissions > kt	164.84 kt	[184th of 195]
Forest area > % of land area	58.18 % of land area	[26th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	16,320 km²	[111st of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.11	[114th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	16%	[29th of 124]
Known breeding bird species	172	[102nd of 146]
Known mammal species	184	[50th of 145]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	12.49 mcg/m³	[173rd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	177	[152nd of 199]
Threatened species	21	[90th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	12	[68th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	26 cu km	[8th of 31]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.22 %	[84th of 114]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	65.23 %	[19th of 114]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.51 %	[96th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.33 %	[109th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	23.18 %	[1st of 114]

SOURCES  World Development Indicators database ; World Resources Institute ; World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC
 World Resources Institute; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook ; Jacaranda Atlas

ALTERNATIVE NAMES  Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial, Guinea Ecuatorial


2) Human geography

Age distribution
 

Equatorial Guinea Population Pyramid for 1990

Age and sex distribution for the year 1990:

 

Equatorial Guinea Population Pyramid for 1995

Age and sex distribution for the year 1995:

 

Equatorial Guinea Population Pyramid for 2000

Age and sex distribution for the year 2000:

 

Equatorial Guinea Population Pyramid for 2003

Age and sex distribution for the year 2003:

 

Equatorial Guinea Population Pyramid for 2005

Age and sex distribution for the year 2005:

 

Equatorial Guinea Population Pyramid for 2010

Age and sex distribution for the year 2010:

 

Equatorial Guinea Population Pyramid for 2020

Predicted age and sex distribution for the year 2020:

 

Equatorial Guinea Population Pyramid for 2050

Predicted age and sex distribution for the year 2050:



Source US Census Bureau July 17, 2003

Labor
 

Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19	54.45	[37th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24	69.72	[110th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29	70.49	[147th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59	72.68	[51st of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24	94.75	[2nd of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34	96.56	[123rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	49.65	[58th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24	45.02	[144th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus	20.79	[56th of 167]
Female economic activity	45.7%	[106th of 156]
Female economic activity growth	1%	[97th of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages	132.9 weeks of wages	[10th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64	52.21 %	[124th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64	72.59 %	[63rd of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force	36.82 %	[142nd of 184]
force, total	196,849.1	[161st of 184]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave	12 weeks
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date	August 13, 2001
Rigidity of employment index	66	[10th of 166]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$	1,000,000 $	[117th of 156]

SOURCES Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details; ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; World Development Indicators database ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; Wikipedia; Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial, Guinea Ecuatorial

People
 

Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population	0.94	[14th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years	41.7	[46th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	54.5	[188th of 226]
Gender development	0.669	[90th of 141]
Percentage living in rural areas.	52%	[75th of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas	48%	[124th of 199]
Population > CIA Factbook	616,459	[164th of 240]
Population ages 0-14 > % of total	44.39 %	[17th of 185]
Rural population	307,650.1	[151st of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	0.93	[207th of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total	0.96	[151st of 215]
Total Population	540,109	[165th of 227]
Total Population > Female	276,226	[164th of 227]
Total Population > Male	263,883	[165th of 227]
Urban population	195,868.9	[167th of 195]
Urban population growth > annual %	2.32 annual %	[85th of 195]
Urbanization	49	[125th of 204]
Urbanization in 2015	61.4%	[86th of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	80	[98th of 144]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	104	[140th of 173]

SOURCES World Development Indicators database ; CIA World Factbook , 28 July 2005; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial, Guinea Ecuatorial

Mortality
 

Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people	20.55 per 1,000 people	[10th of 195]
rate, adult, female > per 1,000 female adults	576.17 per 1,000 female adults	[11th of 185]
rate, adult, male > per 1,000 male adults	571.87 per 1,000 male adults	[11th of 185]
rate, infant > per 1,000 live births	123 per 1,000 live births	[9th of 187]
rate, under-5 > per 1,000	205 per 1,000	[8th of 187]

SOURCES World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial, Guinea Ecuatorial

Immigration
 

immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	1.19	[144th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	6,000	[175th of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	>0.01%
Net migration rate	0 migrant(s)/1,000 populati	[87th of 225]
Refugees > Convention on refugees	7 Feb 1986 a
Refugees > Outflow	1,000	[70th of 76]
US visa lottery winners	1 US visa lottery winners	[165th of 178]

SOURCES Wikipedia; List of countries by immigrant population ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations Treaty Collection; UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). 2002. Correspondence on refugees and internally displaced persons. February. Geneva.; US Department of State; Bureau of Consular Affairs

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial, Guinea Ecuatorial