Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Ciudad de la Paz
- Region
- Africa, Middle Africa
- Population
- 1,938,431 (2025)
- Area
- 28,051 km²
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
- Languages
- Spanish, French, Portuguese
- Calling code
- +240
- Internet domain
- .gq
- ISO codes
- GQ, GNQ, 226
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
Land and position
Equatorial Guinea covers about 28,051 square kilometres. By area it ranks 147th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Solomon Islands and a little larger than Burundi. It shares a land border with 2 neighbours: Cameroon, Gabon. Its centre lies at about 2° north, 10° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 1.94 million people live in Equatorial Guinea (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 150th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 69 people to each square kilometre. About 72 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 64 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Spanish, French, Portuguese. A person from Equatorial Guinea is called Equatorial Guinean.
Money and economy
The currency is the Central African CFA franc (code XAF, symbol Fr). It is also the main currency of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Gabon. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 12.8 billion (2025), which is about US$ 6,615 for each person (2025).
Time
Equatorial Guinea uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Africa/Malabo). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Bata | 173,046 |
| Malabo | 155,963 |
| Ebebiyin | 24,831 |
| Añisoc | 16,626 |
| Aconibe | 16,543 |
| Ciudad de la Paz | 2,000 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Middle Africa
Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.