FACTS ABOUT EQUATORIAL GUINEA'S POPULATION
POPULATION: 704,001 DENSITY (people per sq. km): 19.1 NET MIGRATION RATE (number per 1000 people): 0 BIRTH RATE (number per 1000 people): 34.35 DEATH RATE (number per 1000 people): 8.59 RATE OF NATURAL INCREASE: 26.74% POPULATION GROWTH RATE: 2.58% INFANT MORTALITY RATE (number of deaths per 1000 live births): 73.12 TOTAL FERTILITY RATE (average number of children per woman): 4.74 POPULATION UNDER THE AGE OF 15: 41% POPULATION OVER THE AGE OF 65: 4.1% DEPENDENCY RATE: 45.2% LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (TOTAL): 63.12 years LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (FEMALES): 64.18 years LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (MALES): 62.09 years PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE (FEMALES): 46% PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE (MALES): 48% SECONDARY ENROLLMENT NET (FEMALES): <1% SECONDARY ENROLLMENT NET (MALES): <1% GNI PPP PER CAPITA IN US$: $26,400 POPULATION LIVING BELOW US$2 PER DAY: 76.8% ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE FEMALES 15+: 81% ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE MALES 15+: 92% MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS (number per 100): 68 MOTOR VEHICLES (number per 1000): 13 UNDERNOURISHED POPULATION: 18% UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5: 10.6% HIV/AIDS AMONG PEOPLE AGES 15-49: 5% |
Equatorial Guinea is currently in the second part of stage two in the demographic transition model. In the second part of the demographic transition model, the birth rate is very high, the death rate is low and decreasing, and the total population is increasing. Burkina Faso has a very high birth rate of 34.35 and a low death rate of 8.59. Their population is also predicted to increase.
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