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Equatorial Guinea
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is a country in Middle Africa. Its capital city is Malabo. About 1.3 million people live there, in an area of 28 051 square kilometres.
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Where is Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea lies in Middle Africa, on the continent of Africa.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 223 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 296 km long.
It shares a border with 2 countries: Cameroon and Gabon.
How big is Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea covers 28 051 square kilometres.
That is about 11 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 141st largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 46.7 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Equatorial Guinea?
About 1.3 million people live in Equatorial Guinea.
That is the 151st biggest population in the world.
People here speak French, Portuguese and Spanish.
They pay with the Central African CFA franc (Fr).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 54 years.
The land of Equatorial Guinea
The land in Equatorial Guinea sits on average 577 metres above sea level.
Its coast runs for about 296 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 15 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Equatorial Guinea different?
Websites from here often end in .gq.
Equatorial Guinea and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.2 live in Equatorial Guinea.
It takes up about 0.02 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Africa it is the 44th largest of 54 countries, and the 47th most populated.
That is close to the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Equatorial Guinea and its neighbours
Cameroon, its largest neighbour, is about 16.9 times bigger.
Cameroon has more people: 25.2 million against 1.3 million.
Nature and animals
Of the animals on this site, 1 live wild in Equatorial Guinea: Gorilla.
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Questions children ask
What is the capital of Equatorial Guinea?
The capital of Equatorial Guinea is Malabo. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Equatorial Guinea?
About 1.3 million people live in Equatorial Guinea, which makes it the 151st most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea borders Cameroon and Gabon — 2 neighbours in total.
How big is Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea covers 28 051 square kilometres, making it the 141st largest country in the world. That is about 11 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Equatorial Guinea in?
Equatorial Guinea is in Africa, in the part called Middle Africa.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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