Equatorial Guinea
Malabo · Central Africa
Equatorial Guinea is a country in Africa. Its capital city is Malabo, the official currency is the Central African CFA Franc, and the main language is Spanish.
With a population of roughly 1.7 million people spread over 28,051 km², Equatorial Guinea is the 149th most populous country in the world and the 141st largest by area. That works out at about 61 people per square kilometre.
Equatorial Guinea shares land borders with Cameroon and Gabon — 2 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Bata, Malabo and Ebebiyín. The highest point in the country is Pico Basilé, at 3,011 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Burundi, while its population is closest to that of Bahrain.
- Capital
- Malabo
- Region
- Central Africa
- Population
- 1,700,000
- Area
- 28,051 km²
- Currency
- Central African CFA Franc
- Main language
- Spanish
- Highest point
- Pico Basilé
3,011 m - Land borders
- 2
Equatorial Guinea: things worth knowing
- Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state where Spanish is an official language.
- Its capital, Malabo, sits on the island of Bioko rather than the mainland.
- Oil discoveries in the 1990s transformed it into one of Africa's largest per-capita oil producers.
Equatorial Guinea in context
Africa has 54 sovereign countries in total. Equatorial Guinea ranks 47th among them by population.
See the full list of Africa countries, or browse all 195 countries.