| People | Equatorial Guinea |
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Population:
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668,225 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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24 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 40% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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MALABO (capital) 128,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 41.5% (male 140,946/female 136,294)
15-64 years: 54.4% (male 179,141/female 184,358)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 11,880/female 15,606) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 19.1 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 19.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.641% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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35.43 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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9.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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280 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 77.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 78.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 76.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 62.37 years
male: 61.4 years
female: 63.36 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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4.91 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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2.2% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.3 physicians/1,000 population (2004) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.92 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 45% of population
rural: 42% of population
total: 43% of population
unimproved:
urban: 55% of population
rural: 58% of population
total: 57% of population (2000) |
Sanitation facility access:
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void |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria and yellow fever
animal contact disease: rabies (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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5% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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20,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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10.6% (2004) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s)
adjective: Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean |
Ethnic groups:
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Fang 85.7%, Bubi 6.5%, Mdowe 3.6%, Annobon 1.6%, Bujeba 1.1%, other 1.4% (1994 census) |
Religions:
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nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices |
Languages:
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Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) 32.4% (1994 census) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87%
male: 93.4%
female: 80.5% (2000 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2002) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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0.6% of GDP (2003) |
People - note:
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void |
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