Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau: Population
Equatorial Guinea
1.85 million people
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau
2.15 million people
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
151st
Guinea-Bissau rank
148th
Population over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 2.15 million people against 1.85 million people in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 305,780 people.
That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.2 times Equatorial Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 151st and Guinea-Bissau ranks 148th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 16 and Guinea-Bissau in 24.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 55,434 people | 42,620 people | 12,814 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1100s | 55,434 people | 48,709 people | 6,725 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1200s | 55,434 people | 55,667 people | 233 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1300s | 83,151 people | 63,620 people | 19,531 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1400s | 97,010 people | 72,708 people | 24,302 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1500s | 110,868 people | 83,095 people | 27,773 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1600s | 117,797 people | 94,966 people | 22,831 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1700s | 124,727 people | 108,533 people | 16,194 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1710s | 125,250 people | 110,208 people | 15,042 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1720s | 125,879 people | 111,981 people | 13,898 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1730s | 126,545 people | 113,862 people | 12,683 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1740s | 127,252 people | 115,864 people | 11,388 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1750s | 128,005 people | 117,999 people | 10,006 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1760s | 128,810 people | 120,284 people | 8,526 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1770s | 129,675 people | 122,739 people | 6,936 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1780s | 130,607 people | 125,386 people | 5,221 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1790s | 131,620 people | 128,253 people | 3,367 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1800s | 80,377 people | 218,167 people | 137,790 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1810s | 80,393 people | 218,162 people | 137,769 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1820s | 84,165 people | 216,982 people | 132,817 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1830s | 92,902 people | 214,433 people | 121,531 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1840s | 102,615 people | 211,911 people | 109,296 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1850s | 111,442 people | 214,623 people | 103,180 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1860s | 118,719 people | 224,790 people | 106,072 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1870s | 127,010 people | 240,008 people | 112,998 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1880s | 136,562 people | 260,325 people | 123,762 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1890s | 139,030 people | 282,388 people | 143,358 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1900s | 129,808 people | 306,273 people | 176,464 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1910s | 119,989 people | 330,565 people | 210,576 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1920s | 123,304 people | 366,971 people | 243,666 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1930s | 139,558 people | 423,676 people | 284,118 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1940s | 183,278 people | 495,929 people | 312,651 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1950s | 245,377 people | 561,418 people | 316,041 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1960s | 295,925 people | 580,338 people | 284,413 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1970s | 294,560 people | 666,196 people | 371,636 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 373,178 people | 891,734 people | 518,556 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 564,783 people | 1.10 million people | 532,238 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 919,287 people | 1.37 million people | 452,320 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 1.43 million people | 1.76 million people | 336,668 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 1.78 million people | 2.08 million people | 301,148 people | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population, Equatorial Guinea or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 2.15 million people against 1.85 million people in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population between Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?
- 305,780 people, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for population?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 151st and Guinea-Bissau ranks 148th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.