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

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.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.