Africa · Middle Africa
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea covers about 26,700 km² (10,300 mi²), the 148th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Haiti, at about 26,900 km².
- 26,700km²Area, main territory
- 1.8 millionPopulation
- 0.87In Belgiums
200 km
- Equatorial Guinea
Facts
| Area, main territory | 26,700 km²10,300 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 28,100 km²Wikidata · 4.9% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.87 |
| Capital | Ciudad de la Paz |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 69 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 1°S to 4°N |
| In other languages | Guinea Ecuatorial Español · Äquatorialguinea Deutsch · Guinée équatoriale Français · Guiné Equatorial Português · 赤道ギニア 日本語 · 赤道几内亚 中文 · 적도 기니 한국어 |
| Continent | Africa#47 of 54 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Equatorial Guinea
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 637× the size of Equatorial Guinea.
- At 69 people per km², Equatorial Guinea is the 99th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Equatorial Guinea lies at 2°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Equatorial Guinea's main territory stretches about 583 km north to south and 636 km east to west.
- Our measured 26,700 km² is 4.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 28,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
How Equatorial Guinea measures up
Equatorial Guinea holds 0.1% of the land area and 0.1% of the people of the 54 countries listed for Africa. In Middle Africa it is the 8th largest of 9.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 26,700 km² | 147th of 239 |
| Population | 1.8 million | 150th of 237 |
| Density | 69 per km² | 99th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 1.7°N | 166th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Equatorial Guinea is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.87× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.11× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.07× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.07× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.05× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 318 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 354 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 637 its size |
Where Equatorial Guinea sits
- Equatorial Guinea's centre lies at 1.7°N, 10.3°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 190 km from the equator.
- It straddles the equator, spanning 1°S to 4°N.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Equatorial Guinea had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Equatorial Guinea would have 33.4 million people. It has 1.8 million.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Equatorial Guinea would have 99,000 people. It has 1.8 million.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 1.9 million.
About the same size as
Largest in Africa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo2,325,000 km²
- Algeria2,309,000 km²
- Sudan1,856,000 km²
- Libya1,624,000 km²
- Chad1,266,000 km²
- Equatorial Guinea#47 · 26,700 km²
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11