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Urban population share — Equatorial Guinea

Urban population share in Equatorial Guinea in 2025 — 71.6%. Ranked 82 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 45.5 pp.

2025 71.6% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 82of 217
Period maximum 71.6%2025
Period minimum 26%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Equatorial Guinea, 1960–20252040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 26%1962: 26.1%1964: 26.2%1966: 26.2%1968: 26.2%1970: 26.2%1972: 26.2%1974: 26.2%1976: 26.2%1978: 26.2%1980: 26.3%1982: 26.3%1984: 26.6%1986: 28.6%1988: 31.7%1990: 35%1992: 37.7%1994: 38.8%1996: 38.8%1998: 38.8%2000: 38.8%2002: 39.2%2004: 40.9%2006: 43.9%2008: 48%2010: 53.1%2012: 59%2014: 65.6%2016: 69.3%2018: 69.8%2020: 70.4%2022: 70.9%2024: 71.4%2025: 71.6%
Change over the period: +45.5 pp Annual average: 0.7 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea 71.6%
World 57.8%
Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
Middle Africa computed 50.9%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 69.8%
Urban population share — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 71.6 +0.2 pp
2024 71.4 +0.2 pp
2023 71.1 +0.2 pp
2022 70.9 +0.2 pp
2021 70.6 +0.3 pp
2020 70.4 +0.3 pp
2019 70.1 +0.3 pp
2018 69.8 +0.3 pp
2017 69.6 +0.3 pp
2016 69.3 +0.3 pp
2015 69 +3.4 pp
2014 65.6 +3.3 pp
2013 62.2 +3.2 pp
2012 59 +3 pp
2011 56 +2.9 pp
2010 53.1 +2.6 pp
2009 50.5 +2.4 pp
2008 48 +2.2 pp
2007 45.9 +1.9 pp
2006 43.9 +1.6 pp
2005 42.3 +1.4 pp
2004 40.9 +1 pp
2003 39.9 +0.7 pp
2002 39.2 +0.3 pp
2001 38.9 +0 pp
2000 38.8 +0 pp
1999 38.8 +0 pp
1998 38.8 +0 pp
1997 38.8 +0 pp
1996 38.8 +0 pp
1995 38.8 +0 pp
1994 38.8 +0.3 pp
1993 38.5 +0.8 pp
1992 37.7 +1.2 pp
1991 36.5 +1.5 pp
1990 35 +1.6 pp
1989 33.4 +1.7 pp
1988 31.7 +1.6 pp
1987 30.1 +1.5 pp
1986 28.6 +1.2 pp
1985 27.4 +0.8 pp
1984 26.6 +0.3 pp
1983 26.3 +0 pp
1982 26.3 +0 pp
1981 26.3 +0 pp
1980 26.3 +0 pp
1979 26.3 +0 pp
1978 26.2 +0 pp
1977 26.2 +0 pp
1976 26.2 +0 pp
1975 26.2 +0 pp
1974 26.2 +0 pp
1973 26.2 +0 pp
1972 26.2 +0 pp
1971 26.2 +0 pp
1970 26.2 +0 pp
1969 26.2 +0 pp
1968 26.2 +0 pp
1967 26.2 +0 pp
1966 26.2 +0 pp
1965 26.2 +0 pp
1964 26.2 +0 pp
1963 26.1 +0 pp
1962 26.1 +0 pp
1961 26.1 +0.1 pp
1960 26 —

Middle Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

GA Gabon 92.1 GQ Equatorial Guinea 71.6 AO Angola 71.5 ST Sao Tome and Principe 69.2 CG Republic of the Congo 64.1 CM Cameroon 55.7 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 45.1 CF Central African Republic 44.6 TD Chad 27.6
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About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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