Which has higher population, Equatorial Guinea or Guinea-Bissau?

Guinea-Bissau, at 2.20 million against 1.89 million in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.

What is the difference in population between Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?

308,830, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

International Monetary Fund, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau: Population

Equatorial Guinea

1.89 million

in 2024

Guinea-Bissau

2.20 million

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea rank

144th

Guinea-Bissau rank

142nd

Population over time

Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 2.20 million against 1.89 million in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 308,830.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.2 times Equatorial Guinea's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Guinea-Bissau has been ahead every year.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 144th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 142nd of 186 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1960s	295,916	580,330	284,414	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	294,553	666,190	371,636	Guinea-Bissau
1980s	373,169	891,727	518,558	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	564,776	1.10 million	532,239	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	919,280	1.37 million	452,319	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	1.43 million	1.76 million	336,667	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	1.80 million	2.11 million	302,690	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 2.20 million against 1.89 million in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in population between Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?: 308,830, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for population?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 144th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 142nd of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?: International Monetary Fund, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population
Source: International Monetary Fund
Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 186 places, 12,090 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 18 August 2026

Data on Gender-disaggregated on selected population characteristics.