Share of the population that is female in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Share of the population that is female was 47.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of the population that is female in Equatorial Guinea, 1960–2025
Source: United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of the population that is female in Equatorial Guinea is 47.3%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population that is female in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 51.7% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 47.0%, in 2019.
That places Equatorial Guinea 203rd out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.3% | 51.2% | 51.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 51.5% | 51.3% | 51.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 51.4% | 51.2% | 51.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 50.6% | 49.9% | 51.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.8% | 47.9% | 49.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.3% | 47.0% | 47.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.2% | 47.1% | 47.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More gender data for Equatorial Guinea
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 27,111 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 27,774 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 26,090 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 26,693 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 25,351 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 25,913 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 25,069 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 25,604 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 24,834 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 25,350 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that is female in Equatorial Guinea?
- Share of the population that is female in Equatorial Guinea was 47.3% in 2025, according to United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population that is female recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 51.7% in 1980.
- What is the lowest share of the population that is female recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.0% in 2019.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for share of the population that is female?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 203rd out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of the population that is female rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population that is female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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