Equatorial Guinea 
Facts
Population:
486,060 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
42.56% (male 103,909; female 102,946)
15-64 years:
53.68% (male 124,808; female 136,088)
65 years and over:
3.76% (male 8,178; female 10,131) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.46% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
37.72 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
13.11 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.81 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
92.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
53.95 years
male:
51.89 years
female:
56.07 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.88 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.51% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1,100 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
120 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s)
adjective:
Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean
Ethnic groups:
Bioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos), Rio Muni (primarily Fang), Europeans less than 1,000, mostly Spanish
Religions:
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
Languages:
Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
78.5%
male:
89.6%
female:
68.1% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $960 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
12% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
20%
industry:
60%
services:
20% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6% (1999 est.)
Labor force:
NA
Unemployment rate:
30% (1998 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$47 million
expenditures:
$43 million, including capital expenditures of $7 million (1996 est.)
Industries:
petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas
Industrial production growth rate:
7.4% (1994 est.)
Electricity - production:
21 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
85.71%
hydro:
14.29%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
19.5 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber
Exports:
$860 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum, timber, cocoa
Exports - partners:
US 62%, Spain 17%, China 9%, France 3%, Japan 3%, (1997)
Imports:
$300 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods and equipment
Imports - partners:
US 35%, France 15%, Spain 10%, Cameroon 10%, UK 6% (1997)
Debt - external:
$290 million (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$33.8 million (1995)
Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States
Currency code:
XAF
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 699.21 (January 2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1996); note - from 1 January 1999, the XAF is pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XAF per euro
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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