Equatorial Guinea
Life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea
Life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea: 40.1 years in 1950 and 63.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 63.7 years
- Since 1950
- +23.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 206 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 75.4 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 75.4 years in 2100, between 61.8 years and 86.7 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 63.7 years in 2023, the lowest 30.5 years in 1976.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Equatorial Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 63.7 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 63.4 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 62.5 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 62.1 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 62.3 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 61.9 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 61.5 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 61.1 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 60.6 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 60.2 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 59.8 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 59.3 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 58.8 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 58.3 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 57.9 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 57.4 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 56.9 | 69 |
| 2006 | 56.4 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 55.8 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 55.3 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 54.8 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 54.3 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 53.8 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 53.4 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 53 | 66 |
| 1998 | 52.7 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 52.4 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 52.1 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 51.9 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 51.8 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 51.7 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 51.6 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 51.5 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 51.4 | 64 |
| 1989 | 51.3 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 51.2 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 51 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 50.9 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 50.6 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 50.2 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 50.1 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 49.7 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 49.1 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 48.8 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 43 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 42.3 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 42 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 30.5 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 37.3 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 41.5 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 44.7 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 44.4 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 37.2 | 56 |
| 1970 | 31.1 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 31 | 56 |
| 1968 | 44.9 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 44.6 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 44.3 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 44.1 | 54 |
| 1964 | 43.8 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 43.5 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 43.3 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 43 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 42.7 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 42.5 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 42.2 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 41.9 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 41.7 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 41.4 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 41.2 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 40.9 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 40.6 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 40.4 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 40.1 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Equatorial Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 63.962.5–65.4 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 64.162–66.3 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 64.361.8–66.9 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 64.561.4–67.4 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 64.761.3–67.9 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 64.961.2–68.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 65.161–68.9 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 65.260.8–69.3 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 65.460.9–69.7 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 65.660.7–70.2 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 65.860.4–70.7 | 75 |
| 2035 | 6660.3–71.1 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 66.160.4–71.5 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 66.360.5–72 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 66.560.3–72.2 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 66.660.3–72.8 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 66.860.4–73.1 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 6760.5–73.4 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 67.160.3–73.7 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 67.360.5–74.2 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 67.560.2–74.5 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 67.660–74.9 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 67.860–75.3 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 6860.1–75.4 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 68.160.1–75.6 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 68.360.5–75.7 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 68.460.2–76 | 77 |
| 2051 | 68.660.3–76.5 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 68.760.5–76.9 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 68.960.3–77 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 6960.5–77.3 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 69.260.4–77.6 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 69.360.4–77.6 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 69.560.1–77.9 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 69.660.4–78.2 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 69.860.3–78.3 | 78 |
| 2060 | 69.960.5–78.5 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 7060.5–78.7 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 70.260.3–78.9 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 70.360.6–79.2 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 70.560.9–79.6 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 70.660.9–79.7 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 70.760.9–79.8 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 70.960.9–80.2 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 7160.9–80.6 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 71.261–80.6 | 79 |
| 2070 | 71.361–80.9 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 71.461–81 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 71.661.1–81.4 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 71.760.9–81.6 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 71.961.1–81.8 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 7261.3–82 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 72.161.6–82.3 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 72.361–82.5 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 72.461.2–82.7 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 72.661.2–83.1 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 72.761.4–83.1 | 80 |
| 2081 | 72.861.5–83.4 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 7361.6–83.6 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 73.161.7–83.8 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 73.361.6–83.8 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 73.461.6–84 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 73.561.6–84.2 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 73.761.9–84.6 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 73.861.7–84.6 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 73.962–84.8 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 74.161.9–85.2 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 74.261.7–85.4 | 81 |
| 2092 | 74.361.7–85.4 | 81 |
| 2093 | 74.562.2–85.9 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 74.662.1–85.9 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 74.762.3–86 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 74.862.4–86.1 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 7562.2–86.1 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 75.162.1–86.4 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 75.362–86.3 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 75.461.8–86.7 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Equatorial Guinea in numbers
Every measure for Equatorial Guinea on one page
Health
People
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending0.9% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$113M in 2025
- Military spending per person$63 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.16% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports12 million TIV in 2024