Equatorial Guinea

Urban population in Equatorial Guinea

Urban population in Equatorial Guinea: 15.8% in 1950 and 71.6% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025
71.6%
Since 1950
+55.8 percentage points
Rank, 2025
89 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2050
74.2%
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
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% of people · UN

Urban population in Equatorial GuineaUrban population in Equatorial Guinea: 15.8% in 1950 and 71.6% in 2025, by UN estimates. The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 74.2% in 2050.
Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 74.2% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearEquatorial Guinea
202571.6
202471.4
202371.1
202270.9
202170.6
202070.4
201970.1
201869.8
201769.6
201669.3
201569
201465.6
201362.2
201259
201156
201053.1
200950.5
200848
200745.9
200643.9
200542.3
200440.9
200339.9
200239.2
200138.9
200038.8
199938.8
199838.8
199738.8
199638.8
199538.8
199438.8
199338.5
199237.7
199136.5
199035
198933.4
198831.7
198730.1
198628.6
198527.4
198426.6
198326.3
198226.3
198126.3
198026.3
197926.3
197826.2
197726.2
197626.2
197526.2
197426.2
197326.2
197226.2
197126.2
197026.2
196926.2
196826.2
196726.2
196626.2
196526.2
196426.2
196326.2
196226.1
196126.1
196026
195925.7
195825.1
195724.2
195623.2
195522
195420.8
195319.5
195218.2
195117
195015.8
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearEquatorial Guinea
202671.8
202772
202872.2
202972.4
203072.5
203172.7
203272.8
203373
203473.1
203573.3
203673.4
203773.5
203873.6
203973.7
204073.8
204173.8
204273.9
204374
204474
204574.1
204674.1
204774.1
204874.2
204974.2
205074.2

Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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