Population 454,001 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 43% (male 97,993; female 97,470)
15-64 years: 53% (male 114,960; female 126,453)
65 years and over: 4% (male 7,597; female 9,528) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 2.56% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 38.9 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 13.32 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 93.45 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 53.93 years
male: 51.61 years
female: 56.31 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 5.06 children born/woman (1998 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.)

NOTE: The information regarding Equatorial Guinea on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Equatorial Guinea People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Equatorial Guinea People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.