Sub-Saharan Africa

A life that begins in Equatorial Guinea

One in every 2,307 babies in the world is born here: about 58,141 a year, 0.11 a minute.

Population: 1,938,431
Births a year: 58,141
Life expectancy: 64.1
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 68

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
65.9
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
62.2
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
47.6
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
68
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
174
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
≈ 1.5
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
≈ 10
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
6.6
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
27.2
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
≈ 5.2
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
4.12
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
30
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
43
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
18
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
2
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 31.9
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$13,786
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
39
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
8.8
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
8.3
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
55
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
53
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
66
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
72
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
65
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
65
World: 91
Internet users (%)
63
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
≈ 4.39
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.02
World: 0.34

≈ Estimated from the region

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 42.8 → 2026: 64.1 → 2050: 68.6

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 266 → 2026: 64 → 2050: 27

World

Children per woman

1960: 5.7 → 2026: 3.9 → 2050: 2.7

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 26 → 2026: 72 → 2050: 74

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Equatorial Guinea comes up about once in every 2,307 lives.

Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.