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.