Equatorial Guinea 
Facts
Population: 551,201 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 41.5% (male 114,816/female 113,688)
15-64 years: 54.8% (male 145,740/female 156,097)
65 years and over: 3.8% (male 8,957/female 11,903) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.015% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 35.16 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 15.01 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.934 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.752 male(s)/female
total population: 0.957 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 87.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 93.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 49.51 years
male: 48.11 years
female: 50.95 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 4.48 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 3.4% (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 5,900 (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 370 (2001 est.).
Nationality: noun: Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s)
adjective: Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean.
Ethnic groups: Fang 85.7%, Bubi 6.5%, Mdowe 3.6%, Annobon 1.6%, Bujeba 1.1%, other 1.4% (1994 census).
Religions: nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices.
Languages: Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census).
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.7%
male: 93.3%
female: 78.4% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $25.69 billion (2005 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 18.6% (2005 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $50,200 (2005 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2.8%
industry: 92.6%
services: 4.5% (2006 est.).
Labor force: NA.
Population below poverty line: NA%.
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.2% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 30% (1998 est.).
Budget: revenues: $2.752 billion
expenditures: $1.424 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber.
Industries: petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas.
Industrial production growth rate: 30% (2002 est.).
Electricity - production: 26 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 24.18 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $8.961 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa.
Exports - partners: US 24.6%, China 21.8%, Spain 10.8%, Canada 7.3%, Taiwan 7.2%, Portugal 5.5%, Netherlands 5.2%, Brazil 4.6%, France 4% (2005).
Imports: $2.543 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: petroleum sector equipment, other equipment.
Imports - partners: US 24.5%, Italy 20.6%, France 12.1%, Spain 10.8%, Cote d'Ivoire 8.6%, UK 6.9% (2005).
Debt - external: $289 million (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $NA.
Currency (code): Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States.
Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 522.4 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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