Economy · Urban population · Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea’s urban population rose to 71.6% of population in 2025.
71.6% of population
2025
Up 0.22 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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71.6% of population
What it is. Urban population is the share of all residents who live in places classed as urban. Each country sets its own definition of urban, usually by settlement size, density or administrative status, so national figures are not built on a single common yardstick. The measure describes where people live and says nothing about the quality of housing, jobs or services in those places.
Neither way is good in itself. A higher or lower urban share is not good or bad in itself, because it describes how a population is distributed and carries no judgement on how well people live. The latest figure, for 2025, is 71.6% of population, up from 71.4% a year earlier, a rise of 0.22 percentage points. Since 2016 the share has ranged from 69.3% of population at the start of that span to 71.6% of population now, so the current reading is the highest in its window. The climb has been gradual, with the urban share edging up year by year.
Why it matters. With about seven in ten residents living in urban areas, most households in Equatorial Guinea depend on town and city housing, water, power and transport. Public services and private firms serving those places reach the majority of the population. Each further small rise in the share adds to the number of people who rely on urban infrastructure.
| Period | Urban population · Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 69.3% of population |
| 2017 | 69.6% of population |
| 2018 | 69.8% of population |
| 2019 | 70.1% of population |
| 2020 | 70.4% of population |
| 2021 | 70.6% of population |
| 2022 | 70.9% of population |
| 2023 | 71.1% of population |
| 2024 | 71.4% of population |
| 2025 | 71.6% of population |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Urban population, Equatorial Guinea, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/urban-population/equatorial-guinea
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Share of the population living in urban areas. Unit: % of population.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.