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Equatorial Guinea

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 Location: Central Africa
Bordering countries: Cameroon and Gabon
Area: 28,051 sq. km
Population statistics (based on United Nations sources):
  • Total: 442,000 (1999)
  • Growth rate: 2.68
  • Ratio of males per 100 females: 97.0
  • Age structure (1995 figures)
    • Percentage aged 0-4 : 17.4
    • Percentage aged 5-14 : 25.8
    • Percentage aged 15-24 : 18.2
    • Percentage aged 25-60 : 28.4
    • Percentage aged 60-over : 10.2
  • Population density: 14 per sq. km

Literacy rate: 81.1% (1998)
GNP in US$ billions: 0.5 (1998)
GNP per capita in US$: 1,110 (1998)
Human Development Index value: 0.555 (1998)
Human Development Index rank: 131 of 174 countries
Gender-related Development Index value: 0.542 (1998)
Gender-related Development Index rank: 109 of 174 countries

 

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The Republic of Equatorial Guinea consists of a mainland enclave between Cameroon and Gabon and two islands on the Atlantic Ocean. This fragmented country covers an area of 28,051 square kilometers and has a population of over 430,000 people, out of which 67% live in the rural areas.  Most of the 90,000 islanders live in Malabo, the capital city of Equatorial Guinea.  A former Spanish colony, it gained its independence on October 1968, and it remains to-date the only country in Africa with Spanish as an official language.

Farming, forestry and fishing are the major components of GDP. The discovery and exploitation of large oil reserves have contributed to dramatic economic growth in recent years. However, Equatorial Guinea has a tradition of successive dictatorial regimes, and a number of aid programs sponsored by the World Bank and the IMF have been cut off since 1993 because of the government's gross corruption and mismanagement. The country responded favorably to the devaluation of the CFA franc in January 1994.

In 1999, Equatorial Guinea has about 5,600 telephone lines connecting over 440,000 people, giving a density of about 1.29 per hundred people.

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