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Equatorial Guinea: map and facts

Equatorial Guinea is in Middle Africa. It has about 1.94 million people (2025), the 146th largest population. It covers 28,052 km², the 141st largest by area. That is about 69 people per km². Its highest point is Pico Basilé, at 3,011 m. The longest river on its map is the Mbini, 365 km from source to mouth.

Facts

• Population: 1,938,431 (2025, World Bank)
• Area: 28,052 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 26,800 km².
• Capital: Ciudad de la Paz
• Highest point: Pico Basilé, 3,011 m (Wikidata)
• Forest: 86.1% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Rivers

The longest rivers on the map of Equatorial Guinea, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):

• Mbini: 365 km

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

• Pico Basilé: 3,011 m (its highest point)
• Monte Mitra: 1,200 m

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 87.6%, wooded savanna 9.9%, wetland 1%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 40.6%, plateaus 31.7%, mountains 15.2%, plains 12.5%.

Forests covered 86.1% of its land in 2024, down from 96.2% in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

Equatorial Guinea shares land borders with Cameroon and Gabon on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

• Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
• GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
• Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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