Equatorial Guinea
- Capital
- Malabo
- Population
- 778,000
- Area
- 28,051 km²
- Region
- Middle Africa
- Languages
- French, Portuguese, Spanish
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (Fr)
- Demonym
- Equatorial Guinean
- UN member
- Yes
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
Share of the population that used the internet in the last three months.
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
From the Bubi of Bioko and the Fang of Río Muni, through the Portuguese sighting of Fernando Pó, Spain's cocoa colony and a British anti-slavery base, to independence in 1968, the terror of Macías Nguema, the long rule of his nephew Obiang, and the oil wealth of the 1990s.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.