Urban population rose 3.05% to 1.20 mil in Equatorial Guinea in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Equatorial Guinea reached an all time high of 1.20 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.068 mil in 1960. When compared to Equatorial Guinea's main peers, urban population in Cameroon amounted to 15.8 mil, 3.98 mil in Congo, 2.12 mil in Gabon and 113 mil in Nigeria in 2021.
Equatorial Guinea has been ranked 148th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Angola | mil | 20.5 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 23.3 | 24.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | mil | 5.86 | 6.09 | 6.33 | 6.57 | 6.82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | mil | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 15.7 | 16.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | mil | 2.02 | 2.07 | 2.12 | 2.18 | 2.20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | mil | 3.73 | 3.88 | 4.05 | 4.24 | 4.44 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | mil | 40.0 | 41.9 | 43.8 | 45.8 | 48.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (ROC) | mil | 3.67 | 3.78 | 3.90 | 4.02 | 4.15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | mil | 1.17 | 1.21 | 1.25 | 1.29 | 1.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | mil | 1.98 | 2.04 | 2.09 | 2.15 | 2.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 3.64 | 3.79 | 3.94 | 4.10 | 4.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | mil | 103 | 107 | 111 | 115 | 119 |