Equatorial Guinea
Republic of Equatorial Guinea · Guinée équatoriale · Guiné Equatorial · Guinea Ecuatorial
Equatorial Guinea (GQ, GNQ) is a country in Middle Africa, with Malabo as its capital. The currency is the Central African CFA Franc (XAF, FCFA). The international dialling code is +240; mobile numbers are written like 222 123 456. The time zone is Africa/Malabo. Official languages: Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
CurrencyXAFFCFA
Dial code+240e.g. 222 123 456
Time zoneMalaboUTC+01:00
LanguageSpanish+2 more
CapitalMalabo
Population1.8M28.1K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Equatorial Guinea
- Native name
- Guinée équatoriale · Guiné Equatorial · Guinea Ecuatorial
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- GQ
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- GNQ
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 226
- IOC code
- GEQ
- Demonym
- Equatorial Guinean
- Capital
- Malabo
- Region
- Africa › Middle Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Middle Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .gq
- Coordinates
- 2, 10
- Area
- 28,051 km²
- Population
- 1,795,830
- GDP
- $28.9B ($16.1K per person)
- Literacy
- 94.2%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Central African CFA Franc XAF
- Symbol
- FCFA
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- FCFA 1235
Former currencies: GQE
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish es | Official | 87% (1.6M) | |
| French fr | Official | 29% (520.8K) | |
| Portuguese pt | Official | 0.0001% (1.8) | |
| Fang fan | 51% (915.9K) | ||
| bvb bvb | 7.9% (141.9K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Malabo | UTC+01:00 | none | West Africa Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +240
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 9 digits
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 333 091 234 | +240 333 091 234 | XXX XXX XXX | 9 |
| Mobile | 222 123 456 | +240 222 123 456 | XXX XXX XXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 800 123456 | +240 800 123456 | XXX XXXXXX | 9 |
| Premium rate | 900 123456 | +240 900 123456 | XXX XXXXXX | 9 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | [235] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{6}) | [89] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Spanish (Equatorial Guinea) locale (es-GQ), amounts in XAF.
- Number
- 1.234.567,891
- Percent
- 45,7 %
- Currency (XAF)
- FCFA 1.234.568
- Accounting
- -FCFA 1.234.568
- Currency, name
- 1.234.568 francos CFA de África Central
- Compact short
- 1,2 M
- Compact long
- 1,2 millones
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilómetros por hora
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- viernes, 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, long
- 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/3/26
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 mar 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- marzo de 2026
- Weekday
- viernes
- Relative time
- ayer · dentro de 3 días · hace 2 horas
- List: and
- A, B y C
- List: or
- A, B o C