Equatorial Guinea--People
CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Equatorial Guinea People

Population: 399,055 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.6% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 41.1 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 15.11 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 104.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 51.63 years male: 49.56 years female: 53.76 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 5.33 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s) adjective: Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean

Ethnic divisions: Bioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos), Rio Muni (primarily Fang), Europeans less than 1,000, mostly Spanish

Religions: nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices

Languages: Spanish (official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 50% male: 64% female: 37%

Labor force: 172,000 (1986 est.)

by occupation: agriculture 66%, services 23%, industry 11% (1980)

note: labor shortages on plantations; 58% of population of working age (1985)