Equatorial Guinea
Guinea Ecuatorial
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state in which Spanish is an official language. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.8%
- people aged 65 or older
- 73K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 6.2%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.8 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 11.3%
- women 13.1%, men 10%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2000
Languages
12 languages, 7 of them endangered
- BengaSeverely endangered
- BubeSeverely endangered
- GyeleDefinitely endangered
- NohoDefinitely endangered
- YasaDefinitely endangered
- LengueVulnerable
- SekiVulnerable
- Annobonese Creole
- Fang
- Kombe
- Kwasio
- Pichinglis
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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