REST Countries

Africa · Middle Africa

Equatorial Guinea

Everything you need to work with Equatorial Guinea country data: capital, population, currencies, languages, and codes, sourced from the REST Countries API and ready to drop into your own project.

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Country facts

Capital Malabo
Population 1,795,834
Region Africa · Middle Africa
Codes GQ · GNQ
Currencies Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Languages French Portuguese Spanish
More data These are just the highlights. The REST Countries API returns 85+ more fields for Equatorial Guinea, including borders, timezones, calling codes, native and translated names, and coordinates. See every field.

Call the Equatorial Guinea country API

Request the full Equatorial Guinea record from the REST Countries API. Copy the snippet for your language and drop in your own API key.

curl "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ?pretty=1" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {{your_api_key}}"
const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ',
  { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}' } }
);
const data = await response.json();
fetch(
  'https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ',
  { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}' } }
)
  .then(function (response) { return response.json(); })
  .then(function (data) { console.log(data); });
import requests
response = requests.get(
  'https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ',
  headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}'}
)
data = response.json()
$ch = curl_init('https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Authorization: Bearer {{your_api_key}}']);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}'
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end
data = JSON.parse(response.body)
package main
import (
  "encoding/json"
  "io"
  "net/http"
)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ", nil)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}")
resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
var data map[string]interface{}
json.Unmarshal(body, &data)
use reqwest::blocking::Client;
use serde_json::Value;
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
  .get("https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}")
  .send()?;
let data: Value = response.json()?;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
  .uri(URI.create("https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ"))
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}")
  .GET()
  .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
String body = response.body();
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;
var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}");
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>(
  "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ");
import Foundation
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/GQ")!)
request.addValue("Bearer {{your_api_key}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data)

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Integrate Equatorial Guinea data into your app

The REST Countries API returns Equatorial Guinea as structured JSON over HTTPS, ready to pull straight into web, mobile, and backend projects with no scraping and no manual data entry. Request only the fields you need and cache the response.

  • Populate country dropdowns, address forms, and checkout or shipping flows.
  • Localize your app with native names, languages, and currency details.
  • Enrich dashboards, CRMs, and analytics with region, population, and ISO codes.
  • Look up Equatorial Guinea by alpha-2 code, alpha-3 code, or country name.

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