Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest
July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the 2022 U.N. Revision

Ecuador Population (LIVE)

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Ecuador Population (1950 - 2023)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Ecuador is 18,238,877 as of Wednesday, October 4, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data ¹.
Ecuador 2023 population is estimated at 18,190,484 people at mid year.
Ecuador population is equivalent to 0.23% of the total world population.
Ecuador ranks number 68 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Ecuador is 73 per Km² (190 people per mi²).
The total land area is 248,360 Km2 (95,892 sq. miles)
64.2 % of the population is urban (11,681,070 people in 2023)
The median age in Ecuador is 28.3 years.

1. Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Ecuador (2023 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Ecuador Global Rank
2023	18,190,484	1.05 %	189,484	-21,525	28.3	2.00	73	64.2 %	11,681,070	0.23 %	8,045,311,447	68
2022	18,001,000	1.14 %	203,263	-20,206	27.9	2.00	72	63.8 %	11,493,241	0.23 %	7,975,105,156	67
2020	17,588,595	1.41 %	244,855	35,894	27.2	2.05	71	63.2 %	11,123,641	0.22 %	7,840,952,880	67
2015	16,195,902	1.56 %	241,263	14,740	25.4	2.26	65	63.2 %	10,235,174	0.22 %	7,426,597,537	68
2010	14,989,585	1.71 %	243,915	-8,315	23.8	2.62	60	62.5 %	9,362,550	0.21 %	6,985,603,105	66
2005	13,770,012	1.75 %	228,701	-16,816	22.4	2.80	55	61.6 %	8,476,093	0.21 %	6,558,176,119	65
2000	12,626,507	1.78 %	212,965	-41,899	21.1	3.10	51	60.3 %	7,614,955	0.21 %	6,148,898,975	63
1995	11,561,683	2.04 %	222,369	-45,172	20.2	3.40	47	57.2 %	6,608,741	0.20 %	5,743,219,454	63
1990	10,449,837	2.46 %	239,105	-15,159	19.3	3.74	42	53.9 %	5,629,140	0.20 %	5,316,175,862	64
1985	9,254,311	2.61 %	223,693	-3,146	18.3	4.20	37	50.1 %	4,632,910	0.19 %	4,861,730,613	70
1980	8,135,845	2.74 %	206,012	-2,080	17.5	4.73	33	46.0 %	3,745,835	0.18 %	4,444,007,706	72
1975	7,105,786	2.86 %	186,714	-1,206	16.8	5.43	29	41.7 %	2,960,081	0.17 %	4,069,437,231	72
1970	6,172,215	2.95 %	166,973	-1,095	16.5	6.14	25	38.6 %	2,385,138	0.17 %	3,695,390,336	73
1965	5,337,351	2.94 %	143,839	-1,456	16.4	6.56	21	36.0 %	1,923,650	0.16 %	3,337,111,983	78
1960	4,618,158	2.80 %	119,156	-1,742	17.0	6.72	19	33.3 %	1,539,922	0.15 %	3,019,233,434	75
1955	4,022,378	2.71 %	100,729	-1,170	17.9	6.77	16	30.5 %	1,227,169	0.15 %	2,746,072,141	78

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Ecuador Population Forecast

-2,684

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Ecuador Global Rank
2025	18,563,370	1.08 %	194,955	-15,977	29.2	1.96	75	65.0 %	12,062,680	0.23 %	8,191,988,453	71
2030	19,486,952	0.98 %	184,716	-6,137	31.2	1.91	78	67.0 %	13,049,370	0.23 %	8,546,141,327	70
2035	20,342,202	0.86 %	171,050	-3,288	33.1	1.86	82	69.2 %	14,077,487	0.23 %	8,879,397,401	70
2040	21,094,529	0.73 %	150,465	-2,684	35.0	1.82	85	71.7 %	15,131,597	0.23 %	9,188,250,492	70
2045	21,741,483	0.61 %	129,391	-2,684	36.8	1.80	88	74.4 %	16,183,815	0.23 %	9,467,543,575	73
2050	22,269,779	0.48 %	105,659		38.6	1.78	90	77.1 %	17,174,029	0.23 %	9,709,491,761	73

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Ecuador Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Ecuador

Life Expectancy

78.08 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)
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Infant Mortality

10.4

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
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Deaths under age 5

12.3

(per 1,000 live births)
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Main Cities by Population in Ecuador

(includes boroughs, districts, urban agglomerations, etc.)

#	CITY NAME	POPULATION
1	Guayaquil	1,952,029
2	Quito	1,399,814
3	Cuenca	276,964
4	Santo Domingo de los Colorados	200,421
5	Machala	198,123
6	Manta	183,166
7	Portoviejo	170,326
8	Eloy Alfaro	167,784
9	Esmeraldas	165,216
10	Ambato	154,369
11	Tutamandahostel	140,000
12	Milagro	133,508
13	Ibarra	132,977
14	Riobamba	124,478
15	Quevedo	119,436
16	Loja	117,796
17	Tulcan	86,498
18	Babahoyo	76,279
19	La Libertad	75,881
20	Latacunga	51,717
21	Velasco Ibarra	48,754
22	Puerto Francisco de Orellana	48,144
23	Ventanas	46,708
24	Pasaje	44,860
25	Chone	44,751
26	Salinas	43,862
27	Santa Elena	42,214
28	Rosa Zarate	42,121
29	Santa Rosa	41,816
30	Balzar	40,115
31	Huaquillas	39,757
32	Bahia de Caraquez	37,056
33	La Troncal	36,353
34	Jipijapa	35,901
35	Azogues	34,877
36	Naranjito	34,206
37	Vinces	32,497
38	Otavalo	32,330
39	El Triunfo	32,282
40	Naranjal	32,045
41	Playas	30,564
42	Yaguachi Nuevo	27,947
43	Cayambe	26,582
44	Machachi	25,742
45	Puyo	24,881
46	Nueva Loja	24,211
47	Samborondon	24,118
48	Macas	23,687
49	Pedro Carbo	23,372
50	Guaranda	22,199
51	Boca Suno	20,313
52	San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas	20,209
53	Catamayo	18,565
54	Montecristi	18,351
55	Atuntaqui	17,456
56	Calceta	17,286
57	Tena	17,172
58	Gualaceo	17,122
59	Pinas	16,981
60	Cariamanga	16,862
61	Pelileo	16,572
62	La Mana	16,450
63	Pujili	16,168
64	Montalvo	15,547
65	Sucre	15,286
66	Zamora	15,276
67	San Gabriel	15,112

Notes

The Ecuador Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Ecuador delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Ecuador (1950 - 2023) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2023.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2023. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2023: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2023: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country's Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Ecuador in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.