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Ecuador population
Ecuador population now
18,482,519
A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 18.3–18.7 million.
Mid-2023, UN estimate: 17,980,083
- Year
- 2026
- projection · medium
- Population, mid-2026
- 18.4445 million
- 95% range, 31 Dec: 18.3–18.7 million
- Median age
- 30.7
- Aged 65+
- 8.9%
male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people
How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.
ECU · 1950–2100 · in brief
Ecuador in numbers
17,980,083 people lived in Ecuador in mid-2023: 0.22% of the world's people, and the 72nd-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 5.1 times its 1950 population of 3.5 million.
The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2063 at 21.7 million, then falling to 19.1 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 11.2 million to 28.2 million.
In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2064 on.
The median age was 20.0 in 1950 and 29.4 in 2023; the projection has 51.1 in 2100. 8.1% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 33.0% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2048 at 14.0 million.
Among countries it ranks 72nd in 2023, 74th in 2050 and 80th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes the Netherlands in 2027, Romania in 2028 and Chile in 2041. It is overtaken by Zimbabwe in 2033, Cambodia in 2038 and Benin in 2040.
- Population, mid-2023
- 17,980,083
- Rank by population, 2023
- 72 of 236
- Share of the world, 2023
- 0.22%
- Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
- +0.88% · +156,186 people
- People per km² of land, 2023
- 72
- Land area, 2023
- 248,360 km²
- Births, 2023
- 270,300
- Deaths, 2023
- 92,204
- Net migration, 2023
- −21,948
- Children per woman, 2023
- 1.82
- Median age, 2023
- 29.4 years
- Life expectancy at birth, 2023
- 77.4 years
- In a city, 2025
- 55 of every 100
- Population, mid-1950
- 3,516,791
- Projected, mid-2050
- 21,337,238
- Projected, mid-2100
- 19,092,159
ECU · 1950–2100 · total population
Population, 1950–2100
estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.
Show the numbers: Ecuador, 1950–2100
| Year | Kind | Population, 1 Jan | 95% range | Births | Deaths | Children per woman | Life expectancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | estimate | 3,472,185 | 158,389 | 69,614 | 6.72 | 48.5 | |
| 1951 | estimate | 3,561,397 | 162,119 | 69,355 | 6.73 | 48.9 | |
| 1952 | estimate | 3,654,262 | 166,126 | 69,644 | 6.75 | 49.2 | |
| 1953 | estimate | 3,750,537 | 170,164 | 70,087 | 6.76 | 49.6 | |
| 1954 | estimate | 3,850,048 | 174,233 | 70,423 | 6.76 | 50.0 | |
| 1955 | estimate | 3,952,964 | 178,354 | 70,734 | 6.77 | 50.4 | |
| 1956 | estimate | 4,059,412 | 182,551 | 70,921 | 6.76 | 50.9 | |
| 1957 | estimate | 4,169,657 | 186,852 | 70,903 | 6.76 | 51.5 | |
| 1958 | estimate | 4,284,061 | 191,286 | 70,779 | 6.75 | 52.1 | |
| 1959 | estimate | 4,402,933 | 195,883 | 70,535 | 6.74 | 52.7 | |
| 1960 | estimate | 4,526,578 | 200,665 | 70,298 | 6.72 | 53.4 | |
| 1961 | estimate | 4,655,204 | 205,633 | 70,061 | 6.70 | 54.0 | |
| 1962 | estimate | 4,789,458 | 210,842 | 69,900 | 6.68 | 54.7 | |
| 1963 | estimate | 4,929,079 | 216,219 | 69,688 | 6.65 | 55.3 | |
| 1964 | estimate | 5,074,352 | 221,748 | 69,490 | 6.61 | 56.0 | |
| 1965 | estimate | 5,225,484 | 227,353 | 69,440 | 6.56 | 56.5 | |
| 1966 | estimate | 5,382,442 | 232,931 | 69,613 | 6.51 | 57.0 | |
| 1967 | estimate | 5,545,055 | 238,491 | 69,863 | 6.44 | 57.5 | |
| 1968 | estimate | 5,713,060 | 243,871 | 70,045 | 6.35 | 58.0 | |
| 1969 | estimate | 5,886,299 | 248,963 | 70,564 | 6.25 | 58.3 | |
| 1970 | estimate | 6,064,174 | 253,752 | 70,235 | 6.14 | 58.9 | |
| 1971 | estimate | 6,246,600 | 258,074 | 70,076 | 6.01 | 59.3 | |
| 1972 | estimate | 6,433,504 | 262,054 | 69,922 | 5.87 | 59.8 | |
| 1973 | estimate | 6,624,564 | 265,640 | 69,616 | 5.73 | 60.3 | |
| 1974 | estimate | 6,819,503 | 268,919 | 69,643 | 5.58 | 60.7 | |
| 1975 | estimate | 7,017,642 | 272,026 | 69,619 | 5.43 | 61.1 | |
| 1976 | estimate | 7,218,859 | 275,043 | 69,671 | 5.28 | 61.4 | |
| 1977 | estimate | 7,422,965 | 278,046 | 68,957 | 5.13 | 61.9 | |
| 1978 | estimate | 7,630,673 | 280,890 | 68,394 | 4.99 | 62.4 | |
| 1979 | estimate | 7,841,661 | 284,022 | 67,862 | 4.86 | 62.9 | |
| 1980 | estimate | 8,056,077 | 287,407 | 67,284 | 4.73 | 63.3 | |
| 1981 | estimate | 8,275,677 | 290,755 | 66,681 | 4.61 | 63.8 | |
| 1982 | estimate | 8,498,143 | 293,754 | 66,156 | 4.50 | 64.3 | |
| 1983 | estimate | 8,724,452 | 297,290 | 65,948 | 4.39 | 64.7 | |
| 1984 | estimate | 8,956,383 | 301,750 | 65,202 | 4.30 | 65.2 | |
| 1985 | estimate | 9,193,181 | 301,182 | 64,741 | 4.14 | 65.6 | |
| 1986 | estimate | 9,429,126 | 301,005 | 63,919 | 4.00 | 66.1 | |
| 1987 | estimate | 9,662,870 | 300,995 | 63,271 | 3.87 | 66.6 | |
| 1988 | estimate | 9,895,709 | 304,024 | 62,841 | 3.79 | 67.0 | |
| 1989 | estimate | 10,125,906 | 309,376 | 61,247 | 3.74 | 67.8 | |
| 1990 | estimate | 10,357,798 | 313,412 | 60,496 | 3.68 | 68.4 | |
| 1991 | estimate | 10,589,548 | 317,924 | 60,206 | 3.63 | 69.0 | |
| 1992 | estimate | 10,815,213 | 320,167 | 60,376 | 3.58 | 69.5 | |
| 1993 | estimate | 11,045,042 | 320,250 | 59,919 | 3.49 | 70.1 | |
| 1994 | estimate | 11,263,506 | 320,475 | 58,687 | 3.42 | 70.9 | |
| 1995 | estimate | 11,480,888 | 323,244 | 58,795 | 3.38 | 71.3 | |
| 1996 | estimate | 11,700,141 | 326,669 | 58,969 | 3.35 | 71.8 | |
| 1997 | estimate | 11,921,758 | 326,142 | 60,115 | 3.29 | 72.0 | |
| 1998 | estimate | 12,140,495 | 326,124 | 62,200 | 3.23 | 72.0 | |
| 1999 | estimate | 12,361,874 | 325,979 | 64,320 | 3.17 | 71.9 | |
| 2000 | estimate | 12,579,716 | 325,418 | 65,579 | 3.10 | 72.1 | |
| 2001 | estimate | 12,798,695 | 324,599 | 65,231 | 3.04 | 72.6 | |
| 2002 | estimate | 13,022,786 | 323,935 | 64,479 | 2.97 | 73.2 | |
| 2003 | estimate | 13,254,158 | 323,349 | 64,408 | 2.91 | 73.6 | |
| 2004 | estimate | 13,490,453 | 322,931 | 65,504 | 2.85 | 73.9 | |
| 2005 | estimate | 13,726,950 | 322,850 | 67,561 | 2.80 | 73.9 | |
| 2006 | estimate | 13,965,375 | 323,530 | 69,342 | 2.75 | 74.0 | |
| 2007 | estimate | 14,206,888 | 323,895 | 70,476 | 2.70 | 74.2 | |
| 2008 | estimate | 14,450,658 | 327,954 | 70,067 | 2.69 | 74.7 | |
| 2009 | estimate | 14,699,747 | 332,509 | 71,613 | 2.68 | 74.9 | |
| 2010 | estimate | 14,952,162 | 329,979 | 72,576 | 2.62 | 75.2 | |
| 2011 | estimate | 15,201,228 | 333,805 | 75,638 | 2.60 | 75.2 | |
| 2012 | estimate | 15,451,225 | 326,145 | 76,319 | 2.51 | 75.5 | |
| 2013 | estimate | 15,693,163 | 310,704 | 76,597 | 2.36 | 75.8 | |
| 2014 | estimate | 15,921,092 | 303,002 | 77,209 | 2.27 | 76.1 | |
| 2015 | estimate | 16,149,157 | 298,607 | 79,199 | 2.21 | 76.2 | |
| 2016 | estimate | 16,383,293 | 290,846 | 82,608 | 2.12 | 76.1 | |
| 2017 | estimate | 16,626,984 | 296,263 | 84,905 | 2.13 | 76.2 | |
| 2018 | estimate | 16,892,055 | 298,755 | 79,254 | 2.11 | 77.3 | |
| 2019 | estimate | 17,207,038 | 293,458 | 82,414 | 2.04 | 77.3 | |
| 2020 | estimate | 17,473,005 | 287,589 | 131,146 | 1.97 | 72.0 | |
| 2021 | estimate | 17,619,124 | 280,840 | 125,685 | 1.91 | 72.8 | |
| 2022 | estimate | 17,745,785 | 274,903 | 95,582 | 1.86 | 76.6 | |
| 2023 | estimate | 17,902,009 | 270,300 | 92,204 | 1.82 | 77.4 | |
| 2024 | estimate | 18,058,157 | 268,769 | 94,423 | 1.81 | 77.6 | |
| 2025 | projection | 18,212,798 | 18.2–18.3 million | 267,665 | 96,251 | 1.79 | 77.8 |
| 2026 | projection | 18,366,994 | 18.3–18.5 million | 267,031 | 98,155 | 1.78 | 77.9 |
| 2027 | projection | 18,522,019 | 18.3–18.7 million | 266,500 | 100,150 | 1.77 | 78.1 |
| 2028 | projection | 18,678,621 | 18.4–18.9 million | 266,158 | 102,194 | 1.76 | 78.3 |
| 2029 | projection | 18,835,830 | 18.5–19.2 million | 265,457 | 104,397 | 1.75 | 78.5 |
| 2030 | projection | 18,992,361 | 18.6–19.4 million | 264,848 | 106,646 | 1.75 | 78.7 |
| 2031 | projection | 19,147,077 | 18.7–19.7 million | 263,893 | 108,948 | 1.74 | 78.8 |
| 2032 | projection | 19,298,546 | 18.7–19.9 million | 262,592 | 111,287 | 1.73 | 79.0 |
| 2033 | projection | 19,446,454 | 18.8–20.1 million | 261,453 | 113,814 | 1.73 | 79.2 |
| 2034 | projection | 19,591,036 | 18.9–20.4 million | 259,986 | 116,254 | 1.72 | 79.3 |
| 2035 | projection | 19,731,668 | 18.9–20.6 million | 258,658 | 118,792 | 1.72 | 79.5 |
| 2036 | projection | 19,868,589 | 19.0–20.8 million | 257,292 | 121,375 | 1.72 | 79.7 |
| 2037 | projection | 20,001,742 | 19.0–21.0 million | 255,987 | 124,036 | 1.71 | 79.8 |
| 2038 | projection | 20,131,015 | 19.0–21.2 million | 254,434 | 126,752 | 1.71 | 80.0 |
| 2039 | projection | 20,256,136 | 19.1–21.4 million | 252,374 | 129,529 | 1.71 | 80.2 |
| 2040 | projection | 20,376,394 | 19.1–21.6 million | 250,496 | 132,288 | 1.71 | 80.3 |
| 2041 | projection | 20,492,046 | 19.1–21.8 million | 248,220 | 134,984 | 1.70 | 80.5 |
| 2042 | projection | 20,602,855 | 19.2–22.0 million | 245,984 | 137,783 | 1.70 | 80.7 |
| 2043 | projection | 20,708,680 | 19.2–22.2 million | 243,736 | 140,616 | 1.70 | 80.8 |
| 2044 | projection | 20,809,581 | 19.2–22.4 million | 241,470 | 143,478 | 1.69 | 81.0 |
| 2045 | projection | 20,905,360 | 19.2–22.6 million | 239,193 | 146,459 | 1.69 | 81.1 |
| 2046 | projection | 20,995,896 | 19.2–22.7 million | 236,897 | 149,470 | 1.69 | 81.3 |
| 2047 | projection | 21,081,165 | 19.2–22.9 million | 234,636 | 152,374 | 1.69 | 81.5 |
| 2048 | projection | 21,161,185 | 19.2–23.1 million | 232,275 | 155,322 | 1.69 | 81.6 |
| 2049 | projection | 21,236,042 | 19.2–23.3 million | 229,891 | 158,454 | 1.68 | 81.8 |
| 2050 | projection | 21,305,270 | 19.1–23.4 million | 227,581 | 161,522 | 1.68 | 81.9 |
| 2051 | projection | 21,369,205 | 19.1–23.6 million | 225,151 | 164,559 | 1.68 | 82.1 |
| 2052 | projection | 21,427,548 | 19.1–23.8 million | 222,880 | 167,596 | 1.68 | 82.2 |
| 2053 | projection | 21,480,694 | 19.1–23.9 million | 220,942 | 170,749 | 1.68 | 82.4 |
| 2054 | projection | 21,528,692 | 19.0–24.1 million | 219,142 | 173,955 | 1.68 | 82.5 |
| 2055 | projection | 21,571,732 | 18.9–24.2 million | 217,416 | 177,187 | 1.67 | 82.7 |
| 2056 | projection | 21,609,766 | 18.9–24.4 million | 215,894 | 180,551 | 1.67 | 82.8 |
| 2057 | projection | 21,642,891 | 18.8–24.5 million | 214,258 | 183,789 | 1.67 | 82.9 |
| 2058 | projection | 21,671,214 | 18.7–24.7 million | 212,485 | 187,155 | 1.67 | 83.1 |
| 2059 | projection | 21,694,467 | 18.6–24.9 million | 211,090 | 190,429 | 1.67 | 83.2 |
| 2060 | projection | 21,712,984 | 18.5–25.0 million | 209,697 | 193,817 | 1.67 | 83.4 |
| 2061 | projection | 21,726,752 | 18.4–25.2 million | 208,366 | 196,995 | 1.67 | 83.5 |
| 2062 | projection | 21,735,895 | 18.3–25.3 million | 207,071 | 200,502 | 1.66 | 83.6 |
| 2063 | projection | 21,740,362 | 18.2–25.4 million | 205,682 | 203,870 | 1.66 | 83.8 |
| 2064 | projection | 21,740,099 | 18.1–25.5 million | 204,322 | 207,240 | 1.66 | 83.9 |
| 2065 | projection | 21,735,092 | 17.9–25.6 million | 202,982 | 210,708 | 1.66 | 84.0 |
| 2066 | projection | 21,725,284 | 17.8–25.7 million | 202,009 | 213,917 | 1.66 | 84.2 |
| 2067 | projection | 21,711,353 | 17.6–25.8 million | 200,593 | 217,176 | 1.66 | 84.3 |
| 2068 | projection | 21,692,799 | 17.4–26.0 million | 199,367 | 220,380 | 1.66 | 84.4 |
| 2069 | projection | 21,669,669 | 17.3–26.1 million | 197,844 | 223,648 | 1.66 | 84.5 |
| 2070 | projection | 21,641,830 | 17.2–26.3 million | 196,269 | 226,865 | 1.65 | 84.7 |
| 2071 | projection | 21,609,074 | 17.0–26.3 million | 194,723 | 230,044 | 1.65 | 84.8 |
| 2072 | projection | 21,571,772 | 16.8–26.4 million | 193,166 | 233,167 | 1.65 | 84.9 |
| 2073 | projection | 21,529,804 | 16.7–26.6 million | 191,483 | 236,230 | 1.65 | 85.0 |
| 2074 | projection | 21,483,107 | 16.5–26.7 million | 190,096 | 239,253 | 1.65 | 85.2 |
| 2075 | projection | 21,431,914 | 16.3–26.8 million | 188,513 | 241,864 | 1.65 | 85.3 |
| 2076 | projection | 21,376,648 | 16.2–26.9 million | 186,669 | 244,543 | 1.65 | 85.4 |
| 2077 | projection | 21,316,890 | 16.0–27.0 million | 185,162 | 247,284 | 1.65 | 85.5 |
| 2078 | projection | 21,252,715 | 15.8–27.1 million | 183,395 | 249,915 | 1.65 | 85.6 |
| 2079 | projection | 21,184,345 | 15.6–27.2 million | 181,952 | 252,279 | 1.65 | 85.7 |
| 2080 | projection | 21,111,964 | 15.4–27.3 million | 180,435 | 254,514 | 1.65 | 85.8 |
| 2081 | projection | 21,036,071 | 15.2–27.4 million | 178,920 | 256,457 | 1.65 | 86.0 |
| 2082 | projection | 20,956,665 | 15.0–27.4 million | 177,592 | 258,268 | 1.65 | 86.1 |
| 2083 | projection | 20,874,137 | 14.8–27.5 million | 176,264 | 260,124 | 1.65 | 86.2 |
| 2084 | projection | 20,788,492 | 14.6–27.6 million | 174,812 | 261,650 | 1.65 | 86.3 |
| 2085 | projection | 20,699,951 | 14.4–27.6 million | 173,477 | 262,882 | 1.65 | 86.4 |
| 2086 | projection | 20,608,669 | 14.2–27.6 million | 172,039 | 264,301 | 1.65 | 86.5 |
| 2087 | projection | 20,514,498 | 14.0–27.7 million | 170,685 | 265,122 | 1.65 | 86.7 |
| 2088 | projection | 20,418,211 | 13.8–27.8 million | 169,360 | 265,862 | 1.65 | 86.8 |
| 2089 | projection | 20,319,873 | 13.5–27.8 million | 168,039 | 266,621 | 1.65 | 86.9 |
| 2090 | projection | 20,219,476 | 13.3–27.9 million | 166,696 | 267,082 | 1.64 | 87.0 |
| 2091 | projection | 20,117,346 | 13.1–27.9 million | 165,433 | 267,438 | 1.64 | 87.1 |
| 2092 | projection | 20,013,552 | 12.9–27.9 million | 164,325 | 267,727 | 1.64 | 87.2 |
| 2093 | projection | 19,908,394 | 12.7–28.0 million | 163,405 | 267,862 | 1.65 | 87.3 |
| 2094 | projection | 19,802,226 | 12.5–28.0 million | 162,569 | 268,062 | 1.65 | 87.4 |
| 2095 | projection | 19,695,090 | 12.2–27.9 million | 161,516 | 267,875 | 1.65 | 87.5 |
| 2096 | projection | 19,587,064 | 12.0–27.8 million | 160,644 | 267,617 | 1.65 | 87.6 |
| 2097 | projection | 19,478,247 | 11.8–27.8 million | 159,512 | 267,328 | 1.65 | 87.7 |
| 2098 | projection | 19,368,702 | 11.6–27.9 million | 158,367 | 266,771 | 1.65 | 87.8 |
| 2099 | projection | 19,258,573 | 11.4–28.1 million | 157,382 | 266,410 | 1.65 | 87.9 |
| 2100 | projection | 19,147,727 | 11.2–28.2 million | 156,313 | 265,721 | 1.65 | 88.0 |
Show the numbers: Ecuador, mid-2026, by single year of age
| Age | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 135,202 | 129,562 |
| 1 | 135,146 | 129,574 |
| 2 | 135,572 | 129,916 |
| 3 | 136,951 | 131,158 |
| 4 | 139,364 | 133,488 |
| 5 | 142,388 | 136,414 |
| 6 | 145,736 | 139,667 |
| 7 | 149,106 | 142,930 |
| 8 | 150,266 | 144,068 |
| 9 | 148,387 | 142,302 |
| 10 | 148,888 | 142,812 |
| 11 | 151,711 | 145,541 |
| 12 | 154,420 | 148,169 |
| 13 | 159,847 | 153,398 |
| 14 | 165,248 | 158,584 |
| 15 | 165,778 | 159,130 |
| 16 | 164,960 | 158,392 |
| 17 | 163,889 | 157,426 |
| 18 | 161,133 | 154,863 |
| 19 | 159,402 | 153,314 |
| 20 | 158,510 | 152,632 |
| 21 | 157,782 | 152,138 |
| 22 | 157,413 | 152,014 |
| 23 | 157,231 | 152,101 |
| 24 | 157,126 | 152,303 |
| 25 | 157,071 | 152,604 |
| 26 | 156,980 | 152,901 |
| 27 | 156,719 | 153,001 |
| 28 | 156,262 | 152,875 |
| 29 | 155,767 | 152,762 |
| 30 | 154,350 | 151,764 |
| 31 | 152,091 | 149,854 |
| 32 | 150,507 | 148,561 |
| 33 | 149,517 | 147,808 |
| 34 | 148,012 | 146,496 |
| 35 | 145,414 | 144,128 |
| 36 | 142,374 | 141,332 |
| 37 | 139,090 | 138,274 |
| 38 | 135,971 | 135,365 |
| 39 | 133,964 | 133,556 |
| 40 | 132,510 | 132,370 |
| 41 | 130,969 | 131,228 |
| 42 | 128,228 | 128,952 |
| 43 | 124,483 | 125,650 |
| 44 | 121,041 | 122,586 |
| 45 | 117,685 | 119,514 |
| 46 | 114,294 | 116,345 |
| 47 | 110,987 | 113,233 |
| 48 | 107,854 | 110,270 |
| 49 | 104,872 | 107,418 |
| 50 | 101,981 | 104,646 |
| 51 | 99,152 | 101,970 |
| 52 | 96,360 | 99,342 |
| 53 | 93,576 | 96,738 |
| 54 | 90,774 | 94,152 |
| 55 | 87,948 | 91,562 |
| 56 | 85,066 | 88,936 |
| 57 | 82,134 | 86,278 |
| 58 | 79,181 | 83,612 |
| 59 | 76,243 | 80,919 |
| 60 | 73,334 | 78,219 |
| 61 | 70,430 | 75,496 |
| 62 | 67,525 | 72,726 |
| 63 | 64,634 | 69,956 |
| 64 | 61,762 | 67,224 |
| 65 | 58,933 | 64,550 |
| 66 | 56,162 | 61,938 |
| 67 | 53,452 | 59,398 |
| 68 | 50,821 | 56,927 |
| 69 | 48,276 | 54,497 |
| 70 | 45,784 | 52,090 |
| 71 | 43,314 | 49,702 |
| 72 | 40,853 | 47,335 |
| 73 | 38,385 | 44,978 |
| 74 | 35,902 | 42,613 |
| 75 | 33,428 | 40,258 |
| 76 | 31,187 | 38,075 |
| 77 | 28,507 | 35,330 |
| 78 | 25,067 | 31,666 |
| 79 | 22,042 | 28,406 |
| 80 | 19,796 | 26,066 |
| 81 | 17,732 | 23,924 |
| 82 | 15,608 | 21,656 |
| 83 | 13,489 | 19,328 |
| 84 | 11,465 | 17,038 |
| 85 | 9,606 | 14,877 |
| 86 | 7,922 | 12,849 |
| 87 | 6,408 | 10,933 |
| 88 | 5,101 | 9,198 |
| 89 | 4,016 | 7,694 |
| 90 | 3,117 | 6,376 |
| 91 | 2,373 | 5,204 |
| 92 | 1,768 | 4,180 |
| 93 | 1,283 | 3,292 |
| 94 | 904 | 2,528 |
| 95 | 617 | 1,894 |
| 96 | 409 | 1,384 |
| 97 | 263 | 984 |
| 98 | 164 | 680 |
| 99 | 98 | 454 |
| 100+ | 126 | 748 |
ECU · 1950–2100 · every age, every year
Ecuador, every age in every year
Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.
ECU · ages 15–64
Who does the work in Ecuador
On the UN's projection, Ecuador will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2048: 14,043,000 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 12,029,100.
aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over
How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.
Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 24 years: 2023–2046.
fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more
How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.
ECU · arrivals minus departures
Who arrives in Ecuador, and who leaves
In 2020–2025 Ecuador loses 21,405 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 3,842 a year more leaving than arriving.
more arrive than leave more leave than arrive
How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.
Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 95,482 (2018); its biggest loss, 47,287 (1997).
In 2024, 747,749 people living in Ecuador had been born in another country, 4 of every 100 people there, against 1 in 1990.
ECU · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100
Who has the babies in Ecuador
Of every 100 babies born in Ecuador in 2023, 17 had a mother under 20, 69 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 14 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 11 under 20 and 19 aged 35 or older.
11 · 70 · 19
17 · 69 · 14
10 · 69 · 21
The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected
How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.
- Babies born, 2023
- 270,300
- Average age when women have a baby
- 27.4 years
- 29.7 in 1950
- Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
- 56
- 98 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
| Mother's age | 1950 | 1975 | 2000 | 2023 | 2050 projected | 2100 projected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10–14 | 676 | 1,908 | 2,860 | 2,236 | 929 | 84 |
| 15–19 | 16,079 | 37,053 | 59,113 | 42,777 | 22,692 | 5,191 |
| 20–24 | 40,996 | 76,351 | 98,472 | 69,112 | 44,229 | 20,435 |
| 25–29 | 40,104 | 67,838 | 74,545 | 67,878 | 58,197 | 44,091 |
| 30–34 | 29,878 | 45,992 | 50,126 | 51,215 | 55,009 | 49,310 |
| 35–39 | 21,075 | 28,855 | 28,370 | 28,336 | 36,111 | 29,751 |
| 40–44 | 8,011 | 11,874 | 10,720 | 8,220 | 10,081 | 7,185 |
| 45–49 | 1,504 | 2,072 | 1,185 | 526 | 333 | 266 |
| 50–54 | 66 | 83 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All babies | 158,389 | 272,026 | 325,418 | 270,300 | 227,581 | 156,313 |
The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.
ECU · healthy years · 2021
Years in good health in Ecuador
In Ecuador, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 64.3 (95% range 63.6–65.1), out of 74.0 in all. That leaves 9.7 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.
66.1 in full health, 11.1 not: 77.2 years
62.8 in full health, 8.2 not: 71.0 years
a year in full health a year in less than full health
How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.
Women: 66.1 healthy years of 77.2. Men: 62.8 of 71.0. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 67.6.
ECU · forced from home · end of 2025
Displacement in Ecuador
At the end of 2025, Ecuador was hosting 467,887 people who had crossed a border into it, about 26 of every 1,000 people living there.
- hosted from abroad467,887
- Ecuador nationals abroad127,783
stayed inside their own country crossed a border
How to read this: one square stands for 10,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Ecuador living in another country, wherever they are.
In 2025, 9,745 people asked for asylum in Ecuador for the first time; 41,104 people from Ecuador asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Ecuador whose claims were decided that year, 13 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it
ECU · of every 100 people
How people live in Ecuador
Of every 100 people in Ecuador in 2025, 55 lived in a city, 24 in a town or suburb and 21 in the countryside.
cities towns and suburbs rural areas
1.5 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 22.8 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).
How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.
ECU · adults 25 and over · 2020
How far people in Ecuador went in school
Of every 100 adults in Ecuador in 2020, 7 never went to school and 41 finished upper secondary or went further.
7 never went to school 14 some primary 24 finished primary 14 finished lower secondary 22 finished upper secondary 19 studied after school
Among women, 2.5 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 11.2 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 2.8 against 8.5.
The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2050; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2065.
How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.
ECU · cities · 2025
Cities in Ecuador
Ecuador had 32 cities in 2025, home to 10.0 million people. The largest, Guayaquil, holds 17 of every 100 people in Ecuador.
- Guayaquil3,157,825
- Quito2,534,914
- Cuenca482,272
- Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas356,829
- Manta287,756
- Ambato274,672
- Machala260,690
- Salinas [Santa Elena]260,161
- Portoviejo228,823
- Quevedo186,130
How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.
Apparatus
Sources and method
Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.
The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Ecuador are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.
Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Checked before it was drawn
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.