Ecuador
Population 2026
18,444,504
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.85%
- Density
- 74 per km²
- Land area
- 248,360 km²
- Capital
- Quito
- Currency
- Dollar (USD)
- Official languages
- ES-EC
- Urban population
- 63.4%
- Continent
- SA
Demographics
- Births
- 267,0312026
- Deaths
- 98,1552026
- Birth rate
- 14.8per 1,000
- Death rate
- 5.2per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.81
- Life expectancy
- 77.6At birth, years
- Median age
- 29.7
- Net migration
- -17,219
Age distribution
- 0–1423.9%
- 15–6467.5%
- 65+8.6%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $130B
- GDP per capita
- $7.1K
- GDP growth
- +3.7%
- Inflation
- 0.7%
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
- Exports
- $41.0B
- Imports
- $36.4B
- Tourism receipts
- 3.1%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture9.7%
- Industry25.7%
- Manufacturing13.2%
- Services57.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture32.5%
- Industry16.6%
- Services50.9%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | QuitoPichincha | 2,781,6412025 |
| 2 | GuayaquilGuayas | 2,723,6652024 |
| 3 | CuencaAzuay | 636,9962025 |
| 4 | Santo Domingo de los ColoradosSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas | 458,5802026 |
| 5 | AmbatoTungurahua Province | 387,3092022 |
| 6 | PortoviejoManabí | 321,8002026 |
| 7 | Eloy AlfaroGuayas | 315,7242026 |
| 8 | MachalaEl Oro | 289,1412026 |
| 9 | LojaLoja | 274,1122026 |
| 10 | MantaManabí | 264,2812024 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18,444,504 | 267K | 98.2K |
| 2020 | 17,546,058 | 288K | 131K |
| 2010 | 15,076,697 | 330K | 72.6K |
| 2000 | 12,689,215 | 325K | 65.6K |
| 1990 | 10,473,674 | 313K | 60.5K |
| 1980 | 8,165,882 | 287K | 67.3K |
| 1970 | 6,155,392 | 254K | 70.2K |
| 1960 | 4,590,893 | 201K | 70.3K |
| 1950 | 3,516,791 | 158K | 69.6K |