Ecuador vs Mongolia Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Ecuador vs Mongolia

Table

Year	Median age
	Ecuador	Mongolia
1960	18.2	22.8
1961	18	22.5
1962	17.9	22.2
1963	17.8	21.7
1964	17.8	21
1965	17.7	20.3
1966	17.7	19.6
1967	17.7	19
1968	17.7	18.4
1969	17.7	18
1970	17.7	17.7
1971	17.8	17.5
1972	17.8	17.3
1973	17.9	17.2
1974	17.9	17.2
1975	18	17.2
1976	18.1	17.2
1977	18.2	17.3
1978	18.3	17.4
1979	18.4	17.5
1980	18.5	17.7
1981	18.6	17.9
1982	18.8	18
1983	18.9	18.2
1984	19.1	18.4
1985	19.2	18.5
1986	19.4	18.6
1987	19.6	18.7
1988	19.8	18.7
1989	20	18.8
1990	20.2	19
1991	20.4	19.1
1992	20.6	19.3
1993	20.8	19.5
1994	21	19.8
1995	21.2	20
1996	21.4	20.4
1997	21.6	20.7
1998	21.8	21
1999	22	21.4
2000	22.2	21.8
2001	22.4	22.2
2002	22.7	22.6
2003	22.9	23
2004	23.2	23.4
2005	23.4	23.8
2006	23.7	24.2
2007	24	24.5
2008	24.2	24.8
2009	24.5	25.1
2010	24.8	25.4
2011	25.1	25.8
2012	25.4	26.1
2013	25.7	26.3
2014	26	26.5
2015	26.4	26.7
2016	26.8	26.9
2017	27.2	27
2018	27.5	27.1
2019	27.9	27.2
2020	28.3	27.3
2021	28.6	27.4
2022	29	27.6
2023	29.4	27.7
2024	29.8	27.8
2025	30.3	27.9
2026	30.7	28
2027	31.2	28
2028	31.6	28
2029	32	28
2030	32.5	28
2031	32.9	28
2032	33.3	28
2033	33.7	28
2034	34.1	28.1
2035	34.6	28.3
2036	35	28.5
2037	35.4	28.7
2038	35.8	28.9
2039	36.2	29.2
2040	36.6	29.5
2041	37	29.8
2042	37.4	30.1
2043	37.8	30.5
2044	38.2	30.8
2045	38.5	31.2
2046	38.9	31.6
2047	39.3	31.9
2048	39.7	32.3
2049	40.1	32.7
2050	40.5	33

In 1960, the median age in Ecuador was 18.2 years compared to 22.8 years in Mongolia. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 29.8 years in Ecuador and to 27.8 years in Mongolia.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Ecuador is expected to increased to around 40.5 years by 2050 compared to 33 years in Mongolia. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Ecuador		Mongolia
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	3.87%	3.71%	5.01%	4.81%
5-9	4.13%	3.96%	5.91%	5.56%
10-14	4.48%	4.3%	5.63%	5.27%
15-19	4.44%	4.26%	4.04%	3.77%
20-24	4.36%	4.22%	3.2%	3%
25-29	4.31%	4.21%	3.46%	3.29%
30-34	4.08%	4.03%	3.92%	3.74%
35-39	3.73%	3.71%	4.17%	4.05%
40-44	3.36%	3.4%	3.4%	3.35%
45-49	2.92%	2.98%	3%	3.04%
50-54	2.53%	2.62%	2.5%	2.71%
55-59	2.14%	2.26%	2.03%	2.39%
60-64	1.75%	1.89%	1.59%	2.02%
65-69	1.38%	1.54%	0.99%	1.41%
70-74	1.05%	1.22%	0.48%	0.76%
75-79	0.7%	0.86%	0.28%	0.48%
80+	0.61%	0.97%	0.25%	0.49%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Ecuador has average demographic potential with 58.4% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 60.6% and similar potential in Mongolia.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Ecuador			Mongolia
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	94.2%	85.2%	8.92%	77.8%	67.7%	10.1%
1961	94.7%	85.9%	8.81%	81.1%	70.4%	10.8%
1962	95.1%	86.4%	8.68%	84.5%	73%	11.4%
1963	95.2%	86.7%	8.54%	87.5%	75.8%	11.8%
1964	95%	86.6%	8.39%	90.6%	78.8%	11.7%
1965	94.7%	86.4%	8.24%	93.9%	82.1%	11.7%
1966	94.4%	86.3%	8.11%	97.2%	85.4%	11.8%
1967	94.1%	86.1%	7.98%	100.4%	88.5%	11.9%
1968	93.8%	85.9%	7.86%	103.2%	91.3%	12%
1969	93.4%	85.7%	7.75%	105%	93%	12%
1970	93%	85.4%	7.63%	105.7%	93.8%	11.9%
1971	92.6%	85.1%	7.53%	105.9%	94.2%	11.7%
1972	92.1%	84.6%	7.42%	105.7%	94.3%	11.5%
1973	91.5%	84.1%	7.32%	105.1%	93.9%	11.2%
1974	90.8%	83.6%	7.22%	104.1%	93.2%	11%
1975	90%	82.9%	7.13%	102.8%	92.1%	10.7%
1976	89.2%	82.2%	7.04%	101.3%	90.9%	10.4%
1977	88.4%	81.4%	6.96%	99.6%	89.5%	10.1%
1978	87.4%	80.6%	6.9%	97.7%	87.9%	9.78%
1979	86.4%	79.6%	6.83%	95.8%	86.3%	9.52%
1980	85.4%	78.6%	6.75%	94.1%	84.8%	9.3%
1981	84.2%	77.6%	6.67%	92.5%	83.5%	9.06%
1982	83.1%	76.5%	6.59%	91%	82.2%	8.82%
1983	81.8%	75.3%	6.51%	89.6%	81%	8.58%
1984	80.6%	74.2%	6.44%	88.4%	80%	8.35%
1985	79.4%	73%	6.38%	87.3%	79.1%	8.13%
1986	78.1%	71.8%	6.33%	86.3%	78.4%	7.91%
1987	76.9%	70.6%	6.3%	85.5%	77.8%	7.69%
1988	75.6%	69.4%	6.29%	84.8%	77.3%	7.44%
1989	74.6%	68.3%	6.31%	83.8%	76.6%	7.21%
1990	73.6%	67.2%	6.38%	82.4%	75.4%	6.99%
1991	72.8%	66.4%	6.49%	80.9%	74.1%	6.77%
1992	72.1%	65.5%	6.63%	79.1%	72.6%	6.56%
1993	71.5%	64.7%	6.77%	77.3%	71%	6.37%
1994	70.9%	63.9%	6.94%	75.6%	69.3%	6.21%
1995	70.3%	63.2%	7.11%	73.8%	67.7%	6.08%
1996	69.7%	62.4%	7.28%	72%	66%	5.98%
1997	69.1%	61.6%	7.45%	70.1%	64.2%	5.88%
1998	68.4%	60.8%	7.61%	68%	62.2%	5.78%
1999	67.7%	59.9%	7.74%	65.6%	59.9%	5.67%
2000	66.9%	59.1%	7.86%	62.9%	57.3%	5.58%
2001	66.2%	58.2%	7.98%	60.1%	54.5%	5.52%
2002	65.5%	57.4%	8.11%	57.3%	51.8%	5.47%
2003	64.7%	56.5%	8.24%	54.7%	49.3%	5.42%
2004	63.9%	55.6%	8.38%	52.3%	46.9%	5.4%
2005	63.1%	54.6%	8.52%	50.3%	44.9%	5.41%
2006	62.2%	53.6%	8.65%	48.7%	43.2%	5.44%
2007	61.4%	52.6%	8.79%	47.5%	42%	5.48%
2008	60.5%	51.6%	8.94%	46.7%	41.2%	5.51%
2009	59.8%	50.7%	9.12%	46.4%	40.9%	5.54%
2010	59.2%	49.9%	9.3%	46.5%	40.9%	5.57%
2011	58.5%	49%	9.47%	46.6%	41.1%	5.57%
2012	57.8%	48.2%	9.64%	46.9%	41.3%	5.57%
2013	57.1%	47.2%	9.84%	47.6%	42%	5.6%
2014	56.3%	46.2%	10.1%	48.7%	43%	5.66%
2015	55.5%	45.2%	10.3%	50.1%	44.3%	5.76%
2016	54.6%	44.1%	10.6%	51.7%	45.8%	5.89%
2017	53.7%	43%	10.8%	53.5%	47.4%	6.07%
2018	52.9%	41.9%	11%	55.4%	49.1%	6.29%
2019	52.1%	40.9%	11.3%	57.4%	50.9%	6.57%
2020	51.4%	40%	11.4%	58.9%	52.1%	6.84%
2021	50.7%	39.1%	11.6%	59.6%	52.6%	7.08%
2022	50.1%	38.3%	11.8%	60%	52.6%	7.39%
2023	49.5%	37.4%	12.1%	60%	52.2%	7.78%
2024	48.8%	36.4%	12.4%	59.6%	51.4%	8.2%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Ecuador decreased from 63.9% to 48.8% between 2004 and 2024.

In Mongolia, the ratio of dependent people increased from 52.3% to 59.6% between 2004 and 2024 with an increased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Ecuador	Mongolia
1960	51.5%	56.3%
1961	51.4%	55.2%
1962	51.3%	54.2%
1963	51.2%	53.3%
1964	51.3%	52.5%
1965	51.4%	51.6%
1966	51.4%	50.7%
1967	51.5%	49.9%
1968	51.6%	49.2%
1969	51.7%	48.8%
1970	51.8%	48.6%
1971	51.9%	48.6%
1972	52.1%	48.6%
1973	52.2%	48.7%
1974	52.4%	49%
1975	52.6%	49.3%
1976	52.8%	49.7%
1977	53.1%	50.1%
1978	53.3%	50.6%
1979	53.6%	51.1%
1980	53.9%	51.5%
1981	54.3%	51.9%
1982	54.6%	52.4%
1983	55%	52.7%
1984	55.4%	53.1%
1985	55.8%	53.4%
1986	56.1%	53.7%
1987	56.5%	53.9%
1988	56.9%	54.1%
1989	57.3%	54.4%
1990	57.6%	54.8%
1991	57.9%	55.3%
1992	58.1%	55.8%
1993	58.3%	56.4%
1994	58.5%	57%
1995	58.7%	57.5%
1996	58.9%	58.1%
1997	59.1%	58.8%
1998	59.4%	59.5%
1999	59.6%	60.4%
2000	59.9%	61.4%
2001	60.2%	62.5%
2002	60.4%	63.6%
2003	60.7%	64.7%
2004	61%	65.7%
2005	61.3%	66.5%
2006	61.6%	67.3%
2007	62%	67.8%
2008	62.3%	68.1%
2009	62.6%	68.3%
2010	62.8%	68.3%
2011	63.1%	68.2%
2012	63.4%	68.1%
2013	63.7%	67.8%
2014	64%	67.3%
2015	64.3%	66.6%
2016	64.7%	65.9%
2017	65%	65.1%
2018	65.4%	64.3%
2019	65.7%	63.5%
2020	66%	62.9%
2021	66.4%	62.6%
2022	66.6%	62.5%
2023	66.9%	62.5%
2024	67.2%	62.7%
2025	67.5%	63%
2026	67.8%	63.4%
2027	68.1%	63.8%
2028	68.3%	64.4%
2029	68.4%	65%
2030	68.5%	65.7%
2031	68.5%	66.3%
2032	68.5%	66.8%
2033	68.6%	67.1%
2034	68.6%	67.4%
2035	68.5%	67.6%
2036	68.5%	67.7%
2037	68.3%	67.7%
2038	68.2%	67.6%
2039	68%	67.4%
2040	67.9%	67.2%
2041	67.7%	66.9%
2042	67.5%	66.6%
2043	67.3%	66.2%
2044	67.1%	65.9%
2045	66.9%	65.5%
2046	66.7%	65.2%
2047	66.5%	64.9%
2048	66.2%	64.6%
2049	66%	64.4%
2050	65.7%	64.1%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 61% to 67.2% in Ecuador and from 65.7% to 62.7% in Mongolia.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ecuador	Mongolia
1960	43.9%	38.1%
1961	44.1%	38.8%
1962	44.3%	39.6%
1963	44.4%	40.4%
1964	44.4%	41.4%
1965	44.4%	42.4%
1966	44.4%	43.3%
1967	44.4%	44.2%
1968	44.3%	44.9%
1969	44.3%	45.4%
1970	44.2%	45.6%
1971	44.2%	45.8%
1972	44.1%	45.8%
1973	43.9%	45.8%
1974	43.8%	45.6%
1975	43.6%	45.4%
1976	43.4%	45.2%
1977	43.2%	44.8%
1978	43%	44.5%
1979	42.7%	44.1%
1980	42.4%	43.7%
1981	42.1%	43.3%
1982	41.8%	43%
1983	41.4%	42.7%
1984	41.1%	42.5%
1985	40.7%	42.3%
1986	40.3%	42.1%
1987	39.9%	42%
1988	39.5%	41.8%
1989	39.1%	41.7%
1990	38.7%	41.4%
1991	38.4%	41%
1992	38.1%	40.5%
1993	37.7%	40%
1994	37.4%	39.5%
1995	37.1%	39%
1996	36.8%	38.4%
1997	36.4%	37.8%
1998	36.1%	37%
1999	35.7%	36.2%
2000	35.4%	35.2%
2001	35%	34.1%
2002	34.7%	32.9%
2003	34.3%	31.8%
2004	33.9%	30.8%
2005	33.5%	29.9%
2006	33%	29.1%
2007	32.6%	28.5%
2008	32.1%	28.1%
2009	31.7%	27.9%
2010	31.3%	27.9%
2011	30.9%	28%
2012	30.5%	28.1%
2013	30.1%	28.5%
2014	29.6%	28.9%
2015	29%	29.5%
2016	28.5%	30.2%
2017	28%	30.9%
2018	27.4%	31.6%
2019	26.9%	32.3%
2020	26.4%	32.8%
2021	26%	32.9%
2022	25.5%	32.9%
2023	25%	32.6%
2024	24.5%	32.2%
2025	23.9%	31.6%
2026	23.3%	30.9%
2027	22.8%	30.1%
2028	22.3%	29.2%
2029	21.9%	28.2%
2030	21.6%	27.3%
2031	21.2%	26.3%
2032	20.9%	25.6%
2033	20.6%	24.9%
2034	20.3%	24.3%
2035	20%	23.8%
2036	19.7%	23.4%
2037	19.5%	23.1%
2038	19.3%	23%
2039	19.1%	22.9%
2040	18.9%	22.8%
2041	18.8%	22.9%
2042	18.6%	22.9%
2043	18.4%	23%
2044	18.2%	23.1%
2045	18%	23.2%
2046	17.8%	23.3%
2047	17.6%	23.4%
2048	17.4%	23.4%
2049	17.2%	23.4%
2050	17%	23.3%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 24.5% in Ecuador and 32.2% in Mongolia. Birth rates in Ecuador compared to Mongolia .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Ecuador	Mongolia
1960	4.6%	5.69%
1961	4.52%	5.94%
1962	4.45%	6.2%
1963	4.37%	6.27%
1964	4.3%	6.16%
1965	4.23%	6.06%
1966	4.17%	5.98%
1967	4.11%	5.92%
1968	4.06%	5.89%
1969	4%	5.85%
1970	3.96%	5.78%
1971	3.91%	5.69%
1972	3.86%	5.59%
1973	3.82%	5.48%
1974	3.79%	5.37%
1975	3.75%	5.27%
1976	3.72%	5.16%
1977	3.7%	5.06%
1978	3.68%	4.95%
1979	3.66%	4.86%
1980	3.64%	4.79%
1981	3.62%	4.71%
1982	3.6%	4.62%
1983	3.58%	4.53%
1984	3.56%	4.43%
1985	3.55%	4.34%
1986	3.55%	4.25%
1987	3.56%	4.14%
1988	3.58%	4.03%
1989	3.62%	3.92%
1990	3.67%	3.83%
1991	3.76%	3.75%
1992	3.85%	3.66%
1993	3.95%	3.59%
1994	4.06%	3.54%
1995	4.17%	3.5%
1996	4.29%	3.48%
1997	4.41%	3.46%
1998	4.52%	3.44%
1999	4.62%	3.42%
2000	4.71%	3.43%
2001	4.8%	3.45%
2002	4.9%	3.48%
2003	5%	3.51%
2004	5.11%	3.55%
2005	5.22%	3.6%
2006	5.33%	3.66%
2007	5.45%	3.71%
2008	5.57%	3.76%
2009	5.7%	3.79%
2010	5.84%	3.8%
2011	5.98%	3.8%
2012	6.11%	3.79%
2013	6.26%	3.79%
2014	6.45%	3.81%
2015	6.64%	3.84%
2016	6.83%	3.89%
2017	7%	3.95%
2018	7.19%	4.05%
2019	7.41%	4.17%
2020	7.56%	4.31%
2021	7.67%	4.43%
2022	7.85%	4.62%
2023	8.09%	4.86%
2024	8.34%	5.14%
2025	8.6%	5.43%
2026	8.86%	5.74%
2027	9.12%	6.06%
2028	9.4%	6.39%
2029	9.68%	6.71%
2030	9.96%	7.04%
2031	10.3%	7.36%
2032	10.6%	7.67%
2033	10.9%	7.97%
2034	11.2%	8.27%
2035	11.5%	8.56%
2036	11.8%	8.84%
2037	12.2%	9.13%
2038	12.5%	9.41%
2039	12.8%	9.69%
2040	13.2%	9.96%
2041	13.6%	10.2%
2042	13.9%	10.5%
2043	14.3%	10.8%
2044	14.7%	11%
2045	15.1%	11.3%
2046	15.5%	11.5%
2047	15.9%	11.7%
2048	16.3%	12%
2049	16.8%	12.3%
2050	17.2%	12.6%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 8.34% in Ecuador and 5.14% in Mongolia. Life expectancy in Ecuador compared to Mongolia .