The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 18,135,478 people in Ecuador in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 18,414,090 in Ecuador.
Population statistics:
- Ecuador's population is 4.8 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Ecuador is the 71st.
- The countries together account for 0.27% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.22% for Ecuador.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +1.26% in Ecuador.
- Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), while Ecuador has grown from 13.8M to 18.4M (33% growth).
- Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Croatia vs Ecuador: live population counter
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| Current population |
3839202
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18414090
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| Population rank | 129/197 | 71/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.22% |
| One net population change |
1.32 hours
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3.38 minutes
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| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
10.2 minutes
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5.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
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26.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,186 | -19,704 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +426 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,614 | +155,395 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +0.86% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 112/197 |
Croatia and Ecuador: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 4,590,891 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 4,722,331 | 0.65% | 2.86% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 4,859,269 | 0.71% | 2.9% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 5,001,716 | 0.69% | 2.93% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 5,149,918 | 0.64% | 2.96% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 5,303,963 | 0.66% | 2.99% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 5,463,748 | 0.7% | 3.01% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 5,629,057 | 0.65% | 3.03% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 5,799,680 | 0.62% | 3.03% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 5,975,236 | 0.59% | 3.03% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 6,155,387 | 0.47% | 3.01% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 6,340,052 | 0.43% | 3% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 6,529,034 | 0.44% | 2.98% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 6,722,033 | 0.44% | 2.96% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 6,918,573 | 0.46% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 7,118,251 | 0.48% | 2.89% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 7,320,912 | 0.53% | 2.85% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 7,526,819 | 0.52% | 2.81% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 7,736,167 | 0.47% | 2.78% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 7,948,869 | 0.3% | 2.75% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 8,165,877 | 0.11% | 2.73% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 8,386,910 | 0.25% | 2.71% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 8,611,298 | 0.49% | 2.68% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 8,840,417 | 0.52% | 2.66% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 9,074,782 | 0.47% | 2.65% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 9,311,154 | 0.45% | 2.6% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 9,545,998 | 0.43% | 2.52% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 9,779,290 | 0.39% | 2.44% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 10,010,808 | 0.33% | 2.37% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 10,241,852 | 0.25% | 2.31% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 10,473,673 | 0.21% | 2.26% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 10,702,380 | -1.85% | 2.18% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 10,930,128 | -2.41% | 2.13% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 11,154,274 | 0.54% | 2.05% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 11,372,197 | 1.12% | 1.95% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 11,590,514 | -0.69% | 1.92% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 11,810,950 | -1.36% | 1.9% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 12,031,127 | -0.49% | 1.86% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 12,251,184 | -0.06% | 1.83% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 12,470,795 | -0.43% | 1.79% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 12,689,206 | -0.98% | 1.75% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 12,910,740 | -3.77% | 1.75% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 13,138,472 | 0.06% | 1.76% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 13,372,306 | 0.03% | 1.78% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 13,608,701 | 0.03% | 1.77% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 13,846,163 | 0.13% | 1.74% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 14,086,131 | 0.02% | 1.73% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 14,328,773 | -0.02% | 1.72% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 14,575,202 | -0.01% | 1.72% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 14,825,954 | -0.1% | 1.72% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 15,076,695 | -0.23% | 1.69% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 15,326,227 | -0.34% | 1.66% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 15,572,194 | -0.47% | 1.6% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 15,807,128 | -0.62% | 1.51% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 16,035,124 | -0.76% | 1.44% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 16,266,225 | -1.19% | 1.44% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 16,505,139 | -1.08% | 1.47% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 16,759,519 | -1.59% | 1.54% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 17,049,547 | -1.3% | 1.73% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 17,340,021 | -0.99% | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 17,546,065 | -0.89% | 1.19% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 17,682,454 | -0.9% | 0.78% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 17,823,897 | -0.6% | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 17,980,083 | 0.1% | 0.88% |
| 2024 | 3,866,300 | 18,135,478 | 0.17% | 0.86% |
| 2025 | 3,839,202 | 18,289,898 | -0.7% | 0.85% |
| 2026 | 3,813,444 | 18,444,505 | -0.67% | 0.85% |
| 2027 | 3,788,509 | 18,600,319 | -0.65% | 0.84% |
| 2028 | 3,764,509 | 18,757,228 | -0.63% | 0.84% |
| 2029 | 3,740,864 | 18,914,103 | -0.63% | 0.84% |
| 2030 | 3,717,091 | 19,069,715 | -0.64% | 0.82% |
| 2031 | 3,693,060 | 19,222,817 | -0.65% | 0.8% |
| 2032 | 3,668,891 | 19,372,495 | -0.65% | 0.78% |
| 2033 | 3,645,252 | 19,518,750 | -0.64% | 0.75% |
| 2034 | 3,621,822 | 19,661,347 | -0.64% | 0.73% |
| 2035 | 3,598,817 | 19,800,128 | -0.64% | 0.71% |
| 2036 | 3,576,022 | 19,935,162 | -0.63% | 0.68% |
| 2037 | 3,552,470 | 20,066,382 | -0.66% | 0.66% |
| 2038 | 3,528,382 | 20,193,573 | -0.68% | 0.63% |
| 2039 | 3,504,319 | 20,316,268 | -0.68% | 0.61% |
| 2040 | 3,480,182 | 20,434,223 | -0.69% | 0.58% |
| 2041 | 3,455,709 | 20,547,455 | -0.7% | 0.55% |
| 2042 | 3,430,926 | 20,655,763 | -0.72% | 0.53% |
| 2043 | 3,406,019 | 20,759,127 | -0.73% | 0.5% |
| 2044 | 3,380,680 | 20,857,468 | -0.74% | 0.47% |
| 2045 | 3,355,131 | 20,950,629 | -0.76% | 0.45% |
| 2046 | 3,329,736 | 21,038,532 | -0.76% | 0.42% |
| 2047 | 3,304,173 | 21,121,169 | -0.77% | 0.39% |
| 2048 | 3,278,352 | 21,198,613 | -0.78% | 0.37% |
| 2049 | 3,252,533 | 21,270,658 | -0.79% | 0.34% |
| 2050 | 3,226,623 | 21,337,231 | -0.8% | 0.31% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Ecuador gained 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Ecuador's population increased by 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth).
Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th in 2025. Ecuador was ranked 64th in 2005 and ranked 71st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Croatia's population will shrink by 16% to 3,226,623 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Ecuador will increase by 15.9% to 21,337,231 people and rank change from 71st to 74th.
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Population differences between Croatia and Ecuador
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| Life expectancy | 78.9 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 32.4 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 29.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.82 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 189.1 ppl/mi² |
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