The current population of Ecuador is 18,414,090 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 18,135,478 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Ecuador is projected to reach 21.7M people in 2063.
- For the last 20 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of 1.65% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 13.8M people to 18.4M (33% growth in 20 years).
- Ecuador accounts for 0.22% of the world's population.
- Ecuador is ranked 71/197 by population and was ranked 64th in 2005.
Ecuador population clock
Ecuador
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
18414090
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 71/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | N/A |
| One net population change |
3.38 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.7 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +426 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +155,395 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.86% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 112/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
26.7 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -19,704 | N/A |
Ecuador population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,590,891 | - |
| 1961 | 4,722,331 | 2.86% |
| 1962 | 4,859,269 | 2.9% |
| 1963 | 5,001,716 | 2.93% |
| 1964 | 5,149,918 | 2.96% |
| 1965 | 5,303,963 | 2.99% |
| 1966 | 5,463,748 | 3.01% |
| 1967 | 5,629,057 | 3.03% |
| 1968 | 5,799,680 | 3.03% |
| 1969 | 5,975,236 | 3.03% |
| 1970 | 6,155,387 | 3.01% |
| 1971 | 6,340,052 | 3% |
| 1972 | 6,529,034 | 2.98% |
| 1973 | 6,722,033 | 2.96% |
| 1974 | 6,918,573 | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 7,118,251 | 2.89% |
| 1976 | 7,320,912 | 2.85% |
| 1977 | 7,526,819 | 2.81% |
| 1978 | 7,736,167 | 2.78% |
| 1979 | 7,948,869 | 2.75% |
| 1980 | 8,165,877 | 2.73% |
| 1981 | 8,386,910 | 2.71% |
| 1982 | 8,611,298 | 2.68% |
| 1983 | 8,840,417 | 2.66% |
| 1984 | 9,074,782 | 2.65% |
| 1985 | 9,311,154 | 2.6% |
| 1986 | 9,545,998 | 2.52% |
| 1987 | 9,779,290 | 2.44% |
| 1988 | 10,010,808 | 2.37% |
| 1989 | 10,241,852 | 2.31% |
| 1990 | 10,473,673 | 2.26% |
| 1991 | 10,702,380 | 2.18% |
| 1992 | 10,930,128 | 2.13% |
| 1993 | 11,154,274 | 2.05% |
| 1994 | 11,372,197 | 1.95% |
| 1995 | 11,590,514 | 1.92% |
| 1996 | 11,810,950 | 1.9% |
| 1997 | 12,031,127 | 1.86% |
| 1998 | 12,251,184 | 1.83% |
| 1999 | 12,470,795 | 1.79% |
| 2000 | 12,689,206 | 1.75% |
| 2001 | 12,910,740 | 1.75% |
| 2002 | 13,138,472 | 1.76% |
| 2003 | 13,372,306 | 1.78% |
| 2004 | 13,608,701 | 1.77% |
| 2005 | 13,846,163 | 1.74% |
| 2006 | 14,086,131 | 1.73% |
| 2007 | 14,328,773 | 1.72% |
| 2008 | 14,575,202 | 1.72% |
| 2009 | 14,825,954 | 1.72% |
| 2010 | 15,076,695 | 1.69% |
| 2011 | 15,326,227 | 1.66% |
| 2012 | 15,572,194 | 1.6% |
| 2013 | 15,807,128 | 1.51% |
| 2014 | 16,035,124 | 1.44% |
| 2015 | 16,266,225 | 1.44% |
| 2016 | 16,505,139 | 1.47% |
| 2017 | 16,759,519 | 1.54% |
| 2018 | 17,049,547 | 1.73% |
| 2019 | 17,340,021 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 17,546,065 | 1.19% |
| 2021 | 17,682,454 | 0.78% |
| 2022 | 17,823,897 | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 17,980,083 | 0.88% |
| 2024 | 18,135,478 | 0.86% |
| 2025 | 18,289,898 | 0.85% |
| 2026 | 18,444,505 | 0.85% |
| 2027 | 18,600,319 | 0.84% |
| 2028 | 18,757,228 | 0.84% |
| 2029 | 18,914,103 | 0.84% |
| 2030 | 19,069,715 | 0.82% |
| 2031 | 19,222,817 | 0.8% |
| 2032 | 19,372,495 | 0.78% |
| 2033 | 19,518,750 | 0.75% |
| 2034 | 19,661,347 | 0.73% |
| 2035 | 19,800,128 | 0.71% |
| 2036 | 19,935,162 | 0.68% |
| 2037 | 20,066,382 | 0.66% |
| 2038 | 20,193,573 | 0.63% |
| 2039 | 20,316,268 | 0.61% |
| 2040 | 20,434,223 | 0.58% |
| 2041 | 20,547,455 | 0.55% |
| 2042 | 20,655,763 | 0.53% |
| 2043 | 20,759,127 | 0.5% |
| 2044 | 20,857,468 | 0.47% |
| 2045 | 20,950,629 | 0.45% |
| 2046 | 21,038,532 | 0.42% |
| 2047 | 21,121,169 | 0.39% |
| 2048 | 21,198,613 | 0.37% |
| 2049 | 21,270,658 | 0.34% |
| 2050 | 21,337,231 | 0.31% |
Ecuador has a population of 18.4M as of 2025, compared to 16.3M in 2015, 13.8M in 2005, and 11.6M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.32% per year. Ecuador is ranked 97th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Ecuador will have 20,950,629 people (13.8% growth) with a rank change from 71st to 74th.
By the year 2100, Ecuador's population is projected to grow by 3.68% to 19.1M people.
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Ecuador population statistics
|
Ecuador
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 77.8 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 29.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 189.1 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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