The latest officially reported population of Ecuador was 18,135,478 in 2024 vs 18,406,359 people in Guatemala in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ecuador's population is 18,414,090 people compared to 18,912,872 in Guatemala.
Population statistics:
- Guatemala's population is 1.03 times bigger than Ecuador's.
- Ecuador is ranked the 71st most populous country in the world, while Guatemala is the 70th.
- The countries together account for 0.45% of the world: 0.22% for Ecuador vs 0.23% for Guatemala.
- For the last 10 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +1.64% in Guatemala.
- Since 2005, the population of Ecuador has increased from 13.8M people to 18.4M (33% growth), while Guatemala has grown from 13.1M to 18.9M (44.5% growth).
- Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people compared to the peak of 27.2M people in 2077 for Guatemala.
Ecuador vs Guatemala: live population counter
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| Current population |
18414090
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18912872
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| Population rank | 71/197 | 70/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
3.38 minutes
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1.87 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
5.7 minutes
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6.01 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
26.7 minutes
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1.13 hours
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| Annual migration change | -19,704 | -7,725 |
| Daily growth/decline | +426 | +771 |
| Annual growth/decline | +155,395 | +281,521 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.86% | +1.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 112/197 | 71/197 |
Ecuador and Guatemala: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,590,891 | 4,063,655 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,722,331 | 4,186,201 | 2.86% | 3.02% |
| 1962 | 4,859,269 | 4,312,044 | 2.9% | 3.01% |
| 1963 | 5,001,716 | 4,440,264 | 2.93% | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 5,149,918 | 4,571,109 | 2.96% | 2.95% |
| 1965 | 5,303,963 | 4,704,965 | 2.99% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 5,463,748 | 4,840,958 | 3.01% | 2.89% |
| 1967 | 5,629,057 | 4,978,862 | 3.03% | 2.85% |
| 1968 | 5,799,680 | 5,118,111 | 3.03% | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 5,975,236 | 5,257,081 | 3.03% | 2.72% |
| 1970 | 6,155,387 | 5,396,966 | 3.01% | 2.66% |
| 1971 | 6,340,052 | 5,538,355 | 3% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 6,529,034 | 5,682,833 | 2.98% | 2.61% |
| 1973 | 6,722,033 | 5,831,631 | 2.96% | 2.62% |
| 1974 | 6,918,573 | 5,981,197 | 2.92% | 2.56% |
| 1975 | 7,118,251 | 6,128,731 | 2.89% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 7,320,912 | 6,262,404 | 2.85% | 2.18% |
| 1977 | 7,526,819 | 6,401,515 | 2.81% | 2.22% |
| 1978 | 7,736,167 | 6,561,534 | 2.78% | 2.5% |
| 1979 | 7,948,869 | 6,727,797 | 2.75% | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 8,165,877 | 6,900,212 | 2.73% | 2.56% |
| 1981 | 8,386,910 | 7,075,648 | 2.71% | 2.54% |
| 1982 | 8,611,298 | 7,240,241 | 2.68% | 2.33% |
| 1983 | 8,840,417 | 7,419,642 | 2.66% | 2.48% |
| 1984 | 9,074,782 | 7,630,682 | 2.65% | 2.84% |
| 1985 | 9,311,154 | 7,849,693 | 2.6% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 9,545,998 | 8,070,818 | 2.52% | 2.82% |
| 1987 | 9,779,290 | 8,296,485 | 2.44% | 2.8% |
| 1988 | 10,010,808 | 8,532,099 | 2.37% | 2.84% |
| 1989 | 10,241,852 | 8,775,546 | 2.31% | 2.85% |
| 1990 | 10,473,673 | 9,024,773 | 2.26% | 2.84% |
| 1991 | 10,702,380 | 9,272,584 | 2.18% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 10,930,128 | 9,522,266 | 2.13% | 2.69% |
| 1993 | 11,154,274 | 9,779,761 | 2.05% | 2.7% |
| 1994 | 11,372,197 | 10,043,718 | 1.95% | 2.7% |
| 1995 | 11,590,514 | 10,312,996 | 1.92% | 2.68% |
| 1996 | 11,810,950 | 10,583,526 | 1.9% | 2.62% |
| 1997 | 12,031,127 | 10,857,754 | 1.86% | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 12,251,184 | 11,139,145 | 1.83% | 2.59% |
| 1999 | 12,470,795 | 11,422,965 | 1.79% | 2.55% |
| 2000 | 12,689,206 | 11,697,592 | 1.75% | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 12,910,740 | 11,969,422 | 1.75% | 2.32% |
| 2002 | 13,138,472 | 12,246,915 | 1.76% | 2.32% |
| 2003 | 13,372,306 | 12,525,842 | 1.78% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 13,608,701 | 12,807,402 | 1.77% | 2.25% |
| 2005 | 13,846,163 | 13,087,629 | 1.74% | 2.19% |
| 2006 | 14,086,131 | 13,367,459 | 1.73% | 2.14% |
| 2007 | 14,328,773 | 13,652,040 | 1.72% | 2.13% |
| 2008 | 14,575,202 | 13,935,174 | 1.72% | 2.07% |
| 2009 | 14,825,954 | 14,215,611 | 1.72% | 2.01% |
| 2010 | 15,076,695 | 14,500,112 | 1.69% | 2% |
| 2011 | 15,326,227 | 14,792,126 | 1.66% | 2.01% |
| 2012 | 15,572,194 | 15,089,647 | 1.6% | 2.01% |
| 2013 | 15,807,128 | 15,387,337 | 1.51% | 1.97% |
| 2014 | 16,035,124 | 15,681,725 | 1.44% | 1.91% |
| 2015 | 16,266,225 | 15,971,743 | 1.44% | 1.85% |
| 2016 | 16,505,139 | 16,268,760 | 1.47% | 1.86% |
| 2017 | 16,759,519 | 16,567,357 | 1.54% | 1.84% |
| 2018 | 17,049,547 | 16,845,685 | 1.73% | 1.68% |
| 2019 | 17,340,021 | 17,103,803 | 1.7% | 1.53% |
| 2020 | 17,546,065 | 17,357,325 | 1.19% | 1.48% |
| 2021 | 17,682,454 | 17,598,650 | 0.78% | 1.39% |
| 2022 | 17,823,897 | 17,847,877 | 0.8% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 17,980,083 | 18,124,838 | 0.88% | 1.55% |
| 2024 | 18,135,478 | 18,406,359 | 0.86% | 1.55% |
| 2025 | 18,289,898 | 18,687,873 | 0.85% | 1.53% |
| 2026 | 18,444,505 | 18,967,974 | 0.85% | 1.5% |
| 2027 | 18,600,319 | 19,246,005 | 0.84% | 1.47% |
| 2028 | 18,757,228 | 19,521,501 | 0.84% | 1.43% |
| 2029 | 18,914,103 | 19,795,168 | 0.84% | 1.4% |
| 2030 | 19,069,715 | 20,067,252 | 0.82% | 1.37% |
| 2031 | 19,222,817 | 20,337,369 | 0.8% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 19,372,495 | 20,605,385 | 0.78% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 19,518,750 | 20,871,083 | 0.75% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 19,661,347 | 21,134,167 | 0.73% | 1.26% |
| 2035 | 19,800,128 | 21,394,231 | 0.71% | 1.23% |
| 2036 | 19,935,162 | 21,650,331 | 0.68% | 1.2% |
| 2037 | 20,066,382 | 21,901,955 | 0.66% | 1.16% |
| 2038 | 20,193,573 | 22,149,197 | 0.63% | 1.13% |
| 2039 | 20,316,268 | 22,391,079 | 0.61% | 1.09% |
| 2040 | 20,434,223 | 22,626,859 | 0.58% | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 20,547,455 | 22,856,760 | 0.55% | 1.02% |
| 2042 | 20,655,763 | 23,080,838 | 0.53% | 0.98% |
| 2043 | 20,759,127 | 23,299,226 | 0.5% | 0.95% |
| 2044 | 20,857,468 | 23,512,005 | 0.47% | 0.91% |
| 2045 | 20,950,629 | 23,719,080 | 0.45% | 0.88% |
| 2046 | 21,038,532 | 23,920,450 | 0.42% | 0.85% |
| 2047 | 21,121,169 | 24,115,734 | 0.39% | 0.82% |
| 2048 | 21,198,613 | 24,305,641 | 0.37% | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 21,270,658 | 24,491,000 | 0.34% | 0.76% |
| 2050 | 21,337,231 | 24,670,850 | 0.31% | 0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ecuador gained 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth).
Ecuador was ranked 64th most populous country in 2005 and is 71st in 2025. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2005 and ranked 70th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ecuador's population will grow by 15.9% to 21,337,231 people with a rank change from 71st to 74th. The population of Guatemala will increase by 30.4% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 70th to 67th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Guayaquil | 2.65M |
| Quito | 1.76M |
| Cuenca | 362K |
| Santo Domingo | 335K |
| Duran | 295K |
| Machala | 288K |
| Manta | 259K |
| Portoviejo | 244K |
| Loja | 203K |
| Quevedo | 178K |
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| City | Population |
| Guatemala | 1.21M |
| Mixco | 528K |
| Coban | 229K |
| Quetzaltenango | 208K |
| Jalapa | 193K |
| San Miguel Petapa | 151K |
| Momostenango | 140K |
| Mazatenango | 83.8K |
| Flores | 44.7K |
| Panajachel | 16.1K |
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Population differences between Ecuador and Guatemala
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| Life expectancy | 77.8 years | 72.9 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 27.3 years |
| Median age | 29.8 years | 24 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman | 2.31 births per woman |
| Population density | 189.1 ppl/mi² | 445 ppl/mi² |
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