The latest officially reported population of Ecuador was 18,135,478 in 2024 vs 1,862,441 people in Latvia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ecuador's population is 18,414,090 people compared to 1,844,219 in Latvia.
Population statistics:
- Ecuador's population is 9.98 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Ecuador is ranked the 71st most populous country in the world, while Latvia is the 149th.
- The countries together account for 0.25% of the world: 0.22% for Ecuador vs 0.02% for Latvia.
- For the last 10 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs -0.7% in Latvia.
- Since 2005, the population of Ecuador has increased from 13.8M people to 18.4M (33% growth), while Latvia has declined from 2.24M to 1.84M (17.6% decline).
- Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people, while Latvia's population already peaked in 1989 at 2.67M people and is projected to decrease to 921K people by 2100.
Ecuador vs Latvia: live population counter
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| Current population |
18414090
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1844219
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| Population rank | 71/197 | 149/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
3.38 minutes
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35 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
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36.4 minutes
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| One death every |
5.7 minutes
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18.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
26.7 minutes
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3.94 hours
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| Annual migration change | -19,704 | -2,225 |
| Daily growth/decline | +426 | -41 |
| Annual growth/decline | +155,395 | -15,004 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.86% | -0.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 112/197 | 190/197 |
Ecuador and Latvia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,590,891 | 2,120,979 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,722,331 | 2,152,681 | 2.86% | 1.49% |
| 1962 | 4,859,269 | 2,181,586 | 2.9% | 1.34% |
| 1963 | 5,001,716 | 2,210,919 | 2.93% | 1.34% |
| 1964 | 5,149,918 | 2,240,623 | 2.96% | 1.34% |
| 1965 | 5,303,963 | 2,265,919 | 2.99% | 1.13% |
| 1966 | 5,463,748 | 2,283,217 | 3.01% | 0.76% |
| 1967 | 5,629,057 | 2,301,220 | 3.03% | 0.79% |
| 1968 | 5,799,680 | 2,323,619 | 3.03% | 0.97% |
| 1969 | 5,975,236 | 2,343,173 | 3.03% | 0.84% |
| 1970 | 6,155,387 | 2,359,164 | 3.01% | 0.68% |
| 1971 | 6,340,052 | 2,376,389 | 3% | 0.73% |
| 1972 | 6,529,034 | 2,395,674 | 2.98% | 0.81% |
| 1973 | 6,722,033 | 2,415,819 | 2.96% | 0.84% |
| 1974 | 6,918,573 | 2,437,186 | 2.92% | 0.88% |
| 1975 | 7,118,251 | 2,456,130 | 2.89% | 0.78% |
| 1976 | 7,320,912 | 2,470,989 | 2.85% | 0.6% |
| 1977 | 7,526,819 | 2,485,073 | 2.81% | 0.57% |
| 1978 | 7,736,167 | 2,497,921 | 2.78% | 0.52% |
| 1979 | 7,948,869 | 2,505,953 | 2.75% | 0.32% |
| 1980 | 8,165,877 | 2,511,701 | 2.73% | 0.23% |
| 1981 | 8,386,910 | 2,519,421 | 2.71% | 0.31% |
| 1982 | 8,611,298 | 2,531,080 | 2.68% | 0.46% |
| 1983 | 8,840,417 | 2,546,011 | 2.66% | 0.59% |
| 1984 | 9,074,782 | 2,562,047 | 2.65% | 0.63% |
| 1985 | 9,311,154 | 2,578,873 | 2.6% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 9,545,998 | 2,599,892 | 2.52% | 0.82% |
| 1987 | 9,779,290 | 2,626,583 | 2.44% | 1.03% |
| 1988 | 10,010,808 | 2,653,434 | 2.37% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 10,241,852 | 2,666,955 | 2.31% | 0.51% |
| 1990 | 10,473,673 | 2,663,151 | 2.26% | -0.14% |
| 1991 | 10,702,380 | 2,650,581 | 2.18% | -0.47% |
| 1992 | 10,930,128 | 2,614,338 | 2.13% | -1.37% |
| 1993 | 11,154,274 | 2,563,290 | 2.05% | -1.95% |
| 1994 | 11,372,197 | 2,520,742 | 1.95% | -1.66% |
| 1995 | 11,590,514 | 2,485,056 | 1.92% | -1.42% |
| 1996 | 11,810,950 | 2,457,222 | 1.9% | -1.12% |
| 1997 | 12,031,127 | 2,432,851 | 1.86% | -0.99% |
| 1998 | 12,251,184 | 2,410,019 | 1.83% | -0.94% |
| 1999 | 12,470,795 | 2,390,482 | 1.79% | -0.81% |
| 2000 | 12,689,206 | 2,367,550 | 1.75% | -0.96% |
| 2001 | 12,910,740 | 2,337,170 | 1.75% | -1.28% |
| 2002 | 13,138,472 | 2,310,173 | 1.76% | -1.16% |
| 2003 | 13,372,306 | 2,287,955 | 1.78% | -0.96% |
| 2004 | 13,608,701 | 2,263,122 | 1.77% | -1.09% |
| 2005 | 13,846,163 | 2,238,799 | 1.74% | -1.07% |
| 2006 | 14,086,131 | 2,218,357 | 1.73% | -0.91% |
| 2007 | 14,328,773 | 2,200,325 | 1.72% | -0.81% |
| 2008 | 14,575,202 | 2,177,322 | 1.72% | -1.05% |
| 2009 | 14,825,954 | 2,141,669 | 1.72% | -1.64% |
| 2010 | 15,076,695 | 2,097,555 | 1.69% | -2.06% |
| 2011 | 15,326,227 | 2,059,709 | 1.66% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 15,572,194 | 2,034,319 | 1.6% | -1.23% |
| 2013 | 15,807,128 | 2,012,647 | 1.51% | -1.07% |
| 2014 | 16,035,124 | 1,993,782 | 1.44% | -0.94% |
| 2015 | 16,266,225 | 1,977,527 | 1.44% | -0.82% |
| 2016 | 16,505,139 | 1,959,537 | 1.47% | -0.91% |
| 2017 | 16,759,519 | 1,942,248 | 1.54% | -0.88% |
| 2018 | 17,049,547 | 1,927,174 | 1.73% | -0.78% |
| 2019 | 17,340,021 | 1,913,822 | 1.7% | -0.69% |
| 2020 | 17,546,065 | 1,900,449 | 1.19% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 17,682,454 | 1,884,490 | 0.78% | -0.84% |
| 2022 | 17,823,897 | 1,879,383 | 0.8% | -0.27% |
| 2023 | 17,980,083 | 1,877,445 | 0.88% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 18,135,478 | 1,862,441 | 0.86% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 18,289,898 | 1,844,219 | 0.85% | -0.98% |
| 2026 | 18,444,505 | 1,826,681 | 0.85% | -0.95% |
| 2027 | 18,600,319 | 1,812,384 | 0.84% | -0.78% |
| 2028 | 18,757,228 | 1,797,965 | 0.84% | -0.8% |
| 2029 | 18,914,103 | 1,783,455 | 0.84% | -0.81% |
| 2030 | 19,069,715 | 1,768,667 | 0.82% | -0.83% |
| 2031 | 19,222,817 | 1,753,985 | 0.8% | -0.83% |
| 2032 | 19,372,495 | 1,739,582 | 0.78% | -0.82% |
| 2033 | 19,518,750 | 1,725,261 | 0.75% | -0.82% |
| 2034 | 19,661,347 | 1,711,332 | 0.73% | -0.81% |
| 2035 | 19,800,128 | 1,697,827 | 0.71% | -0.79% |
| 2036 | 19,935,162 | 1,684,492 | 0.68% | -0.79% |
| 2037 | 20,066,382 | 1,671,323 | 0.66% | -0.78% |
| 2038 | 20,193,573 | 1,658,336 | 0.63% | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 20,316,268 | 1,645,282 | 0.61% | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 20,434,223 | 1,632,376 | 0.58% | -0.78% |
| 2041 | 20,547,455 | 1,619,616 | 0.55% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 20,655,763 | 1,607,019 | 0.53% | -0.78% |
| 2043 | 20,759,127 | 1,594,558 | 0.5% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 20,857,468 | 1,582,077 | 0.47% | -0.78% |
| 2045 | 20,950,629 | 1,569,454 | 0.45% | -0.8% |
| 2046 | 21,038,532 | 1,556,840 | 0.42% | -0.8% |
| 2047 | 21,121,169 | 1,544,315 | 0.39% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 21,198,613 | 1,531,684 | 0.37% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 21,270,658 | 1,518,941 | 0.34% | -0.83% |
| 2050 | 21,337,231 | 1,506,179 | 0.31% | -0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth), while Latvia lost 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ecuador gained 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth), while Latvia's population decreased by -133,308 (a 6.74% decline).
Ecuador was ranked 64th most populous country in 2005 and is 71st in 2025. Latvia was ranked 139th in 2005 and ranked 149th 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 Latvia will decrease by 18.3% to 1,506,179 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.
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Population differences between Ecuador and Latvia
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| Life expectancy | 77.8 years | 76.5 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 43.6 years |
| Median age | 29.8 years | 44.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 189.1 ppl/mi² | 77.5 ppl/mi² |
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