The latest officially reported population of Ecuador was 18,135,478 in 2024 vs 5,612,817 people in Liberia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ecuador's population is 18,446,207 people compared to 5,855,409 in Liberia.
Population statistics:
- Ecuador's population is 3.15 times bigger than Liberia's.
- Ecuador is ranked the 71st most populous country in the world, while Liberia is the 116th.
- The countries together account for 0.29% of the world: 0.22% for Ecuador vs 0.07% for Liberia.
- For the last 10 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +2.09% in Liberia.
- Since 2006, the population of Ecuador has increased from 14.1M people to 18.4M (31% growth), while Liberia has grown from 3.49M to 5.86M (67.7% growth).
- Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people compared to the peak of 12.7M people in 2100 for Liberia.
Ecuador vs Liberia: live population counter
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| Current population |
18446207
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5855409
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| Population rank | 71/197 | 116/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
3.38 minutes
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4.39 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
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3.09 minutes
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| One death every |
5.7 minutes
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11.9 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 | -7,779 |
| Daily growth/decline | +426 | +328 |
| Annual growth/decline | +155,395 | +119,786 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.86% | +2.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 110/197 | 43/197 |
Ecuador and Liberia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,590,891 | 1,139,522 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,722,331 | 1,167,717 | 2.86% | 2.47% |
| 1962 | 4,859,269 | 1,197,039 | 2.9% | 2.51% |
| 1963 | 5,001,716 | 1,227,414 | 2.93% | 2.54% |
| 1964 | 5,149,918 | 1,258,745 | 2.96% | 2.55% |
| 1965 | 5,303,963 | 1,291,156 | 2.99% | 2.57% |
| 1966 | 5,463,748 | 1,324,383 | 3.01% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 5,629,057 | 1,358,435 | 3.03% | 2.57% |
| 1968 | 5,799,680 | 1,393,530 | 3.03% | 2.58% |
| 1969 | 5,975,236 | 1,429,605 | 3.03% | 2.59% |
| 1970 | 6,155,387 | 1,466,676 | 3.01% | 2.59% |
| 1971 | 6,340,052 | 1,504,077 | 3% | 2.55% |
| 1972 | 6,529,034 | 1,542,670 | 2.98% | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 6,722,033 | 1,583,588 | 2.96% | 2.65% |
| 1974 | 6,918,573 | 1,626,362 | 2.92% | 2.7% |
| 1975 | 7,118,251 | 1,670,913 | 2.89% | 2.74% |
| 1976 | 7,320,912 | 1,717,060 | 2.85% | 2.76% |
| 1977 | 7,526,819 | 1,766,019 | 2.81% | 2.85% |
| 1978 | 7,736,167 | 1,818,247 | 2.78% | 2.96% |
| 1979 | 7,948,869 | 1,872,713 | 2.75% | 3% |
| 1980 | 8,165,877 | 1,929,253 | 2.73% | 3.02% |
| 1981 | 8,386,910 | 1,986,867 | 2.71% | 2.99% |
| 1982 | 8,611,298 | 2,045,073 | 2.68% | 2.93% |
| 1983 | 8,840,417 | 2,107,113 | 2.66% | 3.03% |
| 1984 | 9,074,782 | 2,173,312 | 2.65% | 3.14% |
| 1985 | 9,311,154 | 2,240,539 | 2.6% | 3.09% |
| 1986 | 9,545,998 | 2,308,511 | 2.52% | 3.03% |
| 1987 | 9,779,290 | 2,377,229 | 2.44% | 2.98% |
| 1988 | 10,010,808 | 2,446,941 | 2.37% | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 10,241,852 | 2,517,858 | 2.31% | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 10,473,673 | 2,223,667 | 2.26% | -11.7% |
| 1991 | 10,702,380 | 1,956,518 | 2.18% | -12% |
| 1992 | 10,930,128 | 2,072,461 | 2.13% | 5.93% |
| 1993 | 11,154,274 | 2,155,126 | 2.05% | 3.99% |
| 1994 | 11,372,197 | 2,149,928 | 1.95% | -0.24% |
| 1995 | 11,590,514 | 2,169,162 | 1.92% | 0.89% |
| 1996 | 11,810,950 | 2,232,289 | 1.9% | 2.91% |
| 1997 | 12,031,127 | 2,412,989 | 1.86% | 8.09% |
| 1998 | 12,251,184 | 2,670,124 | 1.83% | 10.7% |
| 1999 | 12,470,795 | 2,821,684 | 1.79% | 5.68% |
| 2000 | 12,689,206 | 2,928,117 | 1.75% | 3.77% |
| 2001 | 12,910,740 | 3,015,338 | 1.75% | 2.98% |
| 2002 | 13,138,472 | 3,094,782 | 1.76% | 2.63% |
| 2003 | 13,372,306 | 3,119,532 | 1.78% | 0.8% |
| 2004 | 13,608,701 | 3,156,892 | 1.77% | 1.2% |
| 2005 | 13,846,163 | 3,301,015 | 1.74% | 4.57% |
| 2006 | 14,086,131 | 3,490,787 | 1.73% | 5.75% |
| 2007 | 14,328,773 | 3,669,050 | 1.72% | 5.11% |
| 2008 | 14,575,202 | 3,821,003 | 1.72% | 4.14% |
| 2009 | 14,825,954 | 3,943,028 | 1.72% | 3.19% |
| 2010 | 15,076,695 | 4,058,890 | 1.69% | 2.94% |
| 2011 | 15,326,227 | 4,221,178 | 1.66% | 4% |
| 2012 | 15,572,194 | 4,373,043 | 1.6% | 3.6% |
| 2013 | 15,807,128 | 4,470,239 | 1.51% | 2.22% |
| 2014 | 16,035,124 | 4,564,293 | 1.44% | 2.1% |
| 2015 | 16,266,225 | 4,659,431 | 1.44% | 2.08% |
| 2016 | 16,505,139 | 4,755,608 | 1.47% | 2.06% |
| 2017 | 16,759,519 | 4,848,925 | 1.54% | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 17,049,547 | 4,944,726 | 1.73% | 1.98% |
| 2019 | 17,340,021 | 5,043,721 | 1.7% | 2% |
| 2020 | 17,546,065 | 5,149,463 | 1.19% | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 17,682,454 | 5,259,323 | 0.78% | 2.13% |
| 2022 | 17,823,897 | 5,373,294 | 0.8% | 2.17% |
| 2023 | 17,980,083 | 5,493,031 | 0.88% | 2.23% |
| 2024 | 18,135,478 | 5,612,817 | 0.86% | 2.18% |
| 2025 | 18,289,898 | 5,731,211 | 0.85% | 2.11% |
| 2026 | 18,444,505 | 5,853,958 | 0.85% | 2.14% |
| 2027 | 18,600,319 | 5,986,805 | 0.84% | 2.27% |
| 2028 | 18,757,228 | 6,118,769 | 0.84% | 2.2% |
| 2029 | 18,914,103 | 6,245,093 | 0.84% | 2.06% |
| 2030 | 19,069,715 | 6,366,293 | 0.82% | 1.94% |
| 2031 | 19,222,817 | 6,486,749 | 0.8% | 1.89% |
| 2032 | 19,372,495 | 6,614,257 | 0.78% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 19,518,750 | 6,744,927 | 0.75% | 1.98% |
| 2034 | 19,661,347 | 6,873,688 | 0.73% | 1.91% |
| 2035 | 19,800,128 | 7,003,567 | 0.71% | 1.89% |
| 2036 | 19,935,162 | 7,142,326 | 0.68% | 1.98% |
| 2037 | 20,066,382 | 7,278,759 | 0.66% | 1.91% |
| 2038 | 20,193,573 | 7,408,720 | 0.63% | 1.79% |
| 2039 | 20,316,268 | 7,545,510 | 0.61% | 1.85% |
| 2040 | 20,434,223 | 7,681,693 | 0.58% | 1.8% |
| 2041 | 20,547,455 | 7,817,089 | 0.55% | 1.76% |
| 2042 | 20,655,763 | 7,954,182 | 0.53% | 1.75% |
| 2043 | 20,759,127 | 8,077,173 | 0.5% | 1.55% |
| 2044 | 20,857,468 | 8,194,136 | 0.47% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 20,950,629 | 8,310,657 | 0.45% | 1.42% |
| 2046 | 21,038,532 | 8,428,924 | 0.42% | 1.42% |
| 2047 | 21,121,169 | 8,552,033 | 0.39% | 1.46% |
| 2048 | 21,198,613 | 8,673,963 | 0.37% | 1.43% |
| 2049 | 21,270,658 | 8,795,838 | 0.34% | 1.41% |
| 2050 | 21,337,231 | 8,910,539 | 0.31% | 1.3% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,419,008 people (a 17.2% growth), while Liberia gained 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ecuador gained 1,941,068 (a 11.8% growth), while Liberia's population increased by 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth).
Ecuador was ranked 65th most populous country in 2006 and is 71st in 2026. Liberia was ranked 126th in 2006 and ranked 116th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ecuador's population will grow by 15.7% to 21,337,231 people with a rank change from 71st to 74th. The population of Liberia will increase by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people and rank change from 116th to 107th.
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 |
| Monrovia | 1.02M |
| Sanniquellie | 47.1K |
| Kakata | 33.9K |
| Greenville | 17.6K |
| Yekepa | 11K |
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Population differences between Ecuador and Liberia
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| Life expectancy | 77.9 years | 62.6 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 24.1 years |
| Median age | 29.8 years | 19.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman | 3.95 births per woman |
| Population density | 189.1 ppl/mi² | 150.9 ppl/mi² |
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