The latest officially reported population of Ecuador was 18,135,478 in 2024 vs 21,655,286 people in Malawi in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ecuador's population is 18,446,207 people compared to 22,791,875 in Malawi.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 1.24 times bigger than Ecuador's.
- Ecuador is ranked the 71st most populous country in the world, while Malawi is the 61st.
- The countries together account for 0.5% of the world: 0.22% for Ecuador vs 0.28% for Malawi.
- For the last 10 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +2.7% in Malawi.
- Since 2006, the population of Ecuador has increased from 14.1M people to 18.4M (31% growth), while Malawi has grown from 13.2M to 22.8M (72.7% growth).
- Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people compared to the peak of 59.1M people in 2100 for Malawi.
Ecuador vs Malawi: live population counter
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| Current population |
18446207
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22791875
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| Population rank | 71/197 | 61/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | 0.28% |
| One net population change |
3.38 minutes
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57.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
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47.6 seconds
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| One death every |
5.7 minutes
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4.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
26.7 minutes
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5.81 hours
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| Annual migration change | -19,704 | -1,507 |
| Daily growth/decline | +426 | +1,509 |
| Annual growth/decline | +155,395 | +550,804 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.86% | +2.61% |
| Population growth rate rank | 110/197 | 26/197 |
Ecuador and Malawi: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,590,891 | 3,628,134 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,722,331 | 3,715,534 | 2.86% | 2.41% |
| 1962 | 4,859,269 | 3,806,307 | 2.9% | 2.44% |
| 1963 | 5,001,716 | 3,900,506 | 2.93% | 2.47% |
| 1964 | 5,149,918 | 3,997,305 | 2.96% | 2.48% |
| 1965 | 5,303,963 | 4,096,157 | 2.99% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 5,463,748 | 4,197,926 | 3.01% | 2.48% |
| 1967 | 5,629,057 | 4,303,012 | 3.03% | 2.5% |
| 1968 | 5,799,680 | 4,411,054 | 3.03% | 2.51% |
| 1969 | 5,975,236 | 4,521,184 | 3.03% | 2.5% |
| 1970 | 6,155,387 | 4,633,944 | 3.01% | 2.49% |
| 1971 | 6,340,052 | 4,751,434 | 3% | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 6,529,034 | 4,874,475 | 2.98% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 6,722,033 | 5,003,938 | 2.96% | 2.66% |
| 1974 | 6,918,573 | 5,141,337 | 2.92% | 2.75% |
| 1975 | 7,118,251 | 5,287,367 | 2.89% | 2.84% |
| 1976 | 7,320,912 | 5,443,384 | 2.85% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 7,526,819 | 5,614,983 | 2.81% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 7,736,167 | 5,810,132 | 2.78% | 3.48% |
| 1979 | 7,948,869 | 6,028,749 | 2.75% | 3.76% |
| 1980 | 8,165,877 | 6,265,529 | 2.73% | 3.93% |
| 1981 | 8,386,910 | 6,516,454 | 2.71% | 4% |
| 1982 | 8,611,298 | 6,778,879 | 2.68% | 4.03% |
| 1983 | 8,840,417 | 7,051,709 | 2.66% | 4.02% |
| 1984 | 9,074,782 | 7,332,810 | 2.65% | 3.99% |
| 1985 | 9,311,154 | 7,620,508 | 2.6% | 3.92% |
| 1986 | 9,545,998 | 7,906,480 | 2.52% | 3.75% |
| 1987 | 9,779,290 | 8,293,174 | 2.44% | 4.89% |
| 1988 | 10,010,808 | 8,753,262 | 2.37% | 5.55% |
| 1989 | 10,241,852 | 9,176,220 | 2.31% | 4.83% |
| 1990 | 10,473,673 | 9,545,852 | 2.26% | 4.03% |
| 1991 | 10,702,380 | 9,844,227 | 2.18% | 3.13% |
| 1992 | 10,930,128 | 10,135,079 | 2.13% | 2.95% |
| 1993 | 11,154,274 | 10,284,024 | 2.05% | 1.47% |
| 1994 | 11,372,197 | 10,164,894 | 1.95% | -1.16% |
| 1995 | 11,590,514 | 10,150,117 | 1.92% | -0.15% |
| 1996 | 11,810,950 | 10,352,228 | 1.9% | 1.99% |
| 1997 | 12,031,127 | 10,562,035 | 1.86% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 12,251,184 | 10,792,876 | 1.83% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 12,470,795 | 11,047,804 | 1.79% | 2.36% |
| 2000 | 12,689,206 | 11,315,942 | 1.75% | 2.43% |
| 2001 | 12,910,740 | 11,593,058 | 1.75% | 2.45% |
| 2002 | 13,138,472 | 11,880,440 | 1.76% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 13,372,306 | 12,181,574 | 1.78% | 2.53% |
| 2004 | 13,608,701 | 12,500,737 | 1.77% | 2.62% |
| 2005 | 13,846,163 | 12,840,031 | 1.74% | 2.71% |
| 2006 | 14,086,131 | 13,198,701 | 1.73% | 2.79% |
| 2007 | 14,328,773 | 13,576,343 | 1.72% | 2.86% |
| 2008 | 14,575,202 | 13,976,417 | 1.72% | 2.95% |
| 2009 | 14,825,954 | 14,395,788 | 1.72% | 3% |
| 2010 | 15,076,695 | 14,826,463 | 1.69% | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 15,326,227 | 15,265,022 | 1.66% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 15,572,194 | 15,709,577 | 1.6% | 2.91% |
| 2013 | 15,807,128 | 16,161,816 | 1.51% | 2.88% |
| 2014 | 16,035,124 | 16,621,538 | 1.44% | 2.84% |
| 2015 | 16,266,225 | 17,085,587 | 1.44% | 2.79% |
| 2016 | 16,505,139 | 17,557,739 | 1.47% | 2.76% |
| 2017 | 16,759,519 | 18,039,715 | 1.54% | 2.75% |
| 2018 | 17,049,547 | 18,528,081 | 1.73% | 2.71% |
| 2019 | 17,340,021 | 19,025,752 | 1.7% | 2.69% |
| 2020 | 17,546,065 | 19,533,888 | 1.19% | 2.67% |
| 2021 | 17,682,454 | 20,047,258 | 0.78% | 2.63% |
| 2022 | 17,823,897 | 20,568,728 | 0.8% | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 17,980,083 | 21,104,482 | 0.88% | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 18,135,478 | 21,655,286 | 0.86% | 2.61% |
| 2025 | 18,289,898 | 22,216,113 | 0.85% | 2.59% |
| 2026 | 18,444,505 | 22,785,530 | 0.85% | 2.56% |
| 2027 | 18,600,319 | 23,366,187 | 0.84% | 2.55% |
| 2028 | 18,757,228 | 23,954,450 | 0.84% | 2.52% |
| 2029 | 18,914,103 | 24,553,499 | 0.84% | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 19,069,715 | 25,160,293 | 0.82% | 2.47% |
| 2031 | 19,222,817 | 25,763,534 | 0.8% | 2.4% |
| 2032 | 19,372,495 | 26,366,760 | 0.78% | 2.34% |
| 2033 | 19,518,750 | 26,978,417 | 0.75% | 2.32% |
| 2034 | 19,661,347 | 27,595,295 | 0.73% | 2.29% |
| 2035 | 19,800,128 | 28,213,784 | 0.71% | 2.24% |
| 2036 | 19,935,162 | 28,835,595 | 0.68% | 2.2% |
| 2037 | 20,066,382 | 29,462,509 | 0.66% | 2.17% |
| 2038 | 20,193,573 | 30,081,741 | 0.63% | 2.1% |
| 2039 | 20,316,268 | 30,691,578 | 0.61% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 20,434,223 | 31,302,092 | 0.58% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 20,547,455 | 31,911,242 | 0.55% | 1.95% |
| 2042 | 20,655,763 | 32,517,509 | 0.53% | 1.9% |
| 2043 | 20,759,127 | 33,122,481 | 0.5% | 1.86% |
| 2044 | 20,857,468 | 33,736,523 | 0.47% | 1.85% |
| 2045 | 20,950,629 | 34,350,947 | 0.45% | 1.82% |
| 2046 | 21,038,532 | 34,959,606 | 0.42% | 1.77% |
| 2047 | 21,121,169 | 35,567,989 | 0.39% | 1.74% |
| 2048 | 21,198,613 | 36,165,757 | 0.37% | 1.68% |
| 2049 | 21,270,658 | 36,760,998 | 0.34% | 1.65% |
| 2050 | 21,337,231 | 37,361,672 | 0.31% | 1.63% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,419,008 people (a 17.2% growth), while Malawi gained 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ecuador gained 1,941,068 (a 11.8% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth).
Ecuador was ranked 65th most populous country in 2006 and is 71st in 2026. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2006 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 63.9% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.
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Population differences between Ecuador and Malawi
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| Life expectancy | 77.9 years | 67.9 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 22.8 years |
| Median age | 29.8 years | 18.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman |
| Population density | 189.1 ppl/mi² | 595 ppl/mi² |
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