The latest officially reported population of Ecuador was 18,135,478 in 2024 vs 2,402,306 people in Moldova in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ecuador's population is 18,446,207 people compared to 2,343,963 in Moldova.
Population statistics:
- Ecuador's population is 7.87 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Ecuador is ranked the 71st most populous country in the world, while Moldova is the 144th.
- The countries together account for 0.25% of the world: 0.22% for Ecuador vs 0.03% for Moldova.
- For the last 10 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs -1.57% in Moldova.
- Since 2006, the population of Ecuador has increased from 14.1M people to 18.4M (31% growth), while Moldova has declined from 2.88M to 2.34M (18.6% decline).
- Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people, while Moldova's population already peaked in 1991 at 2.98M people and is projected to decrease to 1.18M people by 2100.
Ecuador vs Moldova: live population counter
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| Current population |
18446207
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2343963
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| Population rank | 71/197 | 144/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
3.38 minutes
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9.47 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
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19.9 minutes
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| One death every |
5.7 minutes
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15.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
26.7 minutes
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19.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -19,704 | -27,088 |
| Daily growth/decline | +426 | -152 |
| Annual growth/decline | +155,395 | -55,477 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.86% | -2.26% |
| Population growth rate rank | 110/197 | 196/197 |
Ecuador and Moldova: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,590,891 | 2,058,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,722,331 | 2,103,327 | 2.86% | 2.2% |
| 1962 | 4,859,269 | 2,147,227 | 2.9% | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 5,001,716 | 2,188,895 | 2.93% | 1.94% |
| 1964 | 5,149,918 | 2,228,000 | 2.96% | 1.79% |
| 1965 | 5,303,963 | 2,265,287 | 2.99% | 1.67% |
| 1966 | 5,463,748 | 2,301,871 | 3.01% | 1.61% |
| 1967 | 5,629,057 | 2,337,695 | 3.03% | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 5,799,680 | 2,373,073 | 3.03% | 1.51% |
| 1969 | 5,975,236 | 2,408,469 | 3.03% | 1.49% |
| 1970 | 6,155,387 | 2,437,590 | 3.01% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 6,340,052 | 2,460,611 | 3% | 0.94% |
| 1972 | 6,529,034 | 2,484,742 | 2.98% | 0.98% |
| 1973 | 6,722,033 | 2,510,584 | 2.96% | 1.04% |
| 1974 | 6,918,573 | 2,538,164 | 2.92% | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 7,118,251 | 2,566,998 | 2.89% | 1.14% |
| 1976 | 7,320,912 | 2,596,491 | 2.85% | 1.15% |
| 1977 | 7,526,819 | 2,626,298 | 2.81% | 1.15% |
| 1978 | 7,736,167 | 2,656,211 | 2.78% | 1.14% |
| 1979 | 7,948,869 | 2,683,035 | 2.75% | 1.01% |
| 1980 | 8,165,877 | 2,708,675 | 2.73% | 0.96% |
| 1981 | 8,386,910 | 2,735,987 | 2.71% | 1.01% |
| 1982 | 8,611,298 | 2,763,101 | 2.68% | 0.99% |
| 1983 | 8,840,417 | 2,791,207 | 2.66% | 1.02% |
| 1984 | 9,074,782 | 2,820,518 | 2.65% | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 9,311,154 | 2,850,787 | 2.6% | 1.07% |
| 1986 | 9,545,998 | 2,883,057 | 2.52% | 1.13% |
| 1987 | 9,779,290 | 2,916,306 | 2.44% | 1.15% |
| 1988 | 10,010,808 | 2,948,891 | 2.37% | 1.12% |
| 1989 | 10,241,852 | 2,970,039 | 2.31% | 0.72% |
| 1990 | 10,473,673 | 2,977,912 | 2.26% | 0.27% |
| 1991 | 10,702,380 | 2,981,566 | 2.18% | 0.12% |
| 1992 | 10,930,128 | 2,980,965 | 2.13% | -0.02% |
| 1993 | 11,154,274 | 2,975,966 | 2.05% | -0.17% |
| 1994 | 11,372,197 | 2,966,745 | 1.95% | -0.31% |
| 1995 | 11,590,514 | 2,953,200 | 1.92% | -0.46% |
| 1996 | 11,810,950 | 2,947,293 | 1.9% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 12,031,127 | 2,936,413 | 1.86% | -0.37% |
| 1998 | 12,251,184 | 2,935,227 | 1.83% | -0.04% |
| 1999 | 12,470,795 | 2,930,622 | 1.79% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 12,689,206 | 2,924,668 | 1.75% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 12,910,740 | 2,918,135 | 1.75% | -0.22% |
| 2002 | 13,138,472 | 2,911,385 | 1.76% | -0.23% |
| 2003 | 13,372,306 | 2,903,198 | 1.78% | -0.28% |
| 2004 | 13,608,701 | 2,896,023 | 1.77% | -0.25% |
| 2005 | 13,846,163 | 2,888,985 | 1.74% | -0.24% |
| 2006 | 14,086,131 | 2,880,967 | 1.73% | -0.28% |
| 2007 | 14,328,773 | 2,874,299 | 1.72% | -0.23% |
| 2008 | 14,575,202 | 2,868,833 | 1.72% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 14,825,954 | 2,865,213 | 1.72% | -0.13% |
| 2010 | 15,076,695 | 2,862,354 | 1.69% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 15,326,227 | 2,860,699 | 1.66% | -0.06% |
| 2012 | 15,572,194 | 2,860,324 | 1.6% | -0.01% |
| 2013 | 15,807,128 | 2,859,558 | 1.51% | -0.03% |
| 2014 | 16,035,124 | 2,857,815 | 1.44% | -0.06% |
| 2015 | 16,266,225 | 2,835,978 | 1.44% | -0.76% |
| 2016 | 16,505,139 | 2,803,186 | 1.47% | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 16,759,519 | 2,755,189 | 1.54% | -1.71% |
| 2018 | 17,049,547 | 2,707,203 | 1.73% | -1.74% |
| 2019 | 17,340,021 | 2,664,224 | 1.7% | -1.59% |
| 2020 | 17,546,065 | 2,635,130 | 1.19% | -1.09% |
| 2021 | 17,682,454 | 2,595,809 | 0.78% | -1.49% |
| 2022 | 17,823,897 | 2,528,654 | 0.8% | -2.59% |
| 2023 | 17,980,083 | 2,457,783 | 0.88% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 18,135,478 | 2,402,306 | 0.86% | -2.26% |
| 2025 | 18,289,898 | 2,371,543 | 0.85% | -1.28% |
| 2026 | 18,444,505 | 2,343,963 | 0.85% | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 18,600,319 | 2,321,110 | 0.84% | -0.97% |
| 2028 | 18,757,228 | 2,298,239 | 0.84% | -0.99% |
| 2029 | 18,914,103 | 2,275,251 | 0.84% | -1% |
| 2030 | 19,069,715 | 2,252,131 | 0.82% | -1.02% |
| 2031 | 19,222,817 | 2,229,191 | 0.8% | -1.02% |
| 2032 | 19,372,495 | 2,206,559 | 0.78% | -1.02% |
| 2033 | 19,518,750 | 2,183,929 | 0.75% | -1.03% |
| 2034 | 19,661,347 | 2,161,282 | 0.73% | -1.04% |
| 2035 | 19,800,128 | 2,138,754 | 0.71% | -1.04% |
| 2036 | 19,935,162 | 2,116,659 | 0.68% | -1.03% |
| 2037 | 20,066,382 | 2,095,127 | 0.66% | -1.02% |
| 2038 | 20,193,573 | 2,074,054 | 0.63% | -1.01% |
| 2039 | 20,316,268 | 2,053,352 | 0.61% | -1% |
| 2040 | 20,434,223 | 2,033,323 | 0.58% | -0.98% |
| 2041 | 20,547,455 | 2,014,222 | 0.55% | -0.94% |
| 2042 | 20,655,763 | 1,995,750 | 0.53% | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 20,759,127 | 1,977,688 | 0.5% | -0.9% |
| 2044 | 20,857,468 | 1,960,241 | 0.47% | -0.88% |
| 2045 | 20,950,629 | 1,943,187 | 0.45% | -0.87% |
| 2046 | 21,038,532 | 1,926,432 | 0.42% | -0.86% |
| 2047 | 21,121,169 | 1,910,142 | 0.39% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 21,198,613 | 1,894,069 | 0.37% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 21,270,658 | 1,877,822 | 0.34% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 21,337,231 | 1,861,554 | 0.31% | -0.87% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,419,008 people (a 17.2% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ecuador gained 1,941,068 (a 11.8% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).
Ecuador was ranked 65th most populous country in 2006 and is 71st in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th 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 Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.
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Population differences between Ecuador and Moldova
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| Life expectancy | 77.9 years | 71.6 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 29.8 years | 39.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 46:54 |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 189.1 ppl/mi² | 188.9 ppl/mi² |
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