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Population in Ecuador compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Ecuador was 18,135,478 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ecuador's population is 18,414,090 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • Ecuador's population is 1.01 times bigger than the Netherlands'.
  • Ecuador is ranked the 71st most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.44% of the world: 0.22% for Ecuador vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Ecuador has increased from 13.8M people to 18.4M (33% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
  • Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people compared to the peak of 18.8M people in 2041 for the Netherlands.

Ecuador vs Netherlands: live population counter

Ecuador Netherlands
Current population
18414090
18191638
Population rank 71/197 72/197
Percent of world population 0.22% 0.22%
One net population change
3.38 minutes
4.49 minutes
One birth every
1.94 minutes
3.2 minutes
One death every
5.7 minutes
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
26.7 minutes
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change -19,704 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +426 +321
Annual growth/decline +155,395 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +0.86% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 112/197 122/197

Ecuador and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Ecuador
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Ecuador Netherlands Ecuador Netherlands
1960 4,590,891 11,486,631 - -
1961 4,722,331 11,638,712 2.86% 1.32%
1962 4,859,269 11,805,689 2.9% 1.43%
1963 5,001,716 11,965,966 2.93% 1.36%
1964 5,149,918 12,127,120 2.96% 1.35%
1965 5,303,963 12,294,732 2.99% 1.38%
1966 5,463,748 12,456,251 3.01% 1.31%
1967 5,629,057 12,598,201 3.03% 1.14%
1968 5,799,680 12,729,721 3.03% 1.04%
1969 5,975,236 12,877,984 3.03% 1.16%
1970 6,155,387 13,038,526 3.01% 1.25%
1971 6,340,052 13,194,497 3% 1.2%
1972 6,529,034 13,328,593 2.98% 1.02%
1973 6,722,033 13,439,322 2.96% 0.83%
1974 6,918,573 13,545,056 2.92% 0.79%
1975 7,118,251 13,666,335 2.89% 0.9%
1976 7,320,912 13,774,037 2.85% 0.79%
1977 7,526,819 13,856,185 2.81% 0.6%
1978 7,736,167 13,941,700 2.78% 0.62%
1979 7,948,869 14,038,270 2.75% 0.69%
1980 8,165,877 14,149,800 2.73% 0.79%
1981 8,386,910 14,247,208 2.71% 0.69%
1982 8,611,298 14,312,690 2.68% 0.46%
1983 8,840,417 14,367,070 2.66% 0.38%
1984 9,074,782 14,424,211 2.65% 0.4%
1985 9,311,154 14,491,632 2.6% 0.47%
1986 9,545,998 14,572,278 2.52% 0.56%
1987 9,779,290 14,665,037 2.44% 0.64%
1988 10,010,808 14,760,094 2.37% 0.65%
1989 10,241,852 14,848,907 2.31% 0.6%
1990 10,473,673 14,951,510 2.26% 0.69%
1991 10,702,380 15,069,798 2.18% 0.79%
1992 10,930,128 15,184,166 2.13% 0.76%
1993 11,154,274 15,290,368 2.05% 0.7%
1994 11,372,197 15,382,838 1.95% 0.6%
1995 11,590,514 15,459,006 1.92% 0.5%
1996 11,810,950 15,530,498 1.9% 0.46%
1997 12,031,127 15,610,650 1.86% 0.52%
1998 12,251,184 15,707,209 1.83% 0.62%
1999 12,470,795 15,812,088 1.79% 0.67%
2000 12,689,206 15,925,513 1.75% 0.72%
2001 12,910,740 16,046,180 1.75% 0.76%
2002 13,138,472 16,148,929 1.76% 0.64%
2003 13,372,306 16,225,302 1.78% 0.47%
2004 13,608,701 16,281,779 1.77% 0.35%
2005 13,846,163 16,319,868 1.74% 0.23%
2006 14,086,131 16,346,101 1.73% 0.16%
2007 14,328,773 16,381,696 1.72% 0.22%
2008 14,575,202 16,445,593 1.72% 0.39%
2009 14,825,954 16,530,388 1.72% 0.52%
2010 15,076,695 16,615,394 1.69% 0.51%
2011 15,326,227 16,693,074 1.66% 0.47%
2012 15,572,194 16,754,962 1.6% 0.37%
2013 15,807,128 16,804,432 1.51% 0.3%
2014 16,035,124 16,865,008 1.44% 0.36%
2015 16,266,225 16,939,923 1.44% 0.44%
2016 16,505,139 17,030,314 1.47% 0.53%
2017 16,759,519 17,131,296 1.54% 0.59%
2018 17,049,547 17,231,624 1.73% 0.59%
2019 17,340,021 17,344,874 1.7% 0.66%
2020 17,546,065 17,441,500 1.19% 0.56%
2021 17,682,454 17,533,044 0.78% 0.52%
2022 17,823,897 17,700,982 0.8% 0.96%
2023 17,980,083 17,877,117 0.88% 1%
2024 18,135,478 17,994,237 0.86% 0.66%
2025 18,289,898 18,110,800 0.85% 0.65%
2026 18,444,505 18,211,436 0.85% 0.56%
2027 18,600,319 18,299,531 0.84% 0.48%
2028 18,757,228 18,379,573 0.84% 0.44%
2029 18,914,103 18,452,044 0.84% 0.39%
2030 19,069,715 18,515,913 0.82% 0.35%
2031 19,222,817 18,571,934 0.8% 0.3%
2032 19,372,495 18,621,087 0.78% 0.26%
2033 19,518,750 18,664,975 0.75% 0.24%
2034 19,661,347 18,702,456 0.73% 0.2%
2035 19,800,128 18,733,223 0.71% 0.16%
2036 19,935,162 18,760,054 0.68% 0.14%
2037 20,066,382 18,781,793 0.66% 0.12%
2038 20,193,573 18,798,283 0.63% 0.09%
2039 20,316,268 18,810,276 0.61% 0.06%
2040 20,434,223 18,817,745 0.58% 0.04%
2041 20,547,455 18,820,870 0.55% 0.02%
2042 20,655,763 18,819,607 0.53% -0.007%
2043 20,759,127 18,815,261 0.5% -0.02%
2044 20,857,468 18,807,564 0.47% -0.04%
2045 20,950,629 18,797,005 0.45% -0.06%
2046 21,038,532 18,785,724 0.42% -0.06%
2047 21,121,169 18,771,651 0.39% -0.07%
2048 21,198,613 18,754,325 0.37% -0.09%
2049 21,270,658 18,735,299 0.34% -0.1%
2050 21,337,231 18,714,579 0.31% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ecuador gained 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Ecuador was ranked 64th most populous country in 2005 and is 71st in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.

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