Population in Ecuador compared to Nicaragua: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ecuador and Nicaragua: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ecuador	Nicaragua	Ecuador	Nicaragua
1960	4,590,891	1,782,370	-	-
1961	4,722,331	1,836,451	2.86%	3.03%
1962	4,859,269	1,892,320	2.9%	3.04%
1963	5,001,716	1,950,159	2.93%	3.06%
1964	5,149,918	2,010,176	2.96%	3.08%
1965	5,303,963	2,072,681	2.99%	3.11%
1966	5,463,748	2,137,820	3.01%	3.14%
1967	5,629,057	2,205,567	3.03%	3.17%
1968	5,799,680	2,275,836	3.03%	3.19%
1969	5,975,236	2,348,398	3.03%	3.19%
1970	6,155,387	2,423,065	3.01%	3.18%
1971	6,340,052	2,499,825	3%	3.17%
1972	6,529,034	2,573,578	2.98%	2.95%
1973	6,722,033	2,649,278	2.96%	2.94%
1974	6,918,573	2,732,075	2.92%	3.13%
1975	7,118,251	2,816,943	2.89%	3.11%
1976	7,320,912	2,903,851	2.85%	3.09%
1977	7,526,819	2,992,534	2.81%	3.05%
1978	7,736,167	3,080,314	2.78%	2.93%
1979	7,948,869	3,164,525	2.75%	2.73%
1980	8,165,877	3,252,403	2.73%	2.78%
1981	8,386,910	3,345,674	2.71%	2.87%
1982	8,611,298	3,438,745	2.68%	2.78%
1983	8,840,417	3,530,282	2.66%	2.66%
1984	9,074,782	3,619,104	2.65%	2.52%
1985	9,311,154	3,706,479	2.6%	2.41%
1986	9,545,998	3,794,157	2.52%	2.37%
1987	9,779,290	3,882,164	2.44%	2.32%
1988	10,010,808	3,972,320	2.37%	2.32%
1989	10,241,852	4,066,476	2.31%	2.37%
1990	10,473,673	4,162,559	2.26%	2.36%
1991	10,702,380	4,259,637	2.18%	2.33%
1992	10,930,128	4,357,026	2.13%	2.29%
1993	11,154,274	4,453,732	2.05%	2.22%
1994	11,372,197	4,549,316	1.95%	2.15%
1995	11,590,514	4,642,931	1.92%	2.06%
1996	11,810,950	4,729,974	1.9%	1.87%
1997	12,031,127	4,809,573	1.86%	1.68%
1998	12,251,184	4,883,655	1.83%	1.54%
1999	12,470,795	4,954,018	1.79%	1.44%
2000	12,689,206	5,022,633	1.75%	1.39%
2001	12,910,740	5,087,825	1.75%	1.3%
2002	13,138,472	5,149,909	1.76%	1.22%
2003	13,372,306	5,210,963	1.78%	1.19%
2004	13,608,701	5,272,912	1.77%	1.19%
2005	13,846,163	5,342,105	1.74%	1.31%
2006	14,086,131	5,418,855	1.73%	1.44%
2007	14,328,773	5,497,243	1.72%	1.45%
2008	14,575,202	5,576,593	1.72%	1.44%
2009	14,825,954	5,656,601	1.72%	1.43%
2010	15,076,695	5,737,450	1.69%	1.43%
2011	15,326,227	5,819,051	1.66%	1.42%
2012	15,572,194	5,901,287	1.6%	1.41%
2013	15,807,128	5,983,845	1.51%	1.4%
2014	16,035,124	6,066,492	1.44%	1.38%
2015	16,266,225	6,149,417	1.44%	1.37%
2016	16,505,139	6,232,666	1.47%	1.35%
2017	16,759,519	6,316,231	1.54%	1.34%
2018	17,049,547	6,400,080	1.73%	1.33%
2019	17,340,021	6,483,657	1.7%	1.31%
2020	17,546,065	6,565,267	1.19%	1.26%
2021	17,682,454	6,644,741	0.78%	1.21%
2022	17,823,897	6,730,654	0.8%	1.29%
2023	17,980,083	6,823,613	0.88%	1.38%
2024	18,135,478	6,916,140	0.86%	1.36%
2025	18,289,898	7,007,511	0.85%	1.32%
2026	18,444,505	7,097,335	0.85%	1.28%
2027	18,600,319	7,185,724	0.84%	1.25%
2028	18,757,228	7,272,691	0.84%	1.21%
2029	18,914,103	7,358,003	0.84%	1.17%
2030	19,069,715	7,441,612	0.82%	1.14%
2031	19,222,817	7,523,773	0.8%	1.1%
2032	19,372,495	7,604,398	0.78%	1.07%
2033	19,518,750	7,683,391	0.75%	1.04%
2034	19,661,347	7,760,901	0.73%	1.01%
2035	19,800,128	7,836,706	0.71%	0.98%
2036	19,935,162	7,910,787	0.68%	0.95%
2037	20,066,382	7,983,295	0.66%	0.92%
2038	20,193,573	8,054,140	0.63%	0.89%
2039	20,316,268	8,122,959	0.61%	0.85%
2040	20,434,223	8,189,916	0.58%	0.82%
2041	20,547,455	8,255,163	0.55%	0.8%
2042	20,655,763	8,318,515	0.53%	0.77%
2043	20,759,127	8,380,014	0.5%	0.74%
2044	20,857,468	8,439,720	0.47%	0.71%
2045	20,950,629	8,497,618	0.45%	0.69%
2046	21,038,532	8,553,413	0.42%	0.66%
2047	21,121,169	8,607,283	0.39%	0.63%
2048	21,198,613	8,659,292	0.37%	0.6%
2049	21,270,658	8,708,929	0.34%	0.57%
2050	21,337,231	8,756,439	0.31%	0.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,419,008 people (a 17.2% growth), while Nicaragua gained 813,811 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ecuador gained 1,941,068 (a 11.8% growth), while Nicaragua's population increased by 865,635 (a 13.9% growth).

Ecuador was ranked 65th most populous country in 2006 and is 71st in 2026. Nicaragua was ranked 109th in 2006 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.4% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.