Population in Ecuador compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ecuador and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ecuador	North Korea	Ecuador	North Korea
1960	4,590,891	11,722,953	-	-
1961	4,722,331	11,990,713	2.86%	2.28%
1962	4,859,269	12,262,882	2.9%	2.27%
1963	5,001,716	12,567,057	2.93%	2.48%
1964	5,149,918	12,889,770	2.96%	2.57%
1965	5,303,963	13,219,369	2.99%	2.56%
1966	5,463,748	13,569,094	3.01%	2.65%
1967	5,629,057	13,958,350	3.03%	2.87%
1968	5,799,680	14,365,596	3.03%	2.92%
1969	5,975,236	14,767,615	3.03%	2.8%
1970	6,155,387	15,172,775	3.01%	2.74%
1971	6,340,052	15,572,457	3%	2.63%
1972	6,529,034	15,975,069	2.98%	2.59%
1973	6,722,033	16,350,367	2.96%	2.35%
1974	6,918,573	16,673,121	2.92%	1.97%
1975	7,118,251	16,971,055	2.89%	1.79%
1976	7,320,912	17,243,450	2.85%	1.61%
1977	7,526,819	17,492,798	2.81%	1.45%
1978	7,736,167	17,735,995	2.78%	1.39%
1979	7,948,869	17,983,470	2.75%	1.4%
1980	8,165,877	18,236,786	2.73%	1.41%
1981	8,386,910	18,501,295	2.71%	1.45%
1982	8,611,298	18,776,357	2.68%	1.49%
1983	8,840,417	19,054,034	2.66%	1.48%
1984	9,074,782	19,335,043	2.65%	1.47%
1985	9,311,154	19,620,388	2.6%	1.48%
1986	9,545,998	19,910,855	2.52%	1.48%
1987	9,779,290	20,205,483	2.44%	1.48%
1988	10,010,808	20,503,161	2.37%	1.47%
1989	10,241,852	20,804,367	2.31%	1.47%
1990	10,473,673	21,112,137	2.26%	1.48%
1991	10,702,380	21,428,638	2.18%	1.5%
1992	10,930,128	21,750,911	2.13%	1.5%
1993	11,154,274	22,073,352	2.05%	1.48%
1994	11,372,197	22,393,975	1.95%	1.45%
1995	11,590,514	22,669,304	1.92%	1.23%
1996	11,810,950	22,895,746	1.9%	1%
1997	12,031,127	23,110,830	1.86%	0.94%
1998	12,251,184	23,311,564	1.83%	0.87%
1999	12,470,795	23,497,599	1.79%	0.8%
2000	12,689,206	23,665,910	1.75%	0.72%
2001	12,910,740	23,815,358	1.75%	0.63%
2002	13,138,472	23,943,973	1.76%	0.54%
2003	13,372,306	24,090,380	1.78%	0.61%
2004	13,608,701	24,254,943	1.77%	0.68%
2005	13,846,163	24,396,433	1.74%	0.58%
2006	14,086,131	24,524,507	1.73%	0.52%
2007	14,328,773	24,646,383	1.72%	0.5%
2008	14,575,202	24,764,618	1.72%	0.48%
2009	14,825,954	24,878,332	1.72%	0.46%
2010	15,076,695	24,987,258	1.69%	0.44%
2011	15,326,227	25,097,874	1.66%	0.44%
2012	15,572,194	25,211,728	1.6%	0.45%
2013	15,807,128	25,329,451	1.51%	0.47%
2014	16,035,124	25,451,262	1.44%	0.48%
2015	16,266,225	25,575,350	1.44%	0.49%
2016	16,505,139	25,698,326	1.47%	0.48%
2017	16,759,519	25,817,709	1.54%	0.46%
2018	17,049,547	25,931,147	1.73%	0.44%
2019	17,340,021	26,037,632	1.7%	0.41%
2020	17,546,065	26,136,312	1.19%	0.38%
2021	17,682,454	26,232,534	0.78%	0.37%
2022	17,823,897	26,328,845	0.8%	0.37%
2023	17,980,083	26,418,204	0.88%	0.34%
2024	18,135,478	26,498,823	0.86%	0.31%
2025	18,289,898	26,571,033	0.85%	0.27%
2026	18,444,505	26,633,682	0.85%	0.24%
2027	18,600,319	26,686,492	0.84%	0.2%
2028	18,757,228	26,729,261	0.84%	0.16%
2029	18,914,103	26,762,008	0.84%	0.12%
2030	19,069,715	26,784,894	0.82%	0.09%
2031	19,222,817	26,797,946	0.8%	0.05%
2032	19,372,495	26,801,071	0.78%	0.01%
2033	19,518,750	26,795,061	0.75%	-0.02%
2034	19,661,347	26,780,481	0.73%	-0.05%
2035	19,800,128	26,757,705	0.71%	-0.09%
2036	19,935,162	26,727,309	0.68%	-0.11%
2037	20,066,382	26,689,907	0.66%	-0.14%
2038	20,193,573	26,646,323	0.63%	-0.16%
2039	20,316,268	26,596,967	0.61%	-0.19%
2040	20,434,223	26,542,417	0.58%	-0.21%
2041	20,547,455	26,483,475	0.55%	-0.22%
2042	20,655,763	26,420,812	0.53%	-0.24%
2043	20,759,127	26,354,324	0.5%	-0.25%
2044	20,857,468	26,284,000	0.47%	-0.27%
2045	20,950,629	26,210,196	0.45%	-0.28%
2046	21,038,532	26,132,922	0.42%	-0.29%
2047	21,121,169	26,052,086	0.39%	-0.31%
2048	21,198,613	25,967,581	0.37%	-0.32%
2049	21,270,658	25,879,244	0.34%	-0.34%
2050	21,337,231	25,787,120	0.31%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,419,008 people (a 17.2% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ecuador gained 1,941,068 (a 11.8% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Ecuador was ranked 65th most populous country in 2006 and is 71st in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.