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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Ecuador was 18,135,478 in 2024 vs 17,695 people in Palau in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ecuador's population is 18,414,090 people compared to 17,663 in Palau.

Population statistics:

  • Ecuador's population is 1,043 times bigger than Palau's.
  • Ecuador is ranked the 71st most populous country in the world, while Palau is the 194th.
  • The countries together account for 0.22% of the world: 0.22% for Ecuador vs 0.0002% for Palau.
  • For the last 10 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +0.02% in Palau.
  • Since 2005, the population of Ecuador has increased from 13.8M people to 18.4M (33% growth), while Palau has declined from 19.8K to 17.7K (10.9% decline).
  • Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people, while Palau's population already peaked in 2004 at 19.8K people and is projected to decrease to 11.1K people by 2100.

Ecuador vs Palau: live population counter

Ecuador Palau
Current population
18414090
17663
Population rank 71/197 194/197
Percent of world population 0.22% 0.0002%
One net population change
3.38 minutes
1.63 weeks
One birth every
1.94 minutes
1.89 days
One death every
5.7 minutes
1.8 days
One migration net change every
26.7 minutes
3.72 weeks
Annual migration change -19,704 -14
Daily growth/decline +426 +0
Annual growth/decline +155,395 -32
Annual growth/decline rate +0.86% -0.18%
Population growth rate rank 112/197 176/197

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

Ecuador
Population

Growth rate
Palau
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Ecuador Palau Ecuador Palau
1960 4,590,891 9,328 - -
1961 4,722,331 9,555 2.86% 2.43%
1962 4,859,269 9,793 2.9% 2.49%
1963 5,001,716 10,037 2.93% 2.49%
1964 5,149,918 10,292 2.96% 2.54%
1965 5,303,963 10,547 2.99% 2.48%
1966 5,463,748 10,805 3.01% 2.45%
1967 5,629,057 10,988 3.03% 1.69%
1968 5,799,680 11,080 3.03% 0.84%
1969 5,975,236 11,159 3.03% 0.71%
1970 6,155,387 11,368 3.01% 1.87%
1971 6,340,052 11,759 3% 3.44%
1972 6,529,034 12,194 2.98% 3.7%
1973 6,722,033 12,552 2.96% 2.94%
1974 6,918,573 12,687 2.92% 1.08%
1975 7,118,251 12,655 2.89% -0.25%
1976 7,320,912 12,598 2.85% -0.45%
1977 7,526,819 12,525 2.81% -0.58%
1978 7,736,167 12,440 2.78% -0.68%
1979 7,948,869 12,337 2.75% -0.83%
1980 8,165,877 12,271 2.73% -0.53%
1981 8,386,910 12,402 2.71% 1.07%
1982 8,611,298 12,694 2.68% 2.35%
1983 8,840,417 13,006 2.66% 2.46%
1984 9,074,782 13,337 2.65% 2.54%
1985 9,311,154 13,688 2.6% 2.63%
1986 9,545,998 14,024 2.52% 2.45%
1987 9,779,290 14,334 2.44% 2.21%
1988 10,010,808 14,645 2.37% 2.17%
1989 10,241,852 14,945 2.31% 2.05%
1990 10,473,673 15,259 2.26% 2.1%
1991 10,702,380 15,614 2.18% 2.33%
1992 10,930,128 15,989 2.13% 2.4%
1993 11,154,274 16,372 2.05% 2.4%
1994 11,372,197 16,770 1.95% 2.43%
1995 11,590,514 17,195 1.92% 2.53%
1996 11,810,950 17,654 1.9% 2.67%
1997 12,031,127 18,108 1.86% 2.57%
1998 12,251,184 18,524 1.83% 2.3%
1999 12,470,795 18,901 1.79% 2.04%
2000 12,689,206 19,178 1.75% 1.47%
2001 12,910,740 19,352 1.75% 0.91%
2002 13,138,472 19,503 1.76% 0.78%
2003 13,372,306 19,659 1.78% 0.8%
2004 13,608,701 19,820 1.77% 0.82%
2005 13,846,163 19,819 1.74% -0.005%
2006 14,086,131 19,593 1.73% -1.14%
2007 14,328,773 19,302 1.72% -1.49%
2008 14,575,202 19,009 1.72% -1.52%
2009 14,825,954 18,709 1.72% -1.58%
2010 15,076,695 18,396 1.69% -1.67%
2011 15,326,227 18,078 1.66% -1.73%
2012 15,572,194 17,765 1.6% -1.73%
2013 15,807,128 17,648 1.51% -0.66%
2014 16,035,124 17,715 1.44% 0.38%
2015 16,266,225 17,770 1.44% 0.31%
2016 16,505,139 17,797 1.47% 0.15%
2017 16,759,519 17,812 1.54% 0.08%
2018 17,049,547 17,814 1.73% 0.01%
2019 17,340,021 17,798 1.7% -0.09%
2020 17,546,065 17,792 1.19% -0.03%
2021 17,682,454 17,783 0.78% -0.05%
2022 17,823,897 17,759 0.8% -0.13%
2023 17,980,083 17,727 0.88% -0.18%
2024 18,135,478 17,695 0.86% -0.18%
2025 18,289,898 17,663 0.85% -0.18%
2026 18,444,505 17,618 0.85% -0.25%
2027 18,600,319 17,564 0.84% -0.31%
2028 18,757,228 17,504 0.84% -0.34%
2029 18,914,103 17,436 0.84% -0.39%
2030 19,069,715 17,376 0.82% -0.34%
2031 19,222,817 17,299 0.8% -0.44%
2032 19,372,495 17,228 0.78% -0.41%
2033 19,518,750 17,163 0.75% -0.38%
2034 19,661,347 17,092 0.73% -0.41%
2035 19,800,128 17,012 0.71% -0.47%
2036 19,935,162 16,940 0.68% -0.43%
2037 20,066,382 16,858 0.66% -0.48%
2038 20,193,573 16,779 0.63% -0.47%
2039 20,316,268 16,689 0.61% -0.54%
2040 20,434,223 16,604 0.58% -0.51%
2041 20,547,455 16,510 0.55% -0.57%
2042 20,655,763 16,403 0.53% -0.65%
2043 20,759,127 16,302 0.5% -0.61%
2044 20,857,468 16,202 0.47% -0.62%
2045 20,950,629 16,097 0.45% -0.65%
2046 21,038,532 15,977 0.42% -0.74%
2047 21,121,169 15,863 0.39% -0.71%
2048 21,198,613 15,749 0.37% -0.72%
2049 21,270,658 15,632 0.34% -0.74%
2050 21,337,231 15,515 0.31% -0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ecuador gained 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Ecuador was ranked 64th most populous country in 2005 and is 71st in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.

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