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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Ecuador was 18,135,478 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ecuador's population is 18,414,090 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 2.81 times bigger than Ecuador's.
  • Ecuador is ranked the 71st most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 0.85% of the world: 0.22% for Ecuador vs 0.63% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Ecuador has increased from 13.8M people to 18.4M (33% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
  • Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.

Ecuador vs South Korea: live population counter

Ecuador South Korea
Current population
18414090
51700480
Population rank 71/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.22% 0.63%
One net population change
3.38 minutes
13.7 minutes
One birth every
1.94 minutes
2.26 minutes
One death every
5.7 minutes
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
26.7 minutes
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change -19,704 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +426 +105
Annual growth/decline +155,395 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +0.86% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 112/197 159/197

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

Ecuador
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Ecuador South Korea Ecuador South Korea
1960 4,590,891 25,012,374 - -
1961 4,722,331 25,765,673 2.86% 3.01%
1962 4,859,269 26,513,030 2.9% 2.9%
1963 5,001,716 27,261,747 2.93% 2.82%
1964 5,149,918 27,984,155 2.96% 2.65%
1965 5,303,963 28,704,674 2.99% 2.57%
1966 5,463,748 29,435,571 3.01% 2.55%
1967 5,629,057 30,130,983 3.03% 2.36%
1968 5,799,680 30,838,302 3.03% 2.35%
1969 5,975,236 31,544,266 3.03% 2.29%
1970 6,155,387 32,240,827 3.01% 2.21%
1971 6,340,052 32,882,704 3% 1.99%
1972 6,529,034 33,505,406 2.98% 1.89%
1973 6,722,033 34,103,149 2.96% 1.78%
1974 6,918,573 34,692,266 2.92% 1.73%
1975 7,118,251 35,280,725 2.89% 1.7%
1976 7,320,912 35,848,523 2.85% 1.61%
1977 7,526,819 36,411,795 2.81% 1.57%
1978 7,736,167 36,969,185 2.78% 1.53%
1979 7,948,869 37,534,236 2.75% 1.53%
1980 8,165,877 38,123,775 2.73% 1.57%
1981 8,386,910 38,723,248 2.71% 1.57%
1982 8,611,298 39,326,352 2.68% 1.56%
1983 8,840,417 39,910,403 2.66% 1.49%
1984 9,074,782 40,405,956 2.65% 1.24%
1985 9,311,154 40,805,744 2.6% 0.99%
1986 9,545,998 41,213,674 2.52% 1%
1987 9,779,290 41,621,690 2.44% 0.99%
1988 10,010,808 42,031,247 2.37% 0.98%
1989 10,241,852 42,449,038 2.31% 0.99%
1990 10,473,673 42,869,283 2.26% 0.99%
1991 10,702,380 43,295,704 2.18% 0.99%
1992 10,930,128 43,747,962 2.13% 1.04%
1993 11,154,274 44,194,628 2.05% 1.02%
1994 11,372,197 44,641,540 1.95% 1.01%
1995 11,590,514 45,092,991 1.92% 1.01%
1996 11,810,950 45,524,681 1.9% 0.96%
1997 12,031,127 45,953,580 1.86% 0.94%
1998 12,251,184 46,286,503 1.83% 0.72%
1999 12,470,795 46,616,677 1.79% 0.71%
2000 12,689,206 47,008,111 1.75% 0.84%
2001 12,910,740 47,370,164 1.75% 0.77%
2002 13,138,472 47,644,736 1.76% 0.58%
2003 13,372,306 47,892,330 1.78% 0.52%
2004 13,608,701 48,082,519 1.77% 0.4%
2005 13,846,163 48,184,561 1.74% 0.21%
2006 14,086,131 48,438,292 1.73% 0.53%
2007 14,328,773 48,683,638 1.72% 0.51%
2008 14,575,202 49,054,708 1.72% 0.76%
2009 14,825,954 49,307,835 1.72% 0.52%
2010 15,076,695 49,554,112 1.69% 0.5%
2011 15,326,227 49,936,638 1.66% 0.77%
2012 15,572,194 50,199,853 1.6% 0.53%
2013 15,807,128 50,428,893 1.51% 0.46%
2014 16,035,124 50,746,659 1.44% 0.63%
2015 16,266,225 51,014,947 1.44% 0.53%
2016 16,505,139 51,217,803 1.47% 0.4%
2017 16,759,519 51,361,911 1.54% 0.28%
2018 17,049,547 51,585,058 1.73% 0.43%
2019 17,340,021 51,764,822 1.7% 0.35%
2020 17,546,065 51,836,239 1.19% 0.14%
2021 17,682,454 51,769,539 0.78% -0.13%
2022 17,823,897 51,672,569 0.8% -0.19%
2023 17,980,083 51,712,619 0.88% 0.08%
2024 18,135,478 51,751,065 0.86% 0.07%
2025 18,289,898 51,700,480 0.85% -0.1%
2026 18,444,505 51,633,793 0.85% -0.13%
2027 18,600,319 51,552,198 0.84% -0.16%
2028 18,757,228 51,456,707 0.84% -0.19%
2029 18,914,103 51,347,230 0.84% -0.21%
2030 19,069,715 51,221,713 0.82% -0.24%
2031 19,222,817 51,081,220 0.8% -0.27%
2032 19,372,495 50,924,233 0.78% -0.31%
2033 19,518,750 50,747,132 0.75% -0.35%
2034 19,661,347 50,549,508 0.73% -0.39%
2035 19,800,128 50,333,286 0.71% -0.43%
2036 19,935,162 50,098,951 0.68% -0.47%
2037 20,066,382 49,845,669 0.66% -0.51%
2038 20,193,573 49,573,234 0.63% -0.55%
2039 20,316,268 49,283,770 0.61% -0.58%
2040 20,434,223 48,980,369 0.58% -0.62%
2041 20,547,455 48,661,905 0.55% -0.65%
2042 20,655,763 48,331,004 0.53% -0.68%
2043 20,759,127 47,990,085 0.5% -0.71%
2044 20,857,468 47,634,183 0.47% -0.74%
2045 20,950,629 47,263,526 0.45% -0.78%
2046 21,038,532 46,881,228 0.42% -0.81%
2047 21,121,169 46,482,133 0.39% -0.85%
2048 21,198,613 46,063,595 0.37% -0.9%
2049 21,270,658 45,626,805 0.34% -0.95%
2050 21,337,231 45,172,356 0.31% -1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ecuador gained 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Ecuador was ranked 64th most populous country in 2005 and is 71st in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.

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