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Population in Ecuador compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Ecuador was 18,135,478 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ecuador's population is 18,414,090 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 3.8 times bigger than Ecuador's.
  • Ecuador is ranked the 71st most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 1.07% of the world: 0.22% for Ecuador vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of Ecuador has increased from 13.8M people to 18.4M (33% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.

Ecuador vs United Kingdom: live population counter

Ecuador United Kingdom
Current population
18414090
69945462
Population rank 71/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.22% 0.85%
One net population change
3.38 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
1.94 minutes
45.9 seconds
One death every
5.7 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
26.7 minutes
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change -19,704 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +426 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +155,395 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +0.86% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 112/197 99/197

Ecuador and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Ecuador
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Ecuador United Kingdom Ecuador United Kingdom
1960 4,590,891 52,400,000 - -
1961 4,722,331 52,800,000 2.86% 0.76%
1962 4,859,269 53,250,000 2.9% 0.85%
1963 5,001,716 53,650,000 2.93% 0.75%
1964 5,149,918 54,000,000 2.96% 0.65%
1965 5,303,963 54,348,050 2.99% 0.64%
1966 5,463,748 54,648,500 3.01% 0.55%
1967 5,629,057 54,943,600 3.03% 0.54%
1968 5,799,680 55,211,700 3.03% 0.49%
1969 5,975,236 55,441,750 3.03% 0.42%
1970 6,155,387 55,663,250 3.01% 0.4%
1971 6,340,052 55,896,223 3% 0.42%
1972 6,529,034 56,086,065 2.98% 0.34%
1973 6,722,033 56,194,527 2.96% 0.19%
1974 6,918,573 56,229,974 2.92% 0.06%
1975 7,118,251 56,225,800 2.89% -0.007%
1976 7,320,912 56,211,968 2.85% -0.02%
1977 7,526,819 56,193,492 2.81% -0.03%
1978 7,736,167 56,196,504 2.78% 0.005%
1979 7,948,869 56,246,951 2.75% 0.09%
1980 8,165,877 56,314,216 2.73% 0.12%
1981 8,386,910 56,333,829 2.71% 0.03%
1982 8,611,298 56,313,641 2.68% -0.04%
1983 8,840,417 56,332,848 2.66% 0.03%
1984 9,074,782 56,422,072 2.65% 0.16%
1985 9,311,154 56,550,268 2.6% 0.23%
1986 9,545,998 56,681,396 2.52% 0.23%
1987 9,779,290 56,802,050 2.44% 0.21%
1988 10,010,808 56,928,327 2.37% 0.22%
1989 10,241,852 57,076,711 2.31% 0.26%
1990 10,473,673 57,247,586 2.26% 0.3%
1991 10,702,380 57,424,897 2.18% 0.31%
1992 10,930,128 57,580,402 2.13% 0.27%
1993 11,154,274 57,718,614 2.05% 0.24%
1994 11,372,197 57,865,745 1.95% 0.25%
1995 11,590,514 58,019,030 1.92% 0.26%
1996 11,810,950 58,166,950 1.9% 0.25%
1997 12,031,127 58,316,954 1.86% 0.26%
1998 12,251,184 58,487,141 1.83% 0.29%
1999 12,470,795 58,682,466 1.79% 0.33%
2000 12,689,206 58,892,514 1.75% 0.36%
2001 12,910,740 59,119,673 1.75% 0.39%
2002 13,138,472 59,370,479 1.76% 0.42%
2003 13,372,306 59,647,577 1.78% 0.47%
2004 13,608,701 59,987,905 1.77% 0.57%
2005 13,846,163 60,401,206 1.74% 0.69%
2006 14,086,131 60,846,820 1.73% 0.74%
2007 14,328,773 61,322,463 1.72% 0.78%
2008 14,575,202 61,806,995 1.72% 0.79%
2009 14,825,954 62,276,270 1.72% 0.76%
2010 15,076,695 62,766,365 1.69% 0.79%
2011 15,326,227 63,258,810 1.66% 0.78%
2012 15,572,194 63,711,000 1.6% 0.71%
2013 15,807,128 64,139,000 1.51% 0.67%
2014 16,035,124 64,620,000 1.44% 0.75%
2015 16,266,225 65,088,000 1.44% 0.72%
2016 16,505,139 65,607,000 1.47% 0.8%
2017 16,759,519 65,966,000 1.54% 0.55%
2018 17,049,547 66,289,000 1.73% 0.49%
2019 17,340,021 66,631,000 1.7% 0.52%
2020 17,546,065 66,744,000 1.19% 0.17%
2021 17,682,454 66,984,000 0.78% 0.36%
2022 17,823,897 67,604,000 0.8% 0.93%
2023 17,980,083 68,492,000 0.88% 1.31%
2024 18,135,478 69,226,000 0.86% 1.07%
2025 18,289,898 69,639,673 0.85% 0.6%
2026 18,444,505 70,020,350 0.85% 0.55%
2027 18,600,319 70,382,853 0.84% 0.52%
2028 18,757,228 70,732,699 0.84% 0.5%
2029 18,914,103 71,061,482 0.84% 0.46%
2030 19,069,715 71,377,535 0.82% 0.44%
2031 19,222,817 71,678,351 0.8% 0.42%
2032 19,372,495 71,959,934 0.78% 0.39%
2033 19,518,750 72,234,509 0.75% 0.38%
2034 19,661,347 72,497,650 0.73% 0.36%
2035 19,800,128 72,749,096 0.71% 0.35%
2036 19,935,162 72,990,847 0.68% 0.33%
2037 20,066,382 73,218,850 0.66% 0.31%
2038 20,193,573 73,441,349 0.63% 0.3%
2039 20,316,268 73,658,392 0.61% 0.3%
2040 20,434,223 73,868,334 0.58% 0.29%
2041 20,547,455 74,074,316 0.55% 0.28%
2042 20,655,763 74,275,779 0.53% 0.27%
2043 20,759,127 74,475,035 0.5% 0.27%
2044 20,857,468 74,667,284 0.47% 0.26%
2045 20,950,629 74,848,605 0.45% 0.24%
2046 21,038,532 75,020,949 0.42% 0.23%
2047 21,121,169 75,184,478 0.39% 0.22%
2048 21,198,613 75,337,543 0.37% 0.2%
2049 21,270,658 75,476,141 0.34% 0.18%
2050 21,337,231 75,600,588 0.31% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ecuador gained 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Ecuador was ranked 64th most populous country in 2005 and is 71st in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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