Ecuador's population rose from 11.8M in 1996 to 18.3M in 2025.
Ecuador · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Ecuador's population growth fell from 1.9 % in 1996 to 0.8 % in 2025.
Ecuador's population density rose from 41.1 in 1994 to 72.4 in 2023.
Ecuador's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.0 % in 1996 to 50.2 % in 2025.
Ecuador's urbanisation rose from 58.8 % in 1996 to 63.4 % in 2025.
Ecuador's urban population rose from 6.94M in 1996 to 11.6M in 2025.
Ecuador's rural population rose from 4.87M in 1996 to 6.7M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.9 %116th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.4 %106th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.5 %187th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.2 %157th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs124th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts104th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts55th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts109th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.7 pts163rd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts110th of 217
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- Net migrationup +12.6 %171st of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts123rd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −63.1 %79th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs79th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs82nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs76th of 217