Ecuador Population

Ecuador records about 736 births and 259 deaths a day. That is a natural increase of roughly 477 people per day, or about 174,224 a year before migration is counted.

Net migration runs at about 19,704 over the reported period, with more people leaving than arriving. That is equivalent to about 11% of its natural change.

If the current rate held indefinitely, Ecuador would take roughly 81 years to double in size — a projection of today's rate, not a forecast.

Over the 9 years from 2015 to 2024, the population rose from 16.3 million to 18.1 million — a gain of 1.87 million, or 11.5%.

With about 72 people per square kilometre, Ecuador is moderately populated, roughly 1.2× the world average of 62. That ranks 72nd of the 115 countries here. Its closest comparisons on density are Yemen and Tajikistan.

Ecuador covers about 248,360 km² of land, which is what turns a population of 18.1 million into that density figure.

About 63.2% of people live in urban areas, making Ecuador majority urban, above the world average of 57.6%. That works out to roughly 11.5 million town and city dwellers and 6.67 million living rurally.

Ecuador has a broadly balanced age structure: about 24.5% are under 15 and 8.3% are 65 or older. Children outnumber over-65s by roughly 2.9 to one.

The total fertility rate is about 1.81 births per woman, below the ~2.1 replacement level, so without net immigration the population would eventually decline. The world figure is about 2.19.

Life expectancy at birth is about 77.6 years, roughly 4.1 years above the global average of 73.5.