🇪🇨 Ecuador Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Ecuador is 18,444,506, ranking #72 in the world (0.22% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 0.84% per year. The biggest city is Quito with 2,781,641 inhabitants.

Live estimate

18,448,135

Growth rate

0.84%

Density

people / km² (192 / mi²)

Median age

29.7

Fertility rate

1.78

births per woman

Life expectancy

77.9

years

Ecuador population 1950–2100

Population of Ecuador, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Ecuador is projected to reach 21,337,237, and 19,092,159 by 2100. The population is expected to peak in 2063 at 21,740,231, then decline.

Ecuador population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	18,444,506	0.84%	74.3	29.7
2025	18,289,896	0.84%	73.6	29.3
2024	18,135,478	0.85%	73.0	28.8
2023	17,980,083	0.87%	72.4	28.4
2022	17,823,897	0.88%	71.8	28.0
2021	17,682,454	0.72%	71.2	27.6
2020	17,546,065	0.83%	70.6	27.2
2019	17,340,021	1.53%	69.8	26.9
2018	17,049,547	1.85%	68.6	26.5
2017	16,759,519	1.58%	67.5	26.1
2016	16,505,139	1.48%	66.5	25.7
2015	16,266,225	1.44%	65.5	25.4
2014	16,035,124	1.42%	64.6	25.0
2013	15,807,128	1.44%	63.6	24.7
2012	15,572,194	1.55%	62.7	24.4
2011	15,326,226	1.63%	61.7	24.1
2010	15,076,695	1.65%	60.7	23.8
2009	14,825,954	1.70%	59.7	23.5
2008	14,575,202	1.71%	58.7	23.2
2007	14,328,773	1.70%	57.7	22.9
2006	14,086,132	1.72%	56.7	22.6
2005	13,846,162	1.72%	55.8	22.4
2004	13,608,702	1.74%	54.8	22.1
2003	13,372,306	1.77%	53.8	21.8
2002	13,138,472	1.76%	52.9	21.6
2001	12,910,740	1.74%	52.0	21.4
2000	12,689,206	1.73%	51.1	21.1
1999	12,470,795	1.75%	50.2	20.9
1998	12,251,184	1.81%	49.3	20.7
1997	12,031,126	1.82%	48.4	20.5
1996	11,810,950	1.88%	47.6	20.3
1995	11,590,514	1.89%	46.7	20.1
1994	11,372,197	1.91%	45.8	20.0
1993	11,154,274	1.96%	44.9	19.8
1992	10,930,128	2.10%	44.0	19.6
1991	10,702,380	2.11%	43.1	19.4
1990	10,473,673	2.21%	42.2	19.2
1989	10,241,852	2.26%	41.2	19.0
1988	10,010,808	2.30%	40.3	18.8
1987	9,779,290	2.38%	39.4	18.6
1986	9,545,998	2.45%	38.4	18.4
1985	9,311,154	2.53%	37.5	18.2
1984	9,074,782	2.61%	36.5	18.0
1983	8,840,418	2.62%	35.6	17.9
1982	8,611,298	2.63%	34.7	17.7
1981	8,386,910	2.65%	33.8	17.6
1980	8,165,877	2.69%	32.9	17.4
1979	7,948,869	2.70%	32.0	17.3
1978	7,736,167	2.73%	31.1	17.2
1977	7,526,819	2.76%	30.3	17.1
1976	7,320,912	2.79%	29.5	17.0
1975	7,118,250	2.83%	28.7	16.9
1974	6,918,572	2.86%	27.9	16.8
1973	6,722,033	2.90%	27.1	16.8
1972	6,529,034	2.93%	26.3	16.7
1971	6,340,052	2.95%	25.5	16.7
1970	6,155,387	2.96%	24.8	16.6
1969	5,975,236	2.98%	24.1	16.6
1968	5,799,680	2.99%	23.4	16.6
1967	5,629,058	2.98%	22.7	16.6
1966	5,463,748	2.98%	22.0	16.5
1965	5,303,963	2.96%	21.4	16.6
1964	5,149,918	2.94%	20.7	16.6
1963	5,001,716	2.90%	20.1	16.7
1962	4,859,268	2.87%	19.6	16.8
1961	4,722,331	2.84%	19.0	16.9
1960	4,590,891	2.80%	18.5	17.0
1959	4,464,756	2.77%	18.0	17.2
1958	4,343,497	2.74%	17.5	17.3
1957	4,226,859	2.71%	17.0	17.5
1956	4,114,534	2.68%	16.6	17.7
1955	4,006,188	2.66%	16.1	17.9
1954	3,901,506	2.64%	15.7	18.1
1953	3,800,292	2.62%	15.3	18.3
1952	3,702,400	2.60%	14.9	18.5
1951	3,607,829	2.57%	14.5	18.8
1950	3,516,791	2.54%	14.2	19.0

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	18,600,320	0.84%	74.9	30.2
2028	18,757,226	0.84%	75.5	30.6
2029	18,914,095	0.83%	76.2	31.0
2030	19,069,719	0.81%	76.8	31.5
2031	19,222,811	0.79%	77.4	31.9
2032	19,372,500	0.76%	78.0	32.3
2033	19,518,745	0.74%	78.6	32.7
2034	19,661,352	0.71%	79.2	33.1
2035	19,800,128	0.69%	79.7	33.6
2036	19,935,165	0.67%	80.3	34.0
2037	20,066,378	0.64%	80.8	34.4
2038	20,193,575	0.62%	81.3	34.8
2039	20,316,265	0.59%	81.8	35.2
2040	20,434,220	0.57%	82.3	35.6
2041	20,547,450	0.54%	82.7	36.0
2042	20,655,768	0.51%	83.2	36.4
2043	20,759,130	0.49%	83.6	36.8
2044	20,857,470	0.46%	84.0	37.2
2045	20,950,628	0.43%	84.4	37.5
2046	21,038,531	0.41%	84.7	37.9
2047	21,121,175	0.38%	85.0	38.3
2048	21,198,613	0.35%	85.4	38.7
2049	21,270,656	0.33%	85.6	39.1
2050	21,337,237	0.30%	85.9	39.5
2051	21,398,376	0.27%	86.2	40.0
2052	21,454,121	0.25%	86.4	40.4
2053	21,504,693	0.22%	86.6	40.8
2054	21,550,212	0.20%	86.8	41.2
2055	21,590,749	0.18%	86.9	41.5
2056	21,626,328	0.15%	87.1	41.9
2057	21,657,053	0.13%	87.2	42.3
2058	21,682,840	0.11%	87.3	42.6
2059	21,703,726	0.09%	87.4	42.9
2060	21,719,868	0.06%	87.5	43.2
2061	21,731,323	0.04%	87.5	43.5
2062	21,738,128	0.02%	87.5	43.8
2063	21,740,231	-0.00%	87.5	44.2
2064	21,737,595	-0.02%	87.5	44.5
2065	21,730,188	-0.04%	87.5	44.7
2066	21,718,319	-0.06%	87.4	45.0
2067	21,702,076	-0.09%	87.4	45.3
2068	21,681,234	-0.11%	87.3	45.5
2069	21,655,750	-0.13%	87.2	45.7
2070	21,625,452	-0.15%	87.1	45.9
2071	21,590,423	-0.17%	86.9	46.1
2072	21,550,788	-0.20%	86.8	46.3
2073	21,506,456	-0.22%	86.6	46.5
2074	21,457,511	-0.24%	86.4	46.7
2075	21,404,281	-0.26%	86.2	46.9
2076	21,346,769	-0.28%	86.0	47.0
2077	21,284,803	-0.30%	85.7	47.2
2078	21,218,530	-0.32%	85.4	47.4
2079	21,148,155	-0.34%	85.2	47.5
2080	21,074,018	-0.36%	84.9	47.7
2081	20,996,368	-0.38%	84.5	47.9
2082	20,915,401	-0.40%	84.2	48.0
2083	20,831,315	-0.41%	83.9	48.2
2084	20,744,221	-0.43%	83.5	48.3
2085	20,654,310	-0.44%	83.2	48.5
2086	20,561,584	-0.46%	82.8	48.6
2087	20,466,355	-0.47%	82.4	48.7
2088	20,369,042	-0.48%	82.0	48.9
2089	20,269,675	-0.49%	81.6	49.0
2090	20,168,411	-0.51%	81.2	49.1
2091	20,065,449	-0.52%	80.8	49.2
2092	19,960,973	-0.53%	80.4	49.3
2093	19,855,310	-0.54%	79.9	49.5
2094	19,748,658	-0.54%	79.5	49.6
2095	19,641,077	-0.55%	79.1	49.7
2096	19,532,656	-0.56%	78.6	49.7
2097	19,423,475	-0.56%	78.2	49.8
2098	19,313,638	-0.57%	77.8	49.9
2099	19,203,150	-0.58%	77.3	50.0
2100	19,092,159	-0.58%	76.9	50.1

States & provinces of Ecuador by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Guayas	3,645,483	19.8%
2	Pichincha	2,576,287	14.0%
3	Manabi	1,369,780	7.4%
4	Los Rios	778,115	4.2%
5	Azuay	712,127	3.9%
6	El Oro	600,659	3.3%
7	Napo	581,389	3.2%
8	Esmeraldas	534,092	2.9%
9	Chimborazo	458,581	2.5%
10	Loja	448,966	2.4%
11	Cotopaxi	409,205	2.2%
12	Imbabura	398,244	2.2%
13	Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas	368,013	2.0%
14	Santa Elena	308,693	1.7%
15	Bolivar	183,641	1.0%
16	Sucumbios	176,472	1.0%
17	Carchi	164,524	0.9%
18	Morona Santiago	147,940	0.8%
19	Orellana	136,396	0.7%
20	Tungurahua	103,697	0.6%
21	Zamora Chinchipe	91,376	0.5%
22	Pastaza	83,933	0.5%
23	Cañar	58,185	0.3%
24	Galápagos	25,124	0.1%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Ecuador

#	City	Region	Population
1	Quito capital	Pichincha	2,781,641
2	Guayaquil	Guayas	2,723,665
3	Cuenca	Azuay	636,996
4	Santo Domingo de los Colorados	Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas	458,580
5	Ambato	Tungurahua Province	387,309
6	Portoviejo	Manabí	321,800
7	Eloy Alfaro	Guayas	315,724
8	Machala	El Oro	289,141
9	Loja	Loja	274,112
10	Manta	Manabí	264,281
11	Riobamba	Chimborazo Province	264,048
12	Ibarra	Imbabura	221,149
13	Esmeraldas	Esmeraldas	218,727
14	Quevedo	Los Ríos	213,842
15	Latacunga	Cotopaxi	205,624

FAQ

What is the population of Ecuador in 2026?

The population of Ecuador is 18,444,506 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Ecuador?

Quito is the biggest city in Ecuador with 2,781,641 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Ecuador growing or shrinking?

The population of Ecuador is growing at 0.84% per year, and is projected to peak in 2063 at 21,740,231.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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