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Ecuador

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
18,289,896 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 16,938,986in 2022[4]
Land area
248,360 km²[5]
Total area
257,204 km²[6] land and water
Land borders
Peru, Colombia[12]
Coast
Yes[12]
Official name
  • República del Ecuador[13]

Parts of Ecuador

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202518.3M

4,590,891 in 1960, 18,289,896 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19604,590,891
19614,722,331
19624,859,269
19635,001,716
19645,149,918
19655,303,963
19665,463,748
19675,629,057
19685,799,680
19695,975,236
19706,155,387
19716,340,052
19726,529,034
19736,722,033
19746,918,573
19757,118,251
19767,320,912
19777,526,819
19787,736,167
19797,948,869
19808,165,877
19818,386,910
19828,611,298
19838,840,417
19849,074,782
19859,311,154
19869,545,998
19879,779,290
198810,010,808
198910,241,852
199010,473,673
199110,702,380
199210,930,128
199311,154,274
199411,372,197
199511,590,514
199611,810,950
199712,031,127
199812,251,184
199912,470,795
200012,689,206
200112,910,740
200213,138,472
200313,372,306
200413,608,701
200513,846,163
200614,086,131
200714,328,773
200814,575,202
200914,825,954
201015,076,695
201115,326,227
201215,572,194
201315,807,128
201416,035,124
201516,266,225
201616,505,139
201716,759,519
201817,049,547
201917,340,021
202017,546,065
202117,682,454
202217,823,897
202317,980,083
202418,135,478
202518,289,896

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
EC[14]
ISO alpha-3
ECU[15]
ISO numeric
218[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), capital: Quito (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), population (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), area (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), official language: Spanish (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: 2008 Constitution of Ecuador
  8. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), official language: Northern Quichua (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: 2008 Constitution of Ecuador
  9. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), official language: Shuar (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: 2008 Constitution of Ecuador
  10. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), currency: United States dollar (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), continent: South America (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  13. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), official name (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Ecuador (Q736), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562960551) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Ecuador.svg, Public domain, President of the Republic of Ecuador, first uploaded by Denelson83 as Flag of Ecuador.svg, modifications by Husunqu, Zscout370, via Wikimedia Commons.