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🇪🇨 Ecuador

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ECU
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2EC
UN M49 numeric218
IOC codeECU
Official nameRepublic of Ecuador
Native name(s)spa: official: República del Ecuador; common: Ecuador
Alt spellingsEC, Republic of Ecuador, República del Ecuador
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionSouth America
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalQuito
Area (km²)276,841
Lat / Lng-2.0000, -77.5000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)COL, PER
Top-level domain.ec
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 93

Demographics

Population (World Bank)18,289,896 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)77.579 (2024)
Languagesspa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Ecuadorean; m: Ecuadorean; fra: f: Équatorienne; m: Équatorien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)130,320,560,400 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)7,125.276 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.308 (2025)
CurrenciesUSD: name: United States dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19503,516,791
19513,607,829
19523,702,399
19533,800,293
19543,901,506
19554,006,188
19564,114,534
19574,226,859
19584,343,497
19594,464,756
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

Full raw record (JSON)

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