Ecuador's Demographics

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The population of Ecuador is estimated by the United Nations to be 0.0 million in 2021.

The population of Ecuador grew at N/A% in the last year and is ranked the 9th most populated country in Americas, ahead of Guatemala.

Population data for Ecuador has been rated as Grade D - Extremely Poor. The primary reasons being that Ecuador last conducted a national census in 2010 and 87.2% of births in Ecuador are recorded.


Source: World Economics, World Bank & United Nations
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Ecuador's Population Data Quality

Ecuador last conducted a national census in 2010 and 87.2% of births are recorded.

Ecuador's data quality ranks 112nd out of 150 countries in the World Economics Global Population Data Quality Ratings. In the Americas region, Ecuador ranks 20th for the region.

It is important to have good quality population data as this impacts other key indicators such as GDP per capita. See the World Economics Wealth Indicators for re-estimated wealth levels for Ecuador.


Key Demographic Data

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Population
Total Size (Millions) Million people
Annual Growth Rate (%) N/A Year on Year Percentage Change
 
Employment
Unemployment Rate (%) 5.3 Percentage of the working population out of work
 
Age Dependency Ratio
Young (2019, %) 38.6 The ratio of younger dependents, compared to the number of people of working age
Old (2019, %) 11.8 The ratio of elderly dependents, compared to the number of people of working age
Total (2019, %) 50.4 The ratio of all dependents (young + elderly), compared to the number of people of working age
 
Additional Data
Last Census Year 2010 % of GDP
Registration of Births 87.2% The percentage of births recorded in offical population data each year
 
 
Population Quality Rating Grade D Grade D - Extremely Poor


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