| Demographics of Ecuador | |
|---|---|
 Ecuador population pyramid in 2020 | |
| Population | 18,213,749 (2023 estimate)(66th)[1] |
| Growth rate | 1.443% (2011 est.) |
| Birth rate | 13.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.0 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Fertility rate | 2.0 children (2024 est.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 28.23% |
| 15–64 years | 64.11% |
| 65 and over | 7.66% |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
| Major ethnic |
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| Minor ethnic | |
| Language | |
| Spoken | Spanish, other indigenous languages. |
Demographic features of the population of Ecuador include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Ecuador experienced rapid population growth like most countries, but four decades of an armed conflict pushed millions of Ecuadorians out of the country. However, a rebound economy in the 2000s in urban centres improved the situation of living standards for Ecuadorians in a traditional class stratified economy.
The 2022 census revealed, 77.5% of the population identified as "Mestizos", a mix of Spanish and Indigenous American ancestry, up from 71.9% in 2000. The percentage of the population which identifies as "white" has fallen from 6.1% (2010) to 2.2% in 2022.[2] Amerindians account for 7.7% of the population and 4.8% of the population consists of Afro-Ecuadorians.[2] Other estimations put the Mestizo population at 55% to 65% and the indigenous population at 25%.[3] Genetic research indicates that the ancestry of Ecuadorian Mestizos is predominantly Indigenous.[4]
- ^ "Contador Poblacional". ecuadorencifras.gob.ec. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ecuador: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2022" (PDF). censoecuador.gob.ec. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities (2013), p. 422. Edited by Carl Skutsch
- ^ Zambrano, Ana Karina; Gaviria, Aníbal; Cobos-Navarrete, Santiago; Gruezo, Carmen; Rodríguez-Pollit, Cristina; Armendáriz-Castillo, Isaac; García-Cárdenas, Jennyfer M.; Guerrero, Santiago; López-Cortés, Andrés; Leone, Paola E.; Pérez-Villa, Andy; Guevara-Ramírez, Patricia; Yumiceba, Verónica; Fiallos, Gisella; Vela, Margarita; Paz-y-Miño, César (2019). "The three-hybrid genetic composition of an Ecuadorian population using AIMs-InDels compared with autosomes, mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome data". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 9247. Bibcode:2019NatSR...9.9247Z. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-45723-w. PMC 6592923. PMID 31239502. S2CID 195354041.