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Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · ECU

Ecuador

Latin America and the Caribbean · South America

Ecuador is recorded at 18.14m people in 2024, with total annual change of +154,641 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 218 · ECU

Ecuador

ECU · EC
HOLDING
population 18.14m
annual change +154,641
natural change +174,346
fertility 1.81
migrant share 4.1%

Early Warning · peak 2063 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 747.7k

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Ecuador in 2024
Births 268,769
Deaths -94,423
Natural change +174,346
Net migration -19,704
Total change +154,641
time anchors

+956,681

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Ecuador
This year +154,641
Since peak -3,604,753 since 2063
Projected 2100 19.09m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

4.1%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 17.98m

Ecuador 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 4.50m, ages 15-64 12.03m, ages 65+ 1.46m.

0-14
4.50m
15-64
12.03m
65+
1.46m
2050 2050 21.34m

Ecuador 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 3.63m, ages 15-64 14.02m, ages 65+ 3.68m.

0-14
3.63m
15-64
14.02m
65+
3.68m
2100 2100 19.09m

Ecuador 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 2.45m, ages 15-64 10.35m, ages 65+ 6.29m.

0-14
2.45m
15-64
10.35m
65+
6.29m
stage

Early Warning

Stage since 2019.

crossover

2064

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

8.05

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2048.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 18.14m 154,641 268.8k 94.4k 1.81
2030 19.07m 154,716 264.8k 106.6k 1.75
2050 21.34m 63,935 227.6k 161.5k 1.68
2080 21.07m -75,893 180.4k 254.5k 1.65
2100 19.09m -111,136 156.3k 265.7k 1.65