Ecuador - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Ecuador. Cotopaxi in the Andes is highest active volcano in world. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
Nearly half of the population is concentrated in the interior, with large concentrations also found along the western coastal strip; the rainforests of the east remain sparsely populated
People and Society
In Ecuador, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and White) 77.5%, Montubio 7.7%, Indigenous 7.7%, White 2.2%, Afroecuadorian 2%, Mulatto 1.4%, Black 1.3%, other 0.1% (2022 est.)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 0.91% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 17.42 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.12 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.17 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 1.06 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian | Ecuadorian(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 26.8% (male 2,505,729/female 2,395,198) |
| 15-64 years | 64.1% (male 5,771,234/female 5,972,938) |
| 65 years and over | 9.1% (2024 est.) (male 746,207/female 918,678) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 55.3 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 41 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 14.3 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 7 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 28.2 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 27 years |
| Female | 28.9 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 64.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.62% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.142 million Guayaquil, 1.957 million QUITO (capital) (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 0.97 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.81 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 0.97 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 12.2 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 10.2 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 74.9 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 69.7 years |
| Female | 80.4 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 87.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 95.7% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 12.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 4.3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 98.2% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 99.4% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 1.8% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0.6% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 3.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 2.32 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 0.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 0.61 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0.03 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 9.7% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 17.2% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 2.4% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
| Women married by age 15 | 3.8% (2018) |
| Women married by age 18 | 22.2% (2018) |
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