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Ecuador

Census Results

1950-11-29	3,202,757
1962-11-25	4,476,007
1974-06-08	6,521,710
1982-11-28	8,060,712
1990-11-25	9,648,189
2001-11-25	12,156,608
2010-11-28	14,483,499

Ecuador, 3 levels

General Information

Official name	the Republic of Ecuador
Official name [native]	la República del Ecuador «Spanish»
Capital	Quito
Capital [native]	Quito «Spanish»
Region	South America
ISO code	EC
Statistical agency	Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)

Name in Chinese	厄瓜多尔共和国
Name in Arabic	جمهورية إكوادور
Name in Spanish	la República del Ecuador
Name in Russian	Республика Эквадор
Name in French	la République de l'Équateur

Administrative units

code	region provincia	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1990-11-25 census	population 2001-11-25 census	population 2010-11-28 census
301	Región Sierra		63,515.9	4,399,166	5,460,738	6,449,355
01	Azuay	Cuenca	7,994.7	506,090	599,546	712,127
02	Bolívar	Guaranda	3,926.0	163,149	169,370	183,641
03	Cañar	Azogues	3,141.6	189,347	206,981	225,184
04	Carchi	Tulcán	3,749.7	141,482	152,939	164,524
05	Cotopaxi	Latacunga	5,984.5	286,926	349,540	409,205
06	Chimborazo	Riobamba	6,470.4	366,636	403,632	458,581
10	Imbabura	Ibarra	4,614.6	265,499	344,044	398,244
11	Loja	Loja	10,994.9	384,698	404,835	448,966
17	Pichincha	Quito	9,465.0	1,565,403	2,101,799	2,576,287
18	Tungurahua	Ambato	3,369.4	368,511	441,034	504,583
23	Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas	Santo Domingo de los Colorados	3,805.1	190,936	287,018	368,013
302	Región Costa		68,323.7	4,808,290	6,056,223	7,236,822
07	El Oro	Machala	5,817.4	412,572	525,763	600,659
08	Esmeraldas	Esmeraldas	15,895.7	318,834	385,223	534,092
09	Guayas	Guayaquil	16,803.2	2,347,804	3,070,145	3,645,483
12	Los Ríos	Babahoyo	7,150.9	527,559	650,178	778,115
13	Manabí	Portoviejo	18,893.7	1,031,927	1,186,025	1,369,780
24	Santa Elena	Santa Elena	3,762.8	169,552	238,889	308,693
303	Región Amazónica		115,744.9	372,573	548,419	739,814
14	Morona Santiago	Macas	23,796.8	95,421	115,412	147,940
15	Napo	Tena	12,483.4	54,853	79,139	103,697
16	Pastaza	Puyo	29,325.0	42,236	61,779	83,933
19	Zamora Chinchipe	Zamora	10,456.3	66,167	76,601	91,376
21	Sucumbíos	Nueva Loja	18,008.3	77,148	128,995	176,472
22	Orellana	Puerto Francisco de Orellana	21,675.1	48,757	86,493	136,396
304	Región Insular		8,010.0	9,785	18,640	25,124
20	Galápagos	Puerto Barquerizo Moreno	8,010.0	9,785	18,640	25,124
	Zonas no Delimitadas		775.2	70,621	72,588	32,384
90	Zonas no Delimitadas		775.2	70,621	72,588	32,384
	total		255,594.8	9,697,979	12,156,608	14,483,499
source: INEC, Ecuador. source: area - Asociación de Municipalidades Equatorianas. note: Canton La Concordia moved to Esmeraldas, but some of its data still is part of Zonas no Delimitadas.

Main cities

name	population 1990-11-25 census	population 2001-11-25 census	population 2010-11-28 census	latitude / longitude
Guayaquil	1,508,444	1,994,518	2,291,158	-2.19/-79.88
Quito	1,100,847	1,413,179	1,619,146	-0.21/-78.54
Cuenca	194,981	278,995	331,888	-2.90/-79.00
Santo Domingo De Los Colorados	114,422	234,227	305,632	-0.25/-79.16
Machala	144,197	213,850	241,606	-3.26/-79.96
Manta	125,505	188,401	221,122
Portoviejo	132,937	187,760	223,086
Eloy Alfaro (Durán)	82,359	178,714	235,769
Ambato	124,166	163,926	178,538
Loja	94,305	142,271	180,617
Riobamba	94,505	135,350	156,723
Quevedo	86,910	120,379	..
Ibarra	80,991	116,523	139,721
Milagro	93,637	113,440	..
Esmeraldas	98,558	95,124	..
Calderón (Carapungo)	..	84,848	..
Babahoyo	50,285	83,485	96,956
source: INEC, Ecuador.