Ecuador

Official name:
the Republic of Ecuador
Name in native language:
Ecuador (el)
Capital:
Quito
ISO country code
EC
Nat. statistical agency:
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)
Region:
South America

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

the Republic of Ecuador

Administrative units

coderegion
provincia
capitalarea (sq.km.)population
1990-11-25
census
population
2001-11-25
census
population
2010-11-28
census
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.
301Región Sierra 63,515.94,399,1665,460,7386,449,355
01AzuayCuenca7,994.7506,090599,546712,127
02BolívarGuaranda3,926.0163,149169,370183,641
03CañarAzogues3,141.6189,347206,981225,184
04CarchiTulcán3,749.7141,482152,939164,524
05CotopaxiLatacunga5,984.5286,926349,540409,205
06ChimborazoRiobamba6,470.4366,636403,632458,581
10ImbaburaIbarra4,614.6265,499344,044398,244
11LojaLoja10,994.9384,698404,835448,966
17PichinchaQuito9,465.01,565,4032,101,7992,576,287
18TungurahuaAmbato3,369.4368,511441,034504,583
23Santo Domingo de los TsáchilasSanto Domingo de los Colorados3,805.1190,936287,018368,013
302Región Costa 68,323.74,808,2906,056,2237,236,822
07El OroMachala5,817.4412,572525,763600,659
08EsmeraldasEsmeraldas15,895.7318,834385,223534,092
09GuayasGuayaquil16,803.22,347,8043,070,1453,645,483
12Los RíosBabahoyo7,150.9527,559650,178778,115
13ManabíPortoviejo18,893.71,031,9271,186,0251,369,780
24Santa ElenaSanta Elena3,762.8169,552238,889308,693
303Región Amazónica 115,744.9372,573548,419739,814
14Morona SantiagoMacas23,796.895,421115,412147,940
15NapoTena12,483.454,85379,139103,697
16PastazaPuyo29,325.042,23661,77983,933
19Zamora ChinchipeZamora10,456.366,16776,60191,376
21SucumbíosNueva Loja18,008.377,148128,995176,472
22OrellanaPuerto Francisco de Orellana21,675.148,75786,493136,396
304Región Insular 8,010.09,78518,64025,124
20GalápagosPuerto Barquerizo Moreno8,010.09,78518,64025,124
Zonas no Delimitadas 775.270,62172,58832,384
90Zonas no Delimitadas 775.270,62172,58832,384
 total 255,594.89,697,97912,156,60814,483,499

Main cities

namepopulation
1990-11-25
census
population
2001-11-25
census
population
2010-11-28
census
latitude /
longitude
Guayaquil1,508,4441,994,5182,291,158-2.19/-79.88
Quito1,100,8471,413,1791,619,146-0.21/-78.54
Cuenca194,981278,995331,888-2.90/-79.00
Santo Domingo De Los Colorados114,422234,227305,632-0.25/-79.16
Machala144,197213,850241,606-3.26/-79.96
Manta125,505188,401221,122 
Portoviejo132,937187,760223,086 
Eloy Alfaro (Durán)82,359178,714235,769 
Ambato124,166163,926178,538 
Loja94,305142,271180,617 
Riobamba94,505135,350156,723 
Quevedo86,910120,379.. 
Ibarra80,991116,523139,721 
Milagro93,637113,440.. 
Esmeraldas98,55895,124.. 
Calderón (Carapungo)..84,848.. 
Babahoyo50,28583,48596,956 
source: INEC, Ecuador.