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Ecuador: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 18,001,000 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 1.136 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 50.425 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 64.57 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 10.7 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 73.67 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 32.34 billion kWh (2021) #68
Consumption 26.61 billion kWh (2021) #68
Exports 1.34 billion kWh (2021) #60
Imports 0.25 billion kWh (2021) #96
Renewable Electricity Generation 26.09 billion kWh (2021) #39

Oil

Ranking
Production 475.64 thousand bbl/day (2021) #29
Consumption 211.25 thousand bbl/day (2021) #54
Exports (Refined) [3] 378 thousand bbl/day (2013) #24
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 8.273 billion bbl (2021) #17

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 59.223 billion cu ft (2015) #65
Consumption (Dry) 10.53 billion cu ft (2021) #102
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 0.385 trillion cu ft (2021) #76

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 432 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 15,772,838 (2018 est.)
Highways 43,216 km (2015)
Internet Users 8,693,739 (2016 est.)
Railways 965 km (2017)
Telephones 2,360,581 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationWestern South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru
Total Area283,561 sq. km
Land Area276,841 sq. km
Water Area6,720 sq. km
Coastline2,237 km
Climatetropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
Terraincoastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)
Lowest PointPacific Ocean 0 m
Highest Point Chimborazo 6,267 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020