Ecuador: Statistics
People [1]
People
Population | 16,624,858 (2017) |
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Population Growth Rate | 1.453 annual % (2017) |
Age Dependency Ratio | 55.138 % of working-age population (2017) |
Urban Population | 63.67 % of total (2017) |
Infant Mortality Rate | 12.5 per 1,000 live births (2017) |
Life Expectancy at Birth | 76.327 years (2016) |
Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2017)
Energy [2]
Other [3]
Technology
Airports | 432 (2013) |
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Cellular Telephones | 13,882,280 (2016 est.) |
Highways | 43,670 km (2007) |
Internet Users | 8,693,739 (2016 est.) |
Railways | 965 km (2014) |
Telephones | 2,441,173 (2016 est.) |
Geography & Environment
Location | Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru |
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Total Area | 283,561 sq. km |
Land Area | 276,841 sq. km |
Water Area | 6,720 sq. km |
Coastline | 2,237 km |
Climate | tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands |
Terrain | coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente) |
Lowest Point | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Highest Point | Chimborazo 6,267 m |
Sources
- The World Bank Date Accessed: 7/6/2018
- U.S. Energy Information Administration
- CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 12/5/2017