Country profile · South America · ECU
Ecuador: area, population and density
Ecuador has 248,360 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 18,289,896; calculated population density is 74 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Ecuador ranks 76th of 196 by land area, 71st by population and 116th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 248,360 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 18,289,896World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 74 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Ecuador in the country comparison set
Ecuador has 248,360 sq km of land area and a population value of 18,289,896 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 76th by land area, 71st by population, and 116th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
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