Ecuador Population Pyramid 1973
Ecuador in 1973
In 1973, Ecuador had a total population of 6,722,033 people. That is 34.4% more than in 1963, when the population stood at 5,001,715.
Half of the population was younger than 17.9 years; 43.9% were children under 15 and 3.8% were 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Ecuador had on average 1.82 children, below the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
A child born there in 2023 could expect to live 77.4 years on average (80.1 years for girls, 74.7 for boys).
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
740,711 immigrants live in Ecuador, 4.1% of the population.
| Venezuela | 487,871 |
| Colombia | 159,966 |
| Spain | 21,320 |
| Peru | 14,275 |
| United States of America | 13,588 |
1,243,052 people born in Ecuador live in other countries.
| United States of America | 561,895 |
| Spain | 432,111 |
| Italy | 76,883 |
| Chile | 46,245 |
| Venezuela | 33,255 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 6,722,034 | 17.9 | |
| Bolivia | 4,910,201 | 19.3 | |
| Chile | 10,340,362 | 21.3 | |
| Uruguay | 2,837,134 | 30.1 | |
| Paraguay | 2,561,103 | 17.5 |





