Fertility in Ecuador (1950–2100)

Ecuador
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Ecuador is projected at 1.78 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (88 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.5 years old. In total, 267,031 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
267,031
Births per 1,000 people
14.5
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
18,444,506
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-142.80.8%2,071
15-1952.414.7%41,018
20-2486.124.1%65,545
25-2987.824.6%67,172
30-3470.519.8%52,545
35-3942.712.0%29,618
40-4413.43.7%8,566
45-490.90.2%494
50-540.00.0%0