Ecuador: Administrative Division

Contents: Ecuador

Republic

14,483,499 Population [2010] – census

16,938,986 Population [2022] – census

256,700km² Area

65.99/km² Density [2022]

Contents: Provinces and Cantons

The population of the provinces and cantons of Ecuador according to census results.

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Name	Status	Population Census 1990-11-25	Population Census 2001-11-25	Population Census 2010-11-28	Population Census 2022-11-30
Azuay (Asway)	Province	506,090	599,546	712,127	801,609	→
Camilo Ponce Enríquez	Canton	...	8,881	17,404	22,810	→
Chordeleg	Canton	...	10,859	12,577	12,197	→
Cuenca (Tumipampa)	Canton	331,028	417,632	505,585	596,101	→
El Pan (Tanta)	Canton	...	3,075	3,036	2,776	→
Girón	Canton	13,191	12,583	12,607	12,182	→
Guachapala (Wachapala)	Canton	...	3,125	3,409	3,586	→
Gualaceo (Walasiyu)	Canton	45,269	38,587	42,709	43,188	→
Nabón	Canton	17,850	15,121	15,892	14,776	→
Oña	Canton	...	3,231	3,583	3,422	→
Paute (Pawti)	Canton	35,565	23,106	25,494	26,782	→
Pucará (Pukara)	Canton	16,626	11,501	10,052	9,693	→
San Fernando	Canton	4,298	3,961	3,993	3,738	→
Santa Isabel	Canton	...	18,015	22,987	20,753	→
Sevilla de Oro	Canton	...	5,234	5,889	4,613	→
Sígsig (Siksik)	Canton	25,103	24,635	26,910	24,992	→
Bolívar	Province	163,149	169,370	183,641	199,078	→
Caluma (Kaluma)	Canton	9,828	11,074	13,129	15,607	→
Chillanes	Canton	20,477	18,685	17,406	19,802	→
Chimbo (San José de Chimbo, Chimpu)	Canton	15,602	15,005	15,779	15,524	→
Echeandía	Canton	9,821	10,951	12,114	14,654	→
Guaranda (Waranta)	Canton	71,316	81,643	91,877	98,130	→
Las Naves (Wampukuna)	Canton	...	5,265	6,092	7,012	→
San Miguel	Canton	28,044	26,747	27,244	28,349	→
Cañar (Kañar)	Province	189,347	206,981	225,184	227,578	→
Azogues (Asuwi)	Canton	68,868	64,910	70,064	74,515	→
Biblián	Canton	22,286	20,727	20,817	18,852	→
Cañar (Kañar)	Canton	65,653	58,185	59,323	52,150	→
Déleg	Canton	...	6,221	6,100	6,046	→
El Tambo (Tampu)	Canton	...	8,251	9,475	9,285	→
La Troncal (Rirqay)	Canton	32,540	44,268	54,389	62,103	→
Suscal (Suskal)	Canton	...	4,419	5,016	4,627	→
Carchi (Karchi)	Province	141,482	152,939	164,524	172,828	→
Bolívar	Canton	15,157	13,898	14,347	15,677	→
Espejo	Canton	13,188	13,515	13,364	14,522	→
Mira	Canton	14,040	12,919	12,180	12,727	→
Montúfar	Canton	29,454	28,576	30,511	29,590	→
San Pedro de Huaca (Waka)	Canton	...	6,856	7,624	7,937	→
Tulcán (Tulkan)	Canton	69,643	77,175	86,498	92,375	→
Chimborazo (Chimpurasu)	Province	366,636	403,632	458,581	471,933	→
Alausí (Alawsi)	Canton	48,658	42,823	44,089	37,275	→
Chambo (Champu)	Canton	9,463	10,541	11,885	13,431	→
Chunchi	Canton	13,490	12,474	12,686	10,635	→
Colta (Kulta)	Canton	47,568	44,701	44,971	30,468	→
Cumandá (Kumanta)	Canton	...	9,395	12,922	16,602	→
Guamote (Wamuti)	Canton	28,058	35,210	45,153	35,769	→
Guano (Wanu)	Canton	37,106	37,888	42,851	48,327	→
Pallatanga (Pallatanka)	Canton	9,482	10,800	11,544	11,796	→
Penipe (Pinipi)	Canton	7,078	6,485	6,739	6,748	→
Riobamba (Rispampa)	Canton	163,779	193,315	225,741	260,882	→
Cotopaxi (Kutupaksi)	Province	286,926	349,540	409,205	470,210	→
La Maná	Canton	20,733	32,115	42,216	53,793	→
Latacunga (Latakunka)	Canton	129,076	143,979	170,489	217,261	→
Pangua (Panwa)	Canton	16,814	19,877	21,965	21,867	→
Pujilí (Puhili)	Canton	51,550	60,728	69,055	66,980	→
Salcedo	Canton	45,322	51,304	58,216	67,493	→
Saquisilí (Sakisili)	Canton	12,829	20,815	25,320	24,356	→
Sigchos (Sikchus)	Canton	...	20,722	21,944	18,460	→
El Oro (Kuri)	Province	412,572	525,763	600,659	714,592	→
Arenillas (Arinillas)	Canton	18,314	22,477	26,844	32,366	→
Atahualpa (Atawallpa)	Canton	6,134	5,479	5,833	6,112	→
Balsas	Canton	4,066	5,348	6,861	7,875	→
Chilla	Canton	2,767	2,665	2,484	2,251	→
El Guabo (Wapu)	Canton	28,058	41,078	50,009	59,536	→
Huaquillas (Wakilla)	Canton	27,806	40,285	48,285	56,303	→
Las Lajas (Lajas)	Canton	4,866	4,781	4,794	5,738	→
Machala	Canton	157,607	217,696	245,972	306,309	→
Marcabelí (Markawili)	Canton	4,889	4,930	5,450	6,870	→
Pasaje	Canton	51,406	62,959	72,806	83,597	→
Piñas	Canton	21,843	23,246	25,988	29,406	→
Portovelo	Canton	10,257	11,024	12,200	13,556	→
Santa Rosa	Canton	50,860	60,388	69,036	80,299	→
Zaruma (Saruma)	Canton	23,699	23,407	24,097	24,374	→
Esmeraldas	Province	306,777	385,223	491,168	553,900	→
Atacames (Atakami)	Canton	...	30,267	41,526	51,204	→
Eloy Alfaro	Canton	25,389	33,403	39,739	46,305	→
Esmeraldas	Canton	173,470	157,792	189,504	211,848	→
Muisne (Muysni)	Canton	22,537	25,080	28,474	36,426	→
Quinindé (Kininti)	Canton	62,680	88,337	122,570	126,841	→
Río Verde (Wayllamayu)	Canton	...	22,164	26,869	32,885	→
San Lorenzo	Canton	22,552	28,180	42,486	48,391	→
Galápagos (Yawatisuyu)	Province	9,785	18,640	25,124	28,583	→
Isabela	Canton	864	1,619	2,256	3,050	→
San Cristóbal	Canton	3,603	5,633	7,475	8,300	→
Santa Cruz (Santa Krus)	Canton	5,318	11,388	15,393	17,233	→
Guayas (Wayas)	Province	2,350,497	3,075,748	3,651,807	4,391,923	→
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (Juján)	Canton	16,253	19,982	25,179	25,526	→
Balao	Canton	12,514	17,262	20,523	25,655	→
Balzar	Canton	45,085	48,470	53,937	57,829	→
Colimes	Canton	19,232	21,049	23,423	26,251	→
Coronel Marcelino Maridueña	Canton	...	11,054	12,033	13,183	→
Daule	Canton	91,880	85,148	120,326	222,446	→
Durán	Canton	85,196	178,714	235,769	303,910	→
El Empalme	Canton	57,231	64,789	74,451	79,767	→
El Triunfo	Canton	25,284	34,117	44,778	60,541	→
General Antonio Elizalde (Bucay)	Canton	...	8,696	10,642	11,810	→
Guayaquil (Wayakil)	Canton	1,570,396	2,039,789	2,350,915	2,746,403	→
Isidro Ayora	Canton	...	8,226	10,870	14,305	→
Lomas de Sargentillo	Canton	...	14,194	18,413	22,254	→
Milagro	Canton	123,365	140,103	166,634	195,943	→
Naranjal	Canton	39,466	53,482	69,012	83,691	→
Naranjito	Canton	23,656	31,756	37,186	44,169	→
Nobol	Canton	...	14,753	19,600	23,850	→
Palestina	Canton	11,191	14,067	16,065	18,019	→
Pedro Carbo	Canton	31,628	36,711	43,436	52,177	→
Playas	Canton	21,490	30,045	41,935	58,768	→
Salitre (Urbina Jado)	Canton	43,812	50,379	57,402	61,060	→
Samborondón	Canton	33,965	45,476	67,590	98,540	→
San Jacinto de Yaguachi (Yaguachi, Yawachi)	Canton	66,608	47,630	60,958	72,699	→
Santa Lucía (Santa Lusiya)	Canton	27,342	33,868	38,923	43,700	→
Simón Bolívar	Canton	...	20,385	25,483	29,427	→
Imbabura (Impapura)	Province	278,240	348,105	403,546	469,879	→
Antonio Ante (Hatuntaki)	Canton	27,375	36,053	43,518	53,771	→
Cotacachi (Kutakachi)	Canton	33,250	37,215	40,036	53,001	→
Ibarra	Canton	119,493	153,256	181,175	217,469	→
Otavalo (Utawalu)	Canton	56,286	90,188	104,874	114,303	→
Pimampiro (Pimampiru)	Canton	15,359	12,951	12,970	13,366	→
San Miguel de Urcuquí (Urkuki)	Canton	13,736	14,381	15,671	17,969	→
Loja	Province	384,698	404,835	448,966	485,421	→
Calvas	Canton	29,398	27,604	28,185	26,042	→
Catamayo (Katamayu)	Canton	22,357	27,000	30,638	35,240	→
Celica	Canton	14,329	13,358	14,468	14,379	→
Chaguarpamba (Chawarpampa)	Canton	9,850	7,898	7,161	6,857	→
Espíndola	Canton	18,191	15,750	14,799	14,119	→
Gonzanamá	Canton	17,276	14,987	12,716	12,247	→
Loja	Canton	144,493	175,077	214,855	250,028	→
Macará (Makara)	Canton	18,281	18,350	19,018	18,215	→
Olmedo	Canton	...	5,707	4,870	4,164	→
Paltas	Canton	33,751	24,703	23,801	22,841	→
Pindal	Canton	7,457	7,351	8,645	10,409	→
Puyango (Puyanku)	Canton	16,804	15,505	15,513	16,257	→
Quilanga (Kilanka)	Canton	5,553	4,582	4,337	3,971	→
Saraguro (Sarakuru)	Canton	26,995	28,029	30,183	29,111	→
Sozoranga	Canton	9,729	7,994	7,465	6,970	→
Zapotillo	Canton	10,234	10,940	12,312	14,571	→
Los Ríos (Mayukuna)	Province	527,559	650,178	778,115	898,652	→
Baba	Canton	29,406	35,185	39,681	45,296	→
Babahoyo	Canton	105,471	132,824	153,776	178,509	→
Buena Fé	Canton	...	47,361	63,148	74,410	→
Mocache (Mukachi)	Canton	...	33,481	38,392	42,026	→
Montalvo	Canton	19,023	20,067	24,164	28,354	→
Palenque	Canton	18,242	20,658	22,320	24,838	→
Puebloviejo (Mawkallakta)	Canton	22,662	29,420	36,477	40,961	→
Quevedo	Canton	196,568	139,790	173,575	206,008	→
Quinsaloma (Kimsaluma)	Canton	...	13,150	16,476	19,470	→
Urdaneta	Canton	23,459	25,812	29,263	33,151	→
Valencia	Canton	...	32,870	42,556	51,509	→
Ventanas	Canton	58,494	57,995	66,551	73,211	→
Vinces	Canton	54,234	61,565	71,736	80,909	→
Manabí (Manawi)	Province	1,047,189	1,203,717	1,390,538	1,592,840	→
Bolívar	Canton	37,580	35,627	40,735	41,827	→
Chone (Chuni)	Canton	115,646	117,634	126,491	128,166	→
El Carmen	Canton	54,070	69,998	89,021	120,936	→
Flavio Alfaro	Canton	23,613	25,390	25,004	26,415	→
Jama	Canton	...	20,230	23,253	16,588	→
Jaramijó	Canton	...	11,967	18,486	29,759	→
Jipijapa	Canton	82,807	65,796	71,083	78,117	→
Junín (Hunin)	Canton	17,992	18,491	18,942	22,324	→
Manta	Canton	132,816	192,322	226,477	271,145	→
Montecristi	Canton	37,660	43,400	70,294	99,937	→
Olmedo	Canton	...	9,243	9,844	10,090	→
Paján	Canton	42,446	35,952	37,073	41,879	→
Pedernales	Canton	...	46,876	55,128	70,408	→
Pichincha	Canton	28,827	29,945	30,244	30,380	→
Portoviejo	Canton	202,112	238,430	280,029	322,925	→
Puerto López	Canton	...	16,626	20,451	25,630	→
Rocafuerte	Canton	26,021	29,321	33,469	42,688	→
Santa Ana	Canton	59,330	45,287	47,385	51,462	→
San Vicente	Canton	...	19,116	22,025	24,997	→
Sucre	Canton	105,203	52,158	57,159	62,841	→
Tosagua	Canton	31,778	33,922	38,341	42,853	→
Veinticuatro de Mayo (24 de Mayo)	Canton	34,026	28,294	28,846	31,473	→
Morona Santiago	Province	95,421	115,412	147,940	192,508	→
Gualaquiza (Walakisa)	Canton	12,518	15,288	17,162	21,892	→
Huamboya (Wampuya)	Canton	...	5,965	8,466	10,830	→
Limón Indanza	Canton	12,062	10,192	9,722	9,602	→
Logroño	Canton	...	4,621	5,723	7,484	→
Morona (Muruna)	Canton	29,456	29,818	41,155	54,935	→
Pablo Sexto (Pablo VI)	Canton	...	1,188	1,823	2,267	→
Palora (Palura)	Canton	7,219	6,317	6,936	11,882	→
San Juan Bosco	Canton	...	3,131	3,908	4,372	→
Santiago de Méndez	Canton	8,468	7,886	9,295	9,755	→
Sucúa (Sukuwa)	Canton	14,493	14,412	18,318	23,504	→
Taisha	Canton	...	13,078	18,437	26,700	→
Tiwintza	Canton	...	3,516	6,995	9,285	→
Napo (Napu)	Province	54,853	79,139	103,697	131,675	→
Archidona	Canton	19,499	18,551	24,969	30,488	→
Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola	Canton	...	2,943	3,664	4,647	→
El Chaco (Chaku)	Canton	4,445	6,133	7,960	9,252	→
Quijos	Canton	4,679	5,505	6,224	6,472	→
Tena (Tina)	Canton	35,747	46,007	60,880	80,816	→
Orellana	Province	48,757	86,493	136,396	182,166	→
Aguarico (Awariku)	Canton	3,150	4,658	4,847	6,872	→
Francisco de Orellana (Orellana)	Canton	19,674	42,010	72,795	95,130	→
La Joya de los Sachas	Canton	16,193	26,363	37,591	52,444	→
Loreto (Luritu)	Canton	...	13,462	21,163	27,720	→
Pastaza (Pastasa)	Province	42,236	61,779	83,933	111,915	→
Arajuno	Canton	...	5,150	6,491	9,553	→
Mera	Canton	5,947	8,088	11,861	15,087	→
Pastaza (Pastasa)	Canton	35,864	45,512	62,016	82,754	→
Santa Clara (Santa Klara)	Canton	...	3,029	3,565	4,521	→
Pichincha	Province	1,565,403	2,101,799	2,576,287	3,089,473	→
Cayambe (Kayampi)	Canton	46,938	69,800	85,795	105,267	→
Mejía	Canton	46,687	62,888	81,335	101,894	→
Pedro Moncayo	Canton	15,718	25,594	33,172	40,483	→
Pedro Vicente Maldonado	Canton	...	9,965	12,924	15,475	→
Puerto Quito	Canton	...	17,100	20,445	25,067	→
Quito (Kitu)	Canton	1,409,845	1,839,853	2,239,191	2,679,722	→
Rumiñahui (Rumiñawi)	Canton	46,215	65,882	85,852	107,904	→
San Miguel de los Bancos (Los Bancos)	Canton	...	10,717	17,573	13,661	→
Santa Elena	Province	169,552	238,889	308,693	385,735	→
La Libertad	Canton	...	77,646	95,942	112,247	→
Salinas	Canton	85,542	49,572	68,675	86,801	→
Santa Elena	Canton	84,010	111,671	144,076	186,687	→
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Tsachila)	Province	238,984	332,250	410,937	492,969	→
La Concordia	Canton	48,159	45,232	42,924	51,386	→
Santo Domingo	Canton	190,825	287,018	368,013	441,583	→
Sucumbíos (Sukumpiyu)	Province	77,148	128,995	176,472	199,014	→
Cascales	Canton	5,014	7,409	11,104	11,744	→
Cuyabeno (Kuyawinu)	Canton	...	6,643	7,133	8,852	→
Gonzalo Pizarro (Lumpaki)	Canton	4,472	6,964	8,599	10,356	→
Lago Agrio (P'uchqu qucha)	Canton	41,254	66,788	91,744	105,044	→
Putumayo (Putumayu)	Canton	4,794	6,171	10,174	9,018	→
Shushufindi	Canton	18,977	32,184	44,328	50,826	→
Sucumbíos (Sukumpiyu)	Canton	2,441	2,836	3,390	3,174	→
Tungurahua (Tunkurawa)	Province	368,511	441,034	504,583	563,532	→
Ambato (Ampatu)	Canton	227,790	287,282	329,856	370,664	→
Baños de Agua Santa	Canton	15,416	16,112	20,018	21,908	→
Cevallos	Canton	5,964	6,873	8,163	10,433	→
Mocha	Canton	6,368	6,371	6,777	7,260	→
Patate	Canton	10,292	11,771	13,497	13,879	→
Quero (Kiru)	Canton	15,997	18,187	19,205	19,084	→
San Pedro de Pelileo (Pelileo)	Canton	37,619	48,988	56,573	63,897	→
Santiago de Píllaro (Píllaro, Pillaru)	Canton	33,369	34,925	38,357	42,497	→
Tisaleo	Canton	9,165	10,525	12,137	13,910	→
Zamora Chinchipe (Zamora Chinchipi)	Province	66,167	76,601	91,376	110,973	→
Centinela del Cóndor (Kunturchapana)	Canton	...	5,539	6,479	7,882	→
Chinchipe (Chinchipi)	Canton	12,419	8,495	9,119	10,337	→
El Pangui (Panki)	Canton	...	7,441	8,619	12,768	→
Nangaritza	Canton	4,316	4,797	5,196	6,429	→
Palanda (Palanta)	Canton	...	7,066	8,089	8,873	→
Paquisha (Pakisha)	Canton	...	1,691	3,854	4,737	→
Yacuambi (Yakuampi)	Canton	3,448	5,229	5,835	6,391	→
Yantzaza (Yanzatza)	Canton	17,910	14,552	18,675	23,370	→
Zamora	Canton	28,074	21,791	25,510	30,186	→
Ecuador	Republic	9,697,979	12,156,608	14,483,499	16,938,986

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos del Ecuador.

Explanation: Census figures are not adjusted for underenumeration.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2022)
Males	8,252,523
Females	8,686,463

Age Groups (C 2022)
0-14 years	4,312,989
15-64 years	11,105,407
65+ years	1,520,590

Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years	68,037
80-89 years	283,434
70-79 years	652,349
60-69 years	1,151,687
50-59 years	1,612,636
40-49 years	2,063,965
30-39 years	2,416,985
20-29 years	2,843,080
10-19 years	3,141,401
0-9 years	2,705,412

Urbanization (C 2022)
Rural	6,251,835
Urban	10,687,151

Citizenship (C 2022)
Ecuador	16,679,906
Other	259,080

Place of Birth (C 2022)
Same parish	11,529,786
Other parish	4,984,155
Other country	425,045

Ethnic Group (C 2022)
Indigenous	1,302,057
Afro-Ecuadorian	814,495
Montubios	1,305,000
Mestizos	13,122,337
White	374,930
Other Ethnic Group	20,167