Ecuador: Administrative Division

Contents: Provinces and Cantons

The population of the provinces and cantons of Ecuador according to official projections.

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Name	Status	Population Projection 2011-07-01	Population Projection 2016-07-01	Population Projection 2020-07-01
Azuay (Asway)	Province	753,500	824,600	881,400	→
Camilo Ponce Enríquez	Canton	23,700	30,200	36,420	→
Chordeleg	Canton	13,290	14,360	15,180	→
Cuenca (Tumipampa)	Canton	535,620	592,000	637,000	→
El Pan (Tanta)	Canton	3,180	3,140	3,090	→
Girón	Canton	13,200	13,160	13,040	→
Guachapala (Wachapala)	Canton	3,590	3,750	3,860	→
Gualaceo (Walasiyu)	Canton	44,990	47,410	49,100	→
Nabón	Canton	16,690	17,080	17,290	→
Oña	Canton	3,780	3,980	4,130	→
Paute (Pawti)	Canton	26,850	28,250	29,210	→
Pucará (Pukara)	Canton	10,530	10,600	10,580	→
San Fernando	Canton	4,180	4,180	4,160	→
Santa Isabel	Canton	19,370	20,300	20,940	→
Sevilla de Oro	Canton	6,210	6,600	6,890	→
Sígsig (Siksik)	Canton	28,330	29,630	30,510	→
Bolívar	Province	193,700	203,300	209,900	→
Caluma (Kaluma)	Canton	13,930	15,330	16,430	→
Chillanes	Canton	18,180	17,500	16,850	→
Chimbo (San José de Chimbo, Chimpu)	Canton	16,610	17,110	17,380	→
Echeandía	Canton	12,790	13,550	14,080	→
Guaranda (Waranta)	Canton	97,120	103,880	108,760	→
Las Naves (Wampukuna)	Canton	6,450	7,010	7,430	→
San Miguel	Canton	28,610	28,960	29,000	→
Cañar (Kañar)	Province	240,200	263,000	281,400	→
Azogues (Asuwi)	Canton	74,700	81,210	86,280	→
Biblián	Canton	22,090	23,070	23,740	→
Cañar (Kañar)	Canton	63,010	66,370	68,750	→
Déleg	Canton	6,460	6,660	6,780	→
El Tambo (Tampu)	Canton	10,140	11,410	12,460	→
La Troncal (Rirqay)	Canton	58,480	68,320	76,870	→
Suscal (Suskal)	Canton	5,370	6,000	6,520	→
Carchi (Karchi)	Province	173,400	181,300	186,900	→
Bolívar	Canton	15,080	15,380	15,530	→
Espejo	Canton	14,010	13,940	13,820	→
Mira	Canton	12,730	12,340	11,970	→
Montúfar	Canton	32,140	33,390	34,230	→
San Pedro de Huaca (Waka)	Canton	8,050	8,560	8,930	→
Tulcán (Tulkan)	Canton	91,410	97,660	102,400	→
Chimborazo (Chimpurasu)	Province	481,500	506,300	524,000	→
Alausí (Alawsi)	Canton	45,990	45,650	45,050	→
Chambo (Champu)	Canton	12,470	13,020	13,380	→
Chunchi	Canton	13,220	13,040	12,800	→
Colta (Kulta)	Canton	46,840	45,900	44,840	→
Cumandá (Kumanta)	Canton	13,730	16,010	17,970	→
Guamote (Wamuti)	Canton	47,770	53,570	58,290	→
Guano (Wanu)	Canton	44,970	47,030	48,400	→
Pallatanga (Pallatanka)	Canton	12,070	12,230	12,280	→
Penipe (Pinipi)	Canton	7,030	7,020	6,960	→
Riobamba (Rispampa)	Canton	237,410	252,870	264,050	→
Cotopaxi (Kutupaksi)	Province	431,200	463,800	488,700	→
La Maná	Canton	44,820	51,370	56,900	→
Latacunga (Latakunka)	Canton	179,790	194,420	205,620	→
Pangua (Panwa)	Canton	23,060	24,000	24,610	→
Pujilí (Puhili)	Canton	72,630	76,800	79,770	→
Salcedo	Canton	61,220	64,660	67,100	→
Saquisilí (Sakisili)	Canton	26,750	29,360	31,430	→
Sigchos (Sikchus)	Canton	22,960	23,220	23,280	→
El Oro (Kuri)	Province	634,500	680,800	715,800	→
Arenillas (Arinillas)	Canton	28,440	31,250	33,470	→
Atahualpa (Atawallpa)	Canton	6,130	6,320	6,440	→
Balsas	Canton	7,300	8,350	9,230	→
Chilla	Canton	2,590	2,480	2,380	→
El Guabo (Wapu)	Canton	53,040	58,920	63,640	→
Huaquillas (Wakilla)	Canton	51,160	56,340	60,440	→
Las Lajas (Lajas)	Canton	5,020	5,010	4,960	→
Machala	Canton	259,620	276,670	289,140	→
Marcabelí (Markawili)	Canton	5,740	6,050	6,260	→
Pasaje	Canton	76,960	83,080	87,720	→
Piñas	Canton	27,410	29,040	30,210	→
Portovelo	Canton	12,860	13,550	14,030	→
Santa Rosa	Canton	72,920	78,220	82,170	→
Zaruma (Saruma)	Canton	25,280	25,580	25,650	→
Esmeraldas	Province	561,600	608,900	643,700	→
Atacames (Atakami)	Canton	43,950	50,320	55,500	→
Eloy Alfaro	Canton	41,670	44,080	45,630	→
Esmeraldas	Canton	198,770	210,830	218,730	→
La Concordia	Canton	45,190	49,440	52,570	→
Muisne (Muysni)	Canton	29,770	30,680	31,110	→
Quinindé (Kininti)	Canton	128,810	138,830	145,880	→
Río Verde (Wayllamayu)	Canton	28,210	30,150	31,480	→
San Lorenzo	Canton	45,240	54,580	62,770	→
Galápagos (Yawatisuyu)	Province	26,600	30,200	33,000	→
Isabela	Canton	2,390	2,770	3,070	→
San Cristóbal	Canton	7,900	8,890	9,670	→
Santa Cruz (Santa Krus)	Canton	16,290	18,520	20,300	→
Guayas (Wayas)	Province	3,840,300	4,147,000	4,387,400	→
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (Juján)	Canton	26,620	29,650	32,110	→
Balao	Canton	21,710	24,260	26,350	→
Balzar	Canton	56,570	58,790	60,260	→
Colimes	Canton	24,570	25,530	26,170	→
Coronel Marcelino Maridueña	Canton	12,600	12,940	13,130	→
Daule	Canton	128,190	152,280	173,680	→
Durán	Canton	250,030	285,610	315,720	→
El Empalme	Canton	78,250	82,790	86,070	→
El Triunfo	Canton	47,470	54,070	59,640	→
General Antonio Elizalde (Bucay)	Canton	11,230	12,310	13,160	→
Guayaquil (Wayakil)	Canton	2,471,180	2,617,350	2,723,660	→
Isidro Ayora	Canton	11,530	13,180	14,580	→
Lomas de Sargentillo	Canton	19,510	22,070	24,220	→
Milagro	Canton	175,530	189,290	199,840	→
Naranjal	Canton	73,310	84,980	95,050	→
Naranjito	Canton	39,130	41,840	43,860	→
Nobol	Canton	20,800	23,850	26,440	→
Palestina	Canton	16,880	17,800	18,450	→
Pedro Carbo	Canton	45,740	49,180	51,800	→
Playas	Canton	44,640	52,610	59,630	→
Salitre (Urbina Jado)	Canton	60,300	63,490	65,760	→
Samborondón	Canton	72,220	87,990	102,400	→
San Jacinto de Yaguachi (Yaguachi, Yawachi)	Canton	64,480	72,020	78,200	→
Santa Lucía (Santa Lusiya)	Canton	40,910	43,280	45,000	→
Simón Bolívar	Canton	26,930	29,860	32,220	→
Imbabura (Impapura)	Province	419,900	451,500	476,300	→
Antonio Ante (Hatuntaki)	Canton	46,010	50,590	54,310	→
Cotacachi (Kutakachi)	Canton	42,010	43,330	44,200	→
Ibarra	Canton	191,290	207,910	221,150	→
Otavalo (Utawalu)	Canton	110,610	119,120	125,780	→
Pimampiro (Pimampiru)	Canton	13,550	13,430	13,270	→
San Miguel de Urcuquí (Urkuki)	Canton	16,460	17,100	17,540	→
Loja	Province	473,300	500,800	521,200	→
Calvas	Canton	29,540	29,680	29,560	→
Catamayo (Katamayu)	Canton	32,340	34,450	35,960	→
Celica	Canton	15,220	15,810	16,160	→
Chaguarpamba (Chawarpampa)	Canton	7,450	7,010	6,620	→
Espíndola	Canton	15,430	14,800	14,210	→
Gonzanamá	Canton	13,170	11,940	10,950	→
Loja	Canton	227,910	253,630	274,110	→
Macará (Makara)	Canton	19,950	20,220	20,270	→
Olmedo	Canton	5,050	4,590	4,220	→
Paltas	Canton	24,850	24,180	23,470	→
Pindal	Canton	9,150	9,940	10,540	→
Puyango (Puyanku)	Canton	16,240	16,130	15,920	→
Quilanga (Kilanka)	Canton	4,520	4,360	4,200	→
Saraguro (Sarakuru)	Canton	31,750	32,860	33,510	→
Sozoranga	Canton	7,780	7,440	7,120	→
Zapotillo	Canton	12,990	13,770	14,320	→
Los Ríos (Mayukuna)	Province	817,700	876,900	921,800	→
Baba	Canton	41,500	42,720	43,430	→
Babahoyo	Canton	161,230	169,520	175,280	→
Buena Fé	Canton	66,820	75,990	83,650	→
Mocache (Mukachi)	Canton	40,230	42,070	43,320	→
Montalvo	Canton	25,400	27,300	28,720	→
Palenque	Canton	23,300	23,570	23,640	→
Puebloviejo (Mawkallakta)	Canton	38,420	41,960	44,720	→
Quevedo	Canton	182,860	200,220	213,840	→
Quinsaloma (Kimsaluma)	Canton	17,360	19,080	20,430	→
Urdaneta	Canton	30,640	31,840	32,620	→
Valencia	Canton	44,940	50,280	54,640	→
Ventanas	Canton	69,740	72,960	75,150	→
Vinces	Canton	75,250	79,400	82,330	→
Manabí (Manawi)	Province	1,436,300	1,510,400	1,562,100	→
Bolívar	Canton	42,670	44,430	45,490	→
Chone (Chuni)	Canton	131,890	132,040	131,000	→
El Carmen	Canton	93,900	103,730	111,340	→
Flavio Alfaro	Canton	25,940	24,860	23,820	→
Jama	Canton	24,370	25,450	26,120	→
Jaramijó	Canton	19,750	24,300	28,440	→
Jipijapa	Canton	74,180	74,800	74,640	→
Junín (Hunin)	Canton	19,700	19,300	18,820	→
Manta	Canton	237,880	253,440	264,280	→
Montecristi	Canton	75,080	92,230	107,780	→
Olmedo	Canton	10,260	10,280	10,190	→
Paján	Canton	38,580	37,930	37,090	→
Pedernales	Canton	57,850	61,190	63,440	→
Pichincha	Canton	31,430	30,550	29,600	→
Portoviejo	Canton	293,850	310,580	321,800	→
Puerto López	Canton	21,530	23,340	24,690	→
Rocafuerte	Canton	35,060	36,470	37,310	→
Santa Ana	Canton	49,350	48,920	48,150	→
San Vicente	Canton	23,080	24,140	24,800	→
Sucre	Canton	59,800	61,550	62,440	→
Tosagua	Canton	40,130	41,520	42,300	→
Veinticuatro de Mayo (24 de Mayo)	Canton	29,990	29,310	28,510	→
Morona Santiago	Province	157,600	179,400	196,500	→
Gualaquiza (Walakisa)	Canton	18,110	19,060	19,560	→
Huamboya (Wampuya)	Canton	9,070	10,880	12,380	→
Limón Indanza	Canton	10,220	10,380	10,350	→
Logroño	Canton	6,100	6,970	7,640	→
Morona (Muruna)	Canton	44,020	51,880	58,280	→
Pablo Sexto (Pablo VI)	Canton	1,960	2,460	2,900	→
Palora (Palura)	Canton	7,310	7,600	7,720	→
San Juan Bosco	Canton	4,150	4,640	4,980	→
Santiago de Méndez	Canton	9,840	10,600	11,090	→
Sucúa (Sukuwa)	Canton	19,490	21,970	23,820	→
Taisha	Canton	19,750	23,580	26,770	→
Tiwintza	Canton	7,530	9,390	11,040	→
Napo (Napu)	Province	109,500	122,800	133,700	→
Archidona	Canton	26,410	30,050	33,070	→
Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola	Canton	3,860	4,200	4,470	→
El Chaco (Chaku)	Canton	8,400	9,370	10,140	→
Quijos	Canton	6,510	6,720	6,850	→
Tena (Tina)	Canton	64,330	72,500	79,180	→
Orellana	Province	140,700	153,300	161,300	→
Aguarico (Awariku)	Canton	4,860	4,180	3,630	→
Francisco de Orellana (Orellana)	Canton	75,500	86,120	93,780	→
La Joya de los Sachas	Canton	38,490	39,410	39,350	→
Loreto (Luritu)	Canton	21,810	23,570	24,580	→
Pastaza (Pastasa)	Province	89,100	102,700	114,200	→
Arajuno	Canton	6,850	7,570	8,130	→
Mera	Canton	12,650	15,240	17,550	→
Pastaza (Pastasa)	Canton	65,800	75,870	84,380	→
Santa Clara (Santa Klara)	Canton	3,750	3,980	4,150	→
Pichincha	Province	2,723,500	3,003,800	3,228,200	→
Cayambe (Kayampi)	Canton	90,710	100,130	107,660	→
Mejía	Canton	86,300	98,190	108,170	→
Pedro Moncayo	Canton	35,160	39,600	43,280	→
Pedro Vicente Maldonado	Canton	13,710	15,590	17,170	→
Puerto Quito	Canton	21,580	23,460	24,910	→
Quito (Kitu)	Canton	2,365,970	2,597,990	2,781,640	→
Rumiñahui (Rumiñawi)	Canton	91,150	104,310	115,430	→
San Miguel de los Bancos (Los Bancos)	Canton	18,930	24,520	29,970	→
Santa Elena	Province	326,200	367,200	401,200	→
La Libertad	Canton	101,040	110,430	117,770	→
Salinas	Canton	72,840	84,530	94,590	→
Santa Elena	Canton	152,340	172,280	188,820	→
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Tsachila)	Province	387,200	426,900	458,600	→
Santo Domingo	Canton	387,230	426,910	458,580	→
Sucumbíos (Sukumpiyu)	Province	186,100	210,500	230,500	→
Cascales	Canton	11,780	13,980	15,880	→
Cuyabeno (Kuyawinu)	Canton	7,400	7,300	7,150	→
Gonzalo Pizarro (Lumpaki)	Canton	9,010	9,600	10,010	→
Lago Agrio (P'uchqu qucha)	Canton	96,740	109,410	119,590	→
Putumayo (Putumayu)	Canton	10,860	13,590	16,110	→
Shushufindi	Canton	46,750	52,950	57,950	→
Sucumbíos (Sukumpiyu)	Canton	3,540	3,710	3,810	→
Tungurahua (Tunkurawa)	Province	530,700	564,300	590,600	→
Ambato (Ampatu)	Canton	346,970	369,580	387,310	→
Baños de Agua Santa	Canton	21,140	23,270	25,040	→
Cevallos	Canton	8,610	9,340	9,940	→
Mocha	Canton	7,090	7,240	7,340	→
Patate	Canton	14,200	15,110	15,820	→
Quero (Kiru)	Canton	20,090	20,430	20,630	→
San Pedro de Pelileo (Pelileo)	Canton	59,530	63,610	66,840	→
Santiago de Píllaro (Píllaro, Pillaru)	Canton	40,260	42,040	43,370	→
Tisaleo	Canton	12,770	13,640	14,320	→
Zamora Chinchipe (Zamora Chinchipi)	Province	97,700	110,300	120,400	→
Centinela del Cóndor (Kunturchapana)	Canton	6,920	7,710	8,310	→
Chinchipe (Chinchipi)	Canton	9,680	10,280	10,680	→
El Pangui (Panki)	Canton	9,190	10,190	10,940	→
Nangaritza	Canton	5,610	6,880	8,010	→
Palanda (Palanta)	Canton	8,620	9,490	10,140	→
Paquisha (Pakisha)	Canton	4,160	5,130	5,990	→
Yacuambi (Yakuampi)	Canton	6,210	6,740	7,120	→
Yantzaza (Yanzatza)	Canton	20,050	23,530	26,450	→
Zamora	Canton	27,230	30,360	32,760	→
Zonas no delimitadas	Non-delimited Areas	34,500	38,600	41,900	→
El Piedrero	Non-delimited Area	6,730	7,310	7,760	→
Las Golondrinas (→ Imbabura)	Non-delimited Area	5,690	6,710	7,600	→
Manga del Cura (→ Manabí)	Non-delimited Area	22,130	24,590	26,550	→
Ecuador	Republic	15,266,400	16,528,700	17,510,600

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos del Ecuador (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2010)
Males	7,177,683
Females	7,305,816

Age Groups (C 2010)
0-14 years	4,528,425
15-64 years	9,014,169
65+ years	940,905

Age Distribution (C 2010)
0-9 years	2,989,083
10-19 years	2,958,879
20-29 years	2,492,690
30-39 years	2,006,015
40-49 years	1,569,143
50-59 years	1,126,025
60-69 years	724,576
70-79 years	405,309
80+ years	211,779

Urbanization (C 2010)
Rural	5,392,713
Urban	9,090,786

Ethnic Group (C 2010)
Indigenous	1,018,176
Afro-Ecuadorian	1,041,559
Montubios	1,070,728
Mestizos	10,417,299
White	882,383
Other Ethnic Group	53,354

Literacy (A15+) (C 2010)
yes	9,282,978
no	672,096