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Provinces

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

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1990-11-25	Population Census (Cf) 2001-11-25	Population Census (C) 2010-11-28	Population Census (C) 2022-11-30
Azuay	AZU	Cuenca	8,171	506,090	599,546	712,127	801,609	817100	→
Bolívar	BOL	Guaranda	3,956	163,149	169,370	183,641	199,078	395600	→
Cañar	CAN	Azogues	3,647	189,347	206,981	225,184	227,578	364700	→
Carchi	CAR	Tulcán	3,776	141,482	152,939	164,524	172,828	377600	→
Chimborazo	CHI	Riobamba	6,110	366,636	403,632	458,581	471,933	611000	→
Cotopaxi	COT	Latacunga	6,185	286,926	349,540	409,205	470,210	618500	→
El Oro	EOR	Machala	5,873	412,572	525,763	600,659	714,592	587300	→
Esmeraldas	ESM	Esmeraldas	15,841	306,777	385,223	491,168	553,900	1584100	→
Galápagos	GAL	Puerto Baquerizo Moreno	7,988	9,785	18,640	25,124	28,583	798800	→
Guayas	GUA	Guayaquil	16,244	2,350,497	3,075,748	3,651,807	4,391,923	1624400	→
Imbabura	IMB	Ibarra	4,785	278,240	348,105	403,546	469,879	478500	→
Loja	LOJ	Loja	11,066	384,698	404,835	448,966	485,421	1106600	→
Los Ríos	LRI	Babahoyo	7,238	527,559	650,178	778,115	898,652	723800	→
Manabí	MAN	Portoviejo	19,532	1,047,189	1,203,717	1,390,538	1,592,840	1953200	→
Morona Santiago	MSA	Macas	23,957	95,421	115,412	147,940	192,508	2395700	→
Napo	NAP	Tena	12,513	54,853	79,139	103,697	131,675	1251300	→
Orellana	ORE	Puerto Francisco de Orellana	21,601	48,757	86,493	136,396	182,166	2160100	→
Pastaza	PAS	Puyo	29,514	42,236	61,779	83,933	111,915	2951400	→
Pichincha	PIC	Quito	9,444	1,565,403	2,101,799	2,576,287	3,089,473	944400	→
Santa Elena	SEL	Santa Elena	3,691	169,552	238,889	308,693	385,735	369100	→
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas	SDT	Santo Domingo	3,779	238,984	332,250	410,937	492,969	377900	→
Sucumbíos	SUC	Nueva Loja	18,000	77,148	128,995	176,472	199,014	1800000	→
Tungurahua	TUN	Ambato	3,382	368,511	441,034	504,583	563,532	338200	→
Zamora Chinchipe	ZCH	Zamora	10,559	66,167	76,601	91,376	110,973	1055900	→
Ecuador	ECU	Quito	256,850	9,697,979	12,156,608	14,483,499	16,938,986		→

Census figures are not adjusted for underenumeration. The adjusted total 2022 population is estimated as 17,677,303. The projected mid-2024 population of Ecuador is 17,893,324.
El Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos del Ecuador (INEC).

Major Ciites

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2022-11-30
1	Guayaquil	GUA	2,650,288
2	Quito	PIC	1,763,275
3	Cuenca	AZU	361,524
4	Santo Domingo	SDT	334,826
5	Durán	GUA	295,211
6	Machala	EOR	288,072
7	Manta	MAN	258,697
8	Calderón	PIC	249,941
9	Portoviejo	MAN	244,129
10	Loja	LOJ	203,496

Contents: Ciites & Localities

The population of all Ecuadorian cities and localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants by census years.

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1982-11-28	Population Census (C) 1990-11-25	Population Census (Cf) 2001-11-25	Population Census (C) 2010-11-28	Population Census (C) 2022-11-30	Area
Amaguaña	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	8,885	10,628	346	→
Ambato	ULoc	TUN	100,454	124,166	154,095	165,185	177,316	3464	→
Anconcito	Loc	SEL	...	...	...	11,783	15,033	332	→
Arenillas	ULoc	EOR	9,198	10,999	14,318	17,346	21,524	813	→
Atacames	ULoc	ESM	...	...	9,783	15,463	18,948	480	→
Atuntaqui (Antonio Ante)	ULoc	IMB	12,247	13,764	17,775	21,286	25,115	1037	→
Azogues	ULoc	CAN	14,548	21,060	27,866	33,848	35,763	1434	→
Babahoyo	ULoc	LRI	42,266	50,285	76,869	90,191	98,251	1366	→
Bahía de Caráquez (Sucre)	ULoc	MAN	...	15,308	19,703	20,921	22,209	1507	→
Balao	ULoc	GUA	...	5,131	7,682	9,220	12,850	134	→
Balzar	ULoc	GUA	17,627	21,721	24,280	28,794	32,744	1065	→
Baños de Agua Santa	ULoc	TUN	8,340	9,501	10,439	12,995	14,100	416	→
Buena Fé (San Jacinto de Buena Fé)	ULoc	LRI	...	...	27,516	38,263	46,779	854	→
Calceta (Bolivar)	ULoc	MAN	...	12,111	14,296	17,632	20,011	705	→
Calderón	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	149,235	249,941	4455	→
Camilo Ponce Enríquez	ULoc	AZU	...	...	...	4,903	10,015	220	→
Cañar	ULoc	CAN	10,534	11,179	11,114	13,407	13,148	551	→
Cariamanga	ULoc	LOJ	...	10,106	10,920	13,311	13,175	332	→
Catamayo	ULoc	LOJ	...	12,818	17,140	22,697	27,026	1471	→
Cayambe	ULoc	PIC	14,249	16,849	30,473	39,028	44,559	1171	→
Charapotó	Loc	MAN	...	...	...	10,699	11,879	498	→
Chaupitena (incl. Tena, Santa Isabel)	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	...	16,066	672	→
Chone	ULoc	MAN	33,839	41,437	45,526	52,810	54,629	1087	→
Conocoto	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	69,973	121,984	3149	→
Cotacachi	ULoc	IMB	...	6,051	7,489	8,848	10,526	545	→
Crucita	Loc	MAN	...	...	...	7,714	10,318	491	→
Cuenca	ULoc	AZU	152,406	194,981	277,374	329,928	361,524	7145	→
Cumandá	ULoc	CHI	...	...	5,411	8,626	11,442	320	→
Cumbayá	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	30,457	41,740	1973	→
Daule	ULoc	GUA	18,923	24,399	31,763	40,310	46,438	1301	→
Durán (Eloy Alfaro)	ULoc	GUA	51,023	82,359	174,531	230,839	295,211	5345	→
El Carmen	ULoc	MAN	11,928	22,870	33,382	46,358	52,366	1205	→
El Guabo	ULoc	EOR	...	11,103	17,389	22,172	26,635	494	→
El Salitre	ULoc	GUA	...	6,996	8,780	10,840	13,571	293	→
El Triunfo	ULoc	GUA	...	16,399	24,701	34,863	41,042	1075	→
Esmeraldas	ULoc	ESM	90,360	98,558	95,124	154,035	155,487	2803	→
Gualaceo (Santiago de Gualaceo)	ULoc	AZU	...	8,572	10,682	13,981	13,843	546	→
Guaranda	ULoc	BOL	13,685	15,730	20,742	23,874	30,755	825	→
Guayaquil	ULoc	GUA	1,199,344	1,508,444	1,985,379	2,278,691	2,650,288	30798	→
Guayllabamba	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	10,419	13,336	596	→
Huachi Grande	Loc	TUN	...	...	...	...	11,335	725	→
Huaquillas	ULoc	EOR	20,117	27,368	40,183	47,706	56,021	1786	→
Ibarra	ULoc	IMB	53,428	80,991	108,535	131,856	157,941	4126	→
Izamba	Loc	TUN	...	...	...	7,833	13,365	697	→
Jaramijó	ULoc	MAN	...	...	11,236	17,208	28,397	1722	→
Jipijapa	ULoc	MAN	27,146	32,225	36,078	40,232	45,382	1141	→
José Luis Tamayo (Muey)	Loc	SEL	...	...	...	21,674	35,833	735	→
La Aurora (incl. San Antonio)	ULoc	GUA	...	...	...	24,835	116,593	2832	→
La Concordia	ULoc	SDT	...	...	...	29,003	35,474	921	→
La Joya de los Sachas	ULoc	ORE	...	...	5,822	11,480	16,023	518	→
La Libertad	ULoc	SEL	41,955	53,108	77,646	95,942	112,154	1871	→
La Maná	ULoc	COT	...	7,673	17,276	23,775	31,740	857	→
La Puntilla	ULoc	GUA	...	4,578	13,073	29,803	55,357	4548	→
Latacunga	ULoc	COT	28,764	39,882	51,689	63,842	77,267	1999	→
La Troncal	ULoc	CAN	...	19,654	27,847	35,259	39,600	1001	→
La Unión	Loc	LRI	...	...	...	8,602	10,480	269	→
Llano Chico	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	...	14,741	643	→
Loja	ULoc	LOJ	71,652	94,305	118,532	170,280	203,496	5588	→
Lomas de Sargentillo	ULoc	GUA	...	...	10,793	13,775	16,603	461	→
Macará	ULoc	LOJ	10,510	11,032	11,483	12,587	12,454	498	→
Macas (Morona)	ULoc	MSA	5,015	8,246	13,602	18,984	22,398	1573	→
Machachi	ULoc	PIC	...	9,379	12,469	16,515	24,188	609	→
Machala	ULoc	EOR	105,521	144,197	204,578	231,260	288,072	4291	→
Manta	ULoc	MAN	100,338	125,505	183,105	217,553	258,697	5351	→
Milagro	ULoc	GUA	77,010	93,637	113,440	133,508	159,970	2606	→
Montalvo	ULoc	LRI	...	7,120	9,427	12,734	16,248	528	→
Montecristi	ULoc	MAN	8,129	9,642	14,636	46,312	71,066	3272	→
Naranjal	ULoc	GUA	9,582	14,064	20,789	28,487	39,323	819	→
Naranjito	ULoc	GUA	...	16,131	23,962	28,546	34,664	504	→
Nobol	ULoc	GUA	...	...	6,357	8,256	10,010	196	→
Nueva Loja (Lago Agrio)	ULoc	SUC	7,237	13,165	34,106	48,562	55,627	2165	→
Otavalo	ULoc	IMB	17,461	21,548	30,965	39,354	41,718	1168	→
Palestina	ULoc	GUA	...	5,308	7,115	8,480	10,392	253	→
Pasaje	ULoc	EOR	26,224	32,947	45,526	52,673	60,147	1946	→
Pedernales	ULoc	MAN	...	...	15,364	21,910	27,068	566	→
Pedro Carbo	ULoc	GUA	...	13,783	16,534	20,220	24,882	625	→
Pelileo	ULoc	TUN	...	5,954	9,051	10,103	11,403	343	→
Pifo	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	8,833	12,868	463	→
Píllaro	ULoc	TUN	...	5,146	6,299	7,444	9,816	531	→
Piñas	ULoc	EOR	8,237	10,162	12,671	15,517	18,482	591	→
Playas (General Villamil)	ULoc	GUA	...	16,590	24,070	34,409	48,156	1690	→
Pomasqui	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	22,959	28,724	598	→
Portoviejo	ULoc	MAN	102,628	132,937	171,847	206,682	244,129	6794	→
Posorja	Loc	GUA	...	...	...	21,866	30,886	542	→
Puerto Ayora	ULoc	GAL	...	4,294	9,582	11,974	12,696	271	→
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (San Cristóbal)	ULoc	GAL	...	3,023	4,908	6,672	7,290	275	→
Puerto Francisco de Orellana (Ciudad Coco)	ULoc	ORE	...	7,805	18,298	40,730	51,281	1672	→
Puerto López	ULoc	MAN	...	...	7,720	9,870	12,598	470	→
Pujilí	ULoc	COT	...	5,305	6,815	10,064	16,152	481	→
Puyo (Pastaza)	ULoc	PAS	9,758	14,438	24,432	33,557	33,325	849	→
Quevedo	ULoc	LRI	67,023	86,910	120,379	150,827	177,792	3450	→
Quito	ULoc	PIC	866,472	1,100,847	1,399,378	1,607,734	1,763,275	19747	→
Ricaurte	Loc	AZU	...	...	...	10,214	13,378	308	→
Riobamba	ULoc	CHI	75,455	94,505	124,807	146,324	177,213	3293	→
Rocafuerte	ULoc	MAN	...	6,958	8,349	9,204	11,848	349	→
Rosa Zárate (Quinindé)	ULoc	ESM	10,658	16,171	22,643	28,928	31,120	680	→
Salcedo (San Miguel)	ULoc	COT	...	7,582	9,853	12,488	16,751	513	→
Salinas	ULoc	SEL	17,748	19,298	28,650	34,719	35,066	1338	→
Samborondón	ULoc	GUA	7,135	9,248	11,030	12,836	17,068	243	→
San Antonio de Ibarra	Loc	IMB	...	...	...	9,359	13,626	512	→
San Antonio de Pichincha	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	26,311	45,380	1492	→
San Carlos	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	16,039	22,529	790	→
San Gabriel (Montúfar)	ULoc	CAR	...	11,973	12,575	14,487	14,497	419	→
Sangolquí (Rumiñahui)	ULoc	PIC	15,004	35,386	56,794	75,080	96,647	2717	→
San Juan	Loc	LRI	...	...	...	9,571	12,819	241	→
San Lorenzo	ULoc	ESM	...	11,230	14,600	23,265	28,491	462	→
Santa Ana de Vuelta Larga	ULoc	MAN	...	6,368	7,988	9,681	11,918	712	→
Santa Elena	ULoc	SEL	12,859	17,459	27,351	39,681	54,565	1948	→
Santa Lucía	ULoc	GUA	...	5,254	6,958	8,810	10,924	239	→
Santa Rosa	ULoc	EOR	26,716	32,648	42,593	48,929	56,842	1478	→
Santa Rosa	Loc	TUN	...	...	...	...	11,310	539	→
Santo Domingo de los Colorados	ULoc	SDT	69,235	114,422	199,827	270,875	334,826	6690	→
Santo Domingo de Cutuglahua (Cutuglahua)	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	...	15,356	429	→
San Vicente	ULoc	MAN	...	...	8,269	9,819	10,404	345	→
Saquisilí	ULoc	COT	...	3,778	5,234	7,205	9,883	453	→
Shushufindi	ULoc	SUC	...	4,806	10,559	16,355	16,328	457	→
Sucúa	ULoc	MSA	...	4,707	6,310	7,805	10,846	869	→
Tabacundo	ULoc	PIC	...	3,114	6,107	10,059	13,019	308	→
Tarifa	Loc	GUA	...	...	...	7,468	10,584	148	→
Tena	ULoc	NAP	5,457	7,873	16,669	23,307	29,724	742	→
Tonsupa	Loc	ESM	...	...	...	9,367	11,526	404	→
Tosagua	ULoc	MAN	...	7,074	8,424	10,751	11,317	453	→
Tulcán	ULoc	CAR	30,985	37,069	47,359	53,558	56,719	1109	→
Tumbaco	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	...	70,789	2404	→
Valencia	ULoc	LRI	...	...	9,235	16,983	22,996	609	→
Velasco Ibarra (El Empalme)	ULoc	GUA	17,017	24,112	29,265	35,686	41,778	1106	→
Ventanas	ULoc	LRI	15,869	23,217	32,425	38,168	41,531	480	→
Vinces	ULoc	LRI	14,608	17,512	24,128	30,248	35,064	685	→
Virgen de Fátima	Loc	GUA	...	...	...	11,180	15,066	446	→
Yaguachi (San Jacinto de Yaguachi)	ULoc	GUA	...	9,589	13,395	17,806	22,972	368	→
Yantzaza	ULoc	ZCH	...	4,730	6,207	9,199	13,335	815	→
Yaruquí	Loc	PIC	...	...	...	8,162	11,276	436	→
Zamora	ULoc	ZCH	5,296	8,048	10,355	12,386	17,584	623	→
Zaruma	ULoc	EOR	...	7,397	8,717	9,677	10,005	260	→

Census figures are not adjusted for underenumeration.
(1990) (2001) (2010) (2022) El Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos del Ecuador (INEC).

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (P 2024)
Males	8,879,900
Females	9,013,424

Age Groups (P 2024)
0-14 years	4,418,181
15-64 years	11,998,554
65+ years	1,476,589

Age Distribution (P 2024)
90+ years	67,496
80-89 years	255,610
70-79 years	646,217
60-69 years	1,139,904
50-59 years	1,661,553
40-49 years	2,224,526
30-39 years	2,767,683
20-29 years	3,088,667
10-19 years	3,200,524
0-9 years	2,841,144