Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Ecuador

Urban population share in Ecuador in 2025 — 63.4%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 28.7 pp.

2025 63.4% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 113of 217
Period maximum 63.4%2025
Period minimum 34.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Ecuador, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 34.7%1962: 35.8%1964: 36.8%1966: 37.7%1968: 38.5%1970: 39.3%1972: 40.3%1974: 41.4%1976: 43%1978: 44.9%1980: 47%1982: 48.9%1984: 50.6%1986: 52.2%1988: 53.7%1990: 55.1%1992: 56.4%1994: 57.6%1996: 58.8%1998: 59.8%2000: 60.7%2002: 61.3%2004: 61.8%2006: 62.2%2008: 62.5%2010: 62.7%2012: 62.8%2014: 62.9%2016: 63%2018: 63%2020: 63.1%2022: 63.1%2024: 63.2%2025: 63.4%
Change over the period: +28.7 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ecuador

Ecuador 63.4%
World 57.8%
South America computed 85.5%
Urban population share — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 63.4 +0.2 pp
2024 63.2 +0.1 pp
2023 63.1 +0 pp
2022 63.1 +0 pp
2021 63.1 +0 pp
2020 63.1 +0 pp
2019 63.1 +0 pp
2018 63 +0 pp
2017 63 +0 pp
2016 63 +0 pp
2015 63 +0 pp
2014 62.9 +0 pp
2013 62.9 +0 pp
2012 62.8 +0 pp
2011 62.8 +0.1 pp
2010 62.7 +0.1 pp
2009 62.7 +0.1 pp
2008 62.5 +0.2 pp
2007 62.4 +0.2 pp
2006 62.2 +0.2 pp
2005 62 +0.2 pp
2004 61.8 +0.2 pp
2003 61.5 +0.3 pp
2002 61.3 +0.3 pp
2001 61 +0.3 pp
2000 60.7 +0.4 pp
1999 60.3 +0.5 pp
1998 59.8 +0.5 pp
1997 59.3 +0.5 pp
1996 58.8 +0.6 pp
1995 58.2 +0.6 pp
1994 57.6 +0.6 pp
1993 57 +0.6 pp
1992 56.4 +0.6 pp
1991 55.7 +0.6 pp
1990 55.1 +0.7 pp
1989 54.4 +0.7 pp
1988 53.7 +0.7 pp
1987 53 +0.8 pp
1986 52.2 +0.8 pp
1985 51.4 +0.8 pp
1984 50.6 +0.8 pp
1983 49.7 +0.9 pp
1982 48.9 +0.9 pp
1981 48 +1 pp
1980 47 +1 pp
1979 45.9 +1 pp
1978 44.9 +1 pp
1977 43.9 +0.9 pp
1976 43 +0.8 pp
1975 42.1 +0.7 pp
1974 41.4 +0.6 pp
1973 40.8 +0.5 pp
1972 40.3 +0.5 pp
1971 39.8 +0.5 pp
1970 39.3 +0.4 pp
1969 38.9 +0.4 pp
1968 38.5 +0.4 pp
1967 38.1 +0.4 pp
1966 37.7 +0.4 pp
1965 37.3 +0.4 pp
1964 36.8 +0.5 pp
1963 36.3 +0.5 pp
1962 35.8 +0.5 pp
1961 35.3 +0.6 pp
1960 34.7

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.