Total sample population, rural in Ecuador

Ecuador: Total sample population, rural was 5.70 million in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
5.70 million
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
44th
of 96 countries
All-time high
5.70 million
in 2021
All-time low
4.17 million
in 1999
Years of data
23
1994–2021

Total sample population, rural in Ecuador, 1994–2021

02.0M4.0M6.0M1994200720211994: 4.6M1998: 4.6M1999: 4.2M2000: 4.6M2003: 4.4M2004: 4.4M2005: 4.5M2006: 4.5M2007: 4.6M2008: 4.7M2009: 4.7M2010: 4.8M2011: 4.9M2012: 4.9M2013: 5.2M2014: 5.2M2015: 5.3M2016: 5.3M2017: 5.4M2018: 5.5M2019: 5.5M2020: 5.6M2021: 5.7M

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Ecuador recorded 5.70 million for total sample population, rural in 2021. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total sample population, rural in Ecuador peaked at 5.70 million in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.17 million, in 1999.

Ecuador ranks 44th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Total sample population, rural in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Total sample population, rural in Ecuador, 1994 to 2021.
Year Value Change
1994 4.64 million —
1998 4.63 million -0.2%
1999 4.17 million -9.9%
2000 4.57 million +9.6%
2003 4.42 million -3.4%
2004 4.41 million -0.1%
2005 4.47 million +1.4%
2006 4.54 million +1.6%
2007 4.62 million +1.6%
2008 4.68 million +1.3%
2009 4.72 million +1.0%
2010 4.80 million +1.7%
2011 4.87 million +1.3%
2012 4.94 million +1.4%
2013 5.15 million +4.3%
2014 5.19 million +0.7%
2015 5.25 million +1.2%
2016 5.35 million +1.9%
2017 5.39 million +0.7%
2018 5.47 million +1.6%
2019 5.55 million +1.3%
2020 5.62 million +1.4%
2021 5.70 million +1.5%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

  • Ecuador's 5.70 million is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.52 million, 1.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
  • Ecuador's 5.70 million is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.33 million, 1.7× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4.48 million 4.17 million 4.64 million 3
2000s 4.55 million 4.41 million 4.72 million 8
2010s 5.20 million 4.80 million 5.55 million 10
2020s 5.66 million 5.62 million 5.70 million 2

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 41 South Korea 7.76 million compare
  2. 42 Kazakhstan 7.67 million compare
  3. 43 Peru 6.82 million compare
  4. 45 Hungary 4.53 million compare
  5. 46 Czechia 4.25 million compare
  6. 47 Kyrgyzstan 4.23 million compare

See the full ranking of 96 places →

More reference data data for Ecuador

All data for Ecuador →

Frequently asked questions

What is total sample population, rural in Ecuador?
Total sample population, rural in Ecuador was 5.70 million in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest total sample population, rural recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 5.70 million in 2021.
What is the lowest total sample population, rural recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 4.17 million in 1999.
How does Ecuador rank for total sample population, rural?
Ecuador ranks 44th out of 96 countries with data for 2021.
Is total sample population, rural rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Total sample population, rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Total sample population, rural in Ecuador. Statizoid. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/total-sample-population-rural/ecuador/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/total-sample-population-rural/ecuador/">Total sample population, rural in Ecuador</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Total sample population, rural
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
96 places, 1,349 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed