Editing Demographics of Ecuador (section)

==Population==
{{Historical populations
| type =
| title = Census population
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=EVOLUCIÓN DE LAS VARIABLES INVESTIGADAS EN LOS CENSOS DE POBLACIÓN Y VIVIENDA DEL ECUADOR|url=http://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/documentos/web-inec/Publicaciones/Evolucion_variables_1950_2010_24_04_2014.pdf|website=Ecuador en Cifras|access-date=27 July 2017}}</ref>
|1950 | 3202757
|1962 | 4467007
|1974 | 6521710
|1982 | 8060712
|1990 | 9648189
|2001 | 12156608
|2010 | 14483499
|2022 | 16938986
}}

The '''Ecuadorian census''' is conducted by the [[Politics of Ecuador|governmental institution]] known as ''INEC'', ''Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos'' (National Institute of Statistics and Census).<ref name="inec.gob.ec">INEC https://web.archive.org/web/20110201014932/http://www.inec.gob.ec/preliminares/somos.html</ref> The census in Ecuador is conducted every ten years, and its objective is to obtain the number of people residing within its borders. The current census now includes household information.

Index of growth:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Percentage of population growth (census periods)
! style="text-align:center;"| No.
! style="text-align:center;"| Time lapse
! style="text-align:center;"| Growth percentile
|-
| 1 || 1950–1962 || style="text-align:right;"| 2.96%
|-
| 2 || 1962–1974 || style="text-align:right;"| 3.10%
|-
| 3 || 1974–1982 || style="text-align:right;"| 2.62%
|-
| 4 || 1982–1990  || style="text-align:right;"| 2.19%
|-
| 5 || 1990–2001 || style="text-align:right;"| 2.05%
|-
| 6 || 2001–2010 || style="text-align:right;"| 1.52%<ref>Preliminary Results http://www4.elcomercio.com/Pais/crecimos__2,1_millones_en_10_anos_.aspx{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|}

===UN estimates===
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Ecuador}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to only 3,470,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2015 was 29.0%, 63.4% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 6.7% was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2015">{{cite web |url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/ |title=World Population Prospects, the 2015 Revision |work=United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs |date=2015 |access-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927071528/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/ |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! style="width:70pt;"|Total population<br /> (x 1000)
! style="width:70pt;"|Proportion<br />aged 0–14<br />(%)
! style="width:70pt;"|Proportion<br />aged 15–64<br />(%)
! style="width:70pt;"|Proportion<br />aged 65+<br />(%)
|-
| 1950
|3 470||39.5||55.2||5.3
|-
| 1955
|3 957||41.6||53.5||4.9
|-
| 1960
|4 546||43.3||52.0||4.7
|-
| 1965
|5 250||44.5||51.0||4.5
|-
| 1970
|6 073||44.3||51.5||4.3
|-
| 1975
|6 987||43.7||52.2||4.1
|-
| 1980
|7 976||41.8||54.1||4.1
|-
| 1985
|9 046||40.0||55.9||4.1
|-
| 1990
|10 218||38.2||57.5||4.3
|-
| 1995
|11 441||36.3||59.1||4.6
|-
| 2000
|12 629||34.7||60.3||5.0
|-
| 2005
|13 826||33.1||61.5||5.4
|-
| 2010
|15 011||31.0||63.0||6.0
|-
| 2015
|16 212||29.1||64.3||6.6
|-
| 2020
|17 643||27.4||65.0||7.6
|}

=== Structure of the population ===

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|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013) (Excludes nomadic Indian tribes. Data refer to projections based on the 2010 Population Census.): <ref name="unstats.un.org">{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics |work=Unstats.un.org |access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:80pt;"|Age group
! style="width:80pt;"|Male
! style="width:80pt;"|Female
! style="width:80pt;"|Total
! style="width:80pt;"|%
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| Total
|| 7 815 935
|| 7 958 814
|| 15 774 749
|| 100
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 0–4
|| 864 669
|| 826 731
|| 1 691 400
|| 10.72
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 5–9
|| 854 691
|| 816 503
|| 1 671 194
|| 10.59
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 10–14
|| 815 838
|| 783 725
|| 1 599 563
|| 10.14
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15–19
|| 756 376
|| 737 082
|| 1 493 458
|| 9.47
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 20–24
|| 685 997
|| 682 849
|| 1 368 846
|| 8.68
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 25–29
|| 620 881
|| 635 987
|| 1 256 868
|| 7.97
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 30–34
|| 559 055
|| 593 148
|| 1 152 203
|| 7.30
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 35–39
|| 495 340
|| 538 054
|| 1 033 394
|| 6.55
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 40–44
|| 437 744
|| 476 215
|| 913 959 
|| 5.79
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 45–49
|| 387 618
|| 419 090
|| 806 708
|| 5.11
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 50–54
|| 336 267
|| 360 935
|| 697 202
|| 4.42
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 55–59
|| 279 746
|| 298 503
|| 578 249
|| 3.67
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 60–64
|| 223 411
|| 238 973
|| 462 384
|| 2.93
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65–69
|| 172 623
|| 187 448
|| 360 071
|| 2.28
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 70–74
|| 128 033
|| 142 255
|| 270 288
|| 1.71
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 75–79
|| 89 929
|| 101 191
|| 191 120
|| 1.21
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 80–84
|| 57 585
|| 64 467
|| 122 052
|| 0.77
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 85–89
|| 31 289
|| 34 891
|| 66 180
|| 0.42
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 90–94
|| 13 655
|| 15 370
|| 29 025
|| 0.18
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 95–99
|| 4 898
|| 5 145
|| 10 043
|| 0.06
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 100+
|| 290
|| 252
|| 542
|| 0.03
|- style="text-align:right;" 
! style="width:50px;"|Age group 
! style="width:80pt;"|Male
! style="width:80px;"|Female
! style="width:80px;"|Total
! style="width:50px;"|Percent
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 0–14
|| 2 535 198
|| 2 426 959
|| 4 962 157
|| 31.46
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15–64
|| 4 782 435
|| 4 980 836
|| 9 763 271
|| 61.89
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65+
|| 498 302
|| 551 019
|| 1 049 321
|| 6.65
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 8 783 789
| align="right" | 8 967 488 
| align="right" | 17 751 277
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 845 954
| align="right" | 808 798
| align="right" | 1 654 752
| align="right" | 9.32
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 853 987 
| align="right" | 817 229
| align="right" | 1 671 216
| align="right" | 9.41
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 861 741
| align="right" | 823 598
| align="right" | 1 685 339
| align="right" | 9.49
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 833 964
| align="right" | 798 770 
| align="right" | 1 632 734
| align="right" | 9.20
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 778 930
| align="right" | 755 659
| align="right" | 1 534 589
| align="right" | 8.64
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 712 218 
| align="right" | 706 341 
| align="right" | 1 418 559 
| align="right" | 7.99
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 647 958
| align="right" | 658 656
| align="right" | 1 306 614
| align="right" | 7.36
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 590 249
| align="right" | 618 416 
| align="right" | 1 208 665
| align="right" | 6.81
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 528 482
| align="right" | 571 807
| align="right" | 1 100 289
| align="right" | 6.20
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 464 207
| align="right" | 509 979 
| align="right" | 974 186
| align="right" | 5.49
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 406 015
| align="right" | 446 926
| align="right" | 852 941
| align="right" | 4.80
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 350 539
| align="right" | 387 801
| align="right" | 738 340
| align="right" | 4.16
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 290 143 
| align="right" | 324 072
| align="right" | 614 215
| align="right" | 3.46
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 226 290
| align="right" | 257 338 
| align="right" | 483 628
| align="right" | 2.72
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 165 840
| align="right" | 194 960
| align="right" | 360 800 
| align="right" | 2.03
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 112 069
| align="right" | 138 213
| align="right" | 250 282
| align="right" | 1.41
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 66 621
| align="right" | 85 696
| align="right" | 152 317
| align="right" | 0.86
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 32 786
| align="right" | 42 792
| align="right" | 75 578
| align="right" | 0.43
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 12 487
| align="right" | 16 097
| align="right" | 28 584
| align="right" | 0.16
|-
| align="right" | 95–99
| align="right" | 3 192
| align="right" | 4 184 
| align="right" | 7 376
| align="right" | 0.04
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 117
| align="right" | 156
| align="right" | 273 
| align="right" | <0.01
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 2 561 682
| align="right" | 2 449 625
| align="right" | 5 011 307
| align="right" | 28.23
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 5 602 705
| align="right" | 5 778 427
| align="right" | 11 381 132
| align="right" | 64.11
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 619 402
| align="right" | 739 436
| align="right" | 1 358 838
| align="right" | 7.65
|-
|}
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===Geography===
Due to the prevalence of [[malaria]] and [[yellow fever]] in the coastal region until the end of the 19th century, the Ecuadorian population was most heavily concentrated in the highlands and valleys of the "Sierra" region. Today's population is distributed more evenly between the "Sierra" and the "Costa" (the coastal lowlands) region. Migration towards the cities—particularly larger cities—in all regions has increased the urban population to about 55 percent.

The "Oriente" region, consisting of Amazonian lowlands to the east of the Andes and covering about half the country's land area, remains sparsely populated and contains only about 3% of the country's population, that for the most are indigenous peoples who maintain a wary distance from the recent Mestizo and white settlers. The territories of the "Oriente" are home to as many as nine indigenous groups: [[Quichua]], [[Shuar people|Shuar]], [[Achuar people|Achuar]], [[Huaorani|Waorani]], [[Siona people|Siona]], [[Siona people|Secoya]], [[Shiwiar]], and [[Cofán people|Cofan]], all represented politically by the [[CONFENIAE|Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon, CONFENIAE]].

As a result of the oil exploration and the development of the infrastructure required for the exploitation of the oil fields in the eastern jungles during the seventies and early eighties, there was a wave of settlement in the region. The Majority of these wave of internal immigration came from the southern province of Loja as a result of a drought that lasted three years and affected the southern provinces of the country. This boom of the petroleum industry has led to a mushrooming of the town of [[Lago Agrio]] ([[Nueva Loja]]) as well as substantial [[deforestation]] and pollution of wetlands and lakes.