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Live births in Ecuador

Live births in Ecuador was 270,300 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1.7% from 2022. That is the 75th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count270,300 Estimated
Change on 2022-1.7%
Rank75th of 236Countries ranked
Series high333,8052011
Series low158,3891950
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Live births in Ecuador, 1950 to 2023

150K200K250K300K350K19501961197219831994200520231950: 158,389 count1951: 162,119 count1952: 166,126 count1953: 170,164 count1954: 174,233 count1955: 178,354 count1956: 182,551 count1957: 186,852 count1958: 191,286 count1959: 195,883 count1960: 200,665 count1961: 205,633 count1962: 210,842 count1963: 216,219 count1964: 221,748 count1965: 227,353 count1966: 232,931 count1967: 238,491 count1968: 243,871 count1969: 248,963 count1970: 253,752 count1971: 258,074 count1972: 262,054 count1973: 265,640 count1974: 268,919 count1975: 272,026 count1976: 275,043 count1977: 278,046 count1978: 280,890 count1979: 284,022 count1980: 287,407 count1981: 290,755 count1982: 293,754 count1983: 297,290 count1984: 301,750 count1985: 301,182 count1986: 301,005 count1987: 300,995 count1988: 304,024 count1989: 309,376 count1990: 313,412 count1991: 317,924 count1992: 320,167 count1993: 320,250 count1994: 320,475 count1995: 323,244 count1996: 326,669 count1997: 326,142 count1998: 326,124 count1999: 325,979 count2000: 325,418 count2001: 324,599 count2002: 323,935 count2003: 323,349 count2004: 322,931 count2005: 322,850 count2006: 323,530 count2007: 323,895 count2008: 327,954 count2009: 332,509 count2010: 329,979 count2011: 333,805 count2012: 326,145 count2013: 310,704 count2014: 303,002 count2015: 298,607 count2016: 290,846 count2017: 296,263 count2018: 298,755 count2019: 293,458 count2020: 287,589 count2021: 280,840 count2022: 274,903 count2023: 270,300 count150K200K250K300K350K19501975200020232023: 270,300 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
2023270,300 Estimated
2022274,903 Estimated
2021280,840 Estimated
2020287,589 Estimated
2019293,458 Estimated
2018298,755 Estimated
2017296,263 Estimated
2016290,846 Estimated
2015298,607 Estimated
2014303,002 Estimated
2013310,704 Estimated
2012326,145 Estimated
2011333,805 Estimated
2010329,979 Estimated
2009332,509 Estimated
2008327,954 Estimated
2007323,895 Estimated
2006323,530 Estimated
2005322,850 Estimated
2004322,931 Estimated
2003323,349 Estimated
2002323,935 Estimated
2001324,599 Estimated
2000325,418 Estimated
1999325,979 Estimated
1998326,124 Estimated
1997326,142 Estimated
1996326,669 Estimated
1995323,244 Estimated
1994320,475 Estimated
1993320,250 Estimated
1992320,167 Estimated
1991317,924 Estimated
1990313,412 Estimated
1989309,376 Estimated
1988304,024 Estimated
1987300,995 Estimated
1986301,005 Estimated
1985301,182 Estimated
1984301,750 Estimated
1983297,290 Estimated
1982293,754 Estimated
1981290,755 Estimated
1980287,407 Estimated
1979284,022 Estimated
1978280,890 Estimated
1977278,046 Estimated
1976275,043 Estimated
1975272,026 Estimated
1974268,919 Estimated
1973265,640 Estimated
1972262,054 Estimated
1971258,074 Estimated
1970253,752 Estimated
1969248,963 Estimated
1968243,871 Estimated
1967238,491 Estimated
1966232,931 Estimated
1965227,353 Estimated
1964221,748 Estimated
1963216,219 Estimated
1962210,842 Estimated
1961205,633 Estimated
1960200,665 Estimated
1959195,883 Estimated
1958191,286 Estimated
1957186,852 Estimated
1956182,551 Estimated
1955178,354 Estimated
1954174,233 Estimated
1953170,164 Estimated
1952166,126 Estimated
1951162,119 Estimated
1950158,389 Estimated

Ecuador compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
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Live births, 2023, count. Ecuador is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Ecuador, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Ecuador, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/ecuador. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Ecuador, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/ecuador.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Ecuador, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/ecuador (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/ecuador. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
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What is the live births in Ecuador?

Live births in Ecuador was 270,300 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1.7% from 2022. That is the 75th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Ecuador?

333,805 in 2011, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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