Americas · South America
Capital: Quito
Ecuador
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Ecuador in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #59
Ecuador's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
18.3M
#70 of 196
65th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$130.32B
#63 of 196
68th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$2.70B
#58 of 196
71st percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$450.3M
#70 of 196
65th percentile
2014 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$17.25B
#61 of 196
69th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Quito
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- South America
- Country code
- ECU
Three interesting facts
Ecuador shares land borders with 2 countries: Colombia and Peru.
Ecuador spans roughly 276,841 square kilometers, placing it around 73rd by area in this factbook.
Ecuador’s position in South America places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Ecuador on the map
Ecuador is located in Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru. Its terrain is coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente). The climate is tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations, tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands. In area, the country is slightly smaller than Nevada.
Economy
Economic profile
Ecuador's economy is characterized by highly informal South American economy, USD currency user, major banana exporter, hard hit by COVID-19, macroeconomic fragility from oil dependency, successful debt restructuring, China funding budget deficits, social unrest hampering economic activity. Major industries include petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals. Important agricultural products include bananas, sugarcane, milk, oil palm fruit, maize, rice, plantains, chicken, pineapples, cocoa beans (2023). Notable exports include crude petroleum, shellfish, bananas, fish, gold (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Ecuador has an estimated population of 18,103,660. Language and cultural traditions vary across Ecuador. The population includes Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and White) 77.5%, Montubio 7.7%, Indigenous 7.7%, White 2.2%, Afroecuadorian 2%, Mulatto 1.4%, Black 1.3%, other 0.1% (2022 est.). The urban population represents 64.8% of total population (2023).
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