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How many babies are born in Ecuador?

267 thousand babies born in Ecuador in 2026. That is 0.20% of all births worldwide, and the 74th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Ecuador: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Ecuador’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~8.1K ~200K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1000 ~16K ~400K 41.2 Modelled estimate
1500 ~24K ~600K 39.8 Modelled estimate
1800 ~24K ~500K 48.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~69.7K ~1.45M 48.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 158K 3.52M 45.0 UN estimate
2000 325K 12.7M 25.6 UN estimate
2023 270K 18M 15.0 UN estimate
2026 267K 18.4M 14.5 UN projection
2050 228K 21.3M 10.7 UN projection
2075 189K 21.4M 8.8 UN projection
2100 156K 19.1M 8.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Ecuador among estimates through 2023 were in 2011, at about 334K. That is roughly 41 times the estimated ~8.1K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.78 children per woman, fertility in Ecuador is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Ecuador each year?

An estimated 267 thousand babies are born in Ecuador in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 731 a day and 0.20% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Ecuador?

Ecuador has an estimated 14.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.78 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.