Ecuador
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and South America.
Ecuador’s outline includes the Galápagos Islands, far out to the west.
- Capital
- Quito
- Continent
- South America
More South America quizzes - Land neighbours
- Colombia, Peru
- Population
- 18,289,896 (2025)
- Total area
- 256,370 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 1.4° S, 78.4° W
Ecuador at a glance
Ecuador is a country in South America. Its capital is Quito, not Guayaquil. It shares land borders with 2 countries: Colombia and Peru.
Flag of Ecuador
Ecuador’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela: yellow, blue and red horizontal bands; on Colombia’s and Ecuador’s the yellow fills the top half and Ecuador adds its coat of arms, while Venezuela’s three equal bands carry an arc of eight white stars.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Colombia and Venezuela.
Ecuador in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in South America |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 18,289,896 | 70thof 195 | 7thof 12 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 256,370 km² | 76thof 194 | 9thof 12 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $130.3B | 62ndof 182 | 6thof 12 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $7,125 | 93rdof 182 | 8thof 12 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 77.6 years | 64thof 195 | 5thof 12 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.81 | 108thof 195 | 7thof 12 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $509 | 88thof 191 | 7thof 12 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 63.4% | 97thof 195 | 11thof 12 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 77.2% | 103rdof 180 | 10thof 11 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 49.5% | 49thof 191 | 7thof 12 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 2.64 t | 88thof 181 | 6thof 12 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Ecuador compared with its neighbours
Quizzes featuring Ecuador
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Flag, outline and capital quizzes
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Ecuador · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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