Ecuador

Official name: Republic of Ecuador
Also known as: República del Ecuador (Spanish)

Flag of Ecuador
Capital of Ecuador: Quito
Area of Ecuador: 276,841 km² (106,889 mi²) (74th)
Population of Ecuador: 18,135,478 (72th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Northwestern South America
Languages of Ecuador: Spanish (Castilian; official) 98.6%, Indigenous 3.9% (Quechua 3.2%, other indigenous 0.7%), foreign 2.8%, other 0.6% (includes Ecuadorian Sign Language) (2022 est.)
Religions of Ecuador: Roman Catholic 68.2%, Protestant 19% (Evangelical 18.3%, Adventist 0.6%, other Protestant 0.2%), Jehovah's Witness 1.4%, other 2.3%, none 8.2% don't know/no response 1% (2023 est.)
Ethnic groups of Ecuador: Mestizo (mixed White & Indigenous) 77.5%, Montubio (coastal Mestizo) 7.7%, Indigenous 7.7%, White 2.2%, Afro-Ecuadorian 2%, Mulatto 1.4%, Black 1.3%, other 0.1% (2022 est.)
Currency: United States dollar (USD)
Time zone: UTC −5 /−6 (ECT / GALT)
Calling code: (+593)
Organizations: United Nations, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Border countries (2): Colombia 708 km (440 mi), Peru 1,529 km (950 mi)
Coastline: Pacific Ocean 2,237 km (1,390 mi)
Maritime boundaries: Pacific Ocean

Administrative divisions of Ecuador
Ecuador Map

24 provinces (provincias, singular – provincia):
Azuay, Bolivar, Canar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galapagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi, Morona Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Pichincha, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, Sucumbios, Tungurahua, Zamora Chinchipe.

Natural resources: petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower minerals, hydropower, diamonds.