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Ecuador – Population Density 1978

Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Captures how concentrated the population is across the country. · World Bank
27.9 +0.8 from 1977 G20 rank: 68th

Ecuador's population density was 27.9 in 1978, increased +0.8 from 27.2 in 1977. This was the 68th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1978
Population Density by Country – 1978
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Greenland 0.1 -0.4%
2nd Mongolia 1.0 2.7%
3rd Namibia 1.2 1.7%
4th Mauritania 1.4 2.9%
5th Botswana 1.5 6.2%
6th Libya 1.7 5.9%
7th Australia 1.9 1.2%
8th Iceland 2.2 0.8%
9th Suriname 2.4 -0.9%
10th Saudi Arabia 2.5 5.9%
11th Canada 2.7 1.0%
12th Gabon 2.8 2.5%
13th Oman 2.9 5.3%
14th Chad 3.5 1.8%
15th Central African Republic 3.8 1.1%
16th Guyana 3.9 0.8%
17th Niger 4.6 2.9%
18th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.1 2.3%
19th Congo, Republic of 5.1 2.4%
20th Mali 5.9 2.0%
21st Angola 6.1 3.5%
22nd Belize 6.1 2.1%
23rd Papua New Guinea 6.6 2.2%
24th Paraguay 7.3 2.5%
25th Algeria 7.4 2.9%
26th Zambia 7.4 3.1%
27th Turks and Caicos Islands 7.5 3.2%
28th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 7.7 7.4%
29th Solomon Islands 7.9 3.5%
30th New Caledonia 8.0 1.2%
31st Bhutan 8.7 3.5%
32nd Vanuatu 9.0 3.1%
33rd Equatorial Guinea 9.9 -0.1%
34th Argentina 9.9 1.6%
35th Congo, Democratic Republic of 11.0 3.2%
36th Norway 11.1 0.4%
37th United Arab Emirates 11.4 13.9%
38th New Zealand 11.9 0.0%
39th Djibouti 12.1 10.0%
40th Peru 12.9 2.5%
41st Mozambique 13.5 3.8%
42nd Lao PDR 13.7 1.7%
43rd Brazil 13.8 2.4%
44th Madagascar 14.6 3.1%
45th Chile 15.0 1.5%
46th Finland 15.6 0.3%
47th Uruguay 16.7 0.6%
48th Yemen, Republic of 16.9 3.2%
49th Zimbabwe 16.9 1.5%
50th Cameroon 16.9 2.8%
51st Liberia 18.9 3.0%
52nd Guinea 19.9 1.6%
53rd Tanzania 20.3 3.6%
54th Sweden 20.3 0.3%
55th Qatar 20.8 7.3%
56th Afghanistan 20.9 2.0%
57th Bahamas, The 22.4 2.1%
58th Colombia 22.5 2.3%
59th Iran, Islamic Republic of 22.8 3.3%
60th South Africa 23.0 2.8%
61st Jordan 23.6 3.2%
62nd Côte d'Ivoire 23.9 3.8%
63rd Burkina Faso 24.1 2.5%
64th United States 24.3 1.1%
65th Panama 25.1 2.5%
66th Nicaragua 25.6 2.9%
67th Kenya 26.2 3.5%
68th Ecuador 27.9 2.8%
69th Guinea-Bissau 28.2 6.7%
70th Senegal 28.9 2.4%
71st Iraq 29.2 3.4%
72nd Cambodia 29.5 -8.1%
73rd Faroe Islands 30.1 1.2%
74th Honduras 31.3 3.1%
75th Eswatini 32.5 3.3%
76th Mexico 32.9 2.7%
77th Benin 33.0 2.6%
78th Brunei Darussalam 33.2 3.3%
79th Fiji 33.5 2.4%
80th Malaysia 37.5 2.4%
81st French Polynesia 40.1 3.2%
82nd Tunisia 40.6 2.5%
83rd Morocco 41.4 2.6%
84th Egypt, Arab Republic of 42.0 2.5%
85th Timor-Leste 42.3 1.7%
86th Sierra Leone 43.6 1.9%
87th Lesotho 43.7 2.9%
88th Costa Rica 44.3 2.7%
89th Syrian Arab Republic 45.6 3.5%
90th Ireland 48.3 1.4%
91st Myanmar 48.9 2.0%
92nd Ghana 49.4 3.1%
93rd Togo 50.9 2.5%
94th Türkiye 56.7 2.0%
95th Samoa 57.0 1.0%
96th Guatemala 61.2 2.5%
97th Malawi 61.6 3.5%
98th Uganda 63.5 2.7%
99th Cayman Islands 65.5 4.1%
100th Gambia, The 65.9 3.3%
101st Andorra 69.6 5.3%
102nd British Virgin Islands 72.6 0.8%
103rd Cyprus 72.8 0.8%
104th Greece 73.2 1.3%
105th Spain 73.8 1.0%
106th Kiribati 73.9 -0.7%
107th Kuwait 75.2 6.5%
108th Nigeria 76.1 3.1%
109th Indonesia 78.4 2.5%
110th Cabo Verde 78.4 1.1%
111th Bulgaria 79.7 0.1%
112th Thailand 85.7 2.2%
113th Cuba 90.4 0.7%
114th Austria 91.6 -0.1%
115th Albania 93.7 2.1%
116th Romania 95.3 0.9%
117th Dominica 97.0 0.4%
118th São Tomé and Principe 97.7 2.7%
119th Pakistan 99.0 3.3%
120th France 101.6 0.5%
121st China 101.8 1.3%
122nd Nepal 103.8 2.3%
123rd Portugal 104.5 1.1%
124th Isle of Man 109.5 1.4%
125th European Union 112.5 0.5%
126th Dominican Republic 112.9 2.6%
127th Poland 114.2 0.8%
128th Hungary 118.8 0.3%
129th St. Kitts and Nevis 123.5 -0.3%
130th Denmark 127.6 0.3%
131st Tonga 135.0 0.5%
132nd Seychelles 135.1 0.6%
133rd Antigua and Barbuda 145.5 0.3%
134th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 147.3 1.4%
135th Philippines 152.8 2.7%
136th Viet Nam 154.4 2.6%
137th American Samoa 155.4 1.8%
138th Liechtenstein 156.4 2.4%
139th Switzerland 158.9 0.0%
140th Burundi 159.7 2.9%
141st Israel 170.5 2.1%
142nd Comoros 170.7 3.3%
143rd St. Lucia 189.9 1.5%
144th Italy 190.9 0.4%
145th Jamaica 193.4 1.2%
146th Guam 195.2 2.1%
147th Haiti 196.0 1.9%
148th Rwanda 204.1 3.0%
149th El Salvador 212.1 2.2%
150th Trinidad and Tobago 213.1 1.3%
151st India 220.5 2.3%
152nd Germany 223.7 -0.1%
153rd Sri Lanka 228.2 1.9%
154th Tuvalu 231.9 4.1%
155th United Kingdom 232.3 0.0%
156th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 263.5 0.8%
157th Virgin Islands (US) 274.1 2.9%
158th Lebanon 275.9 2.2%
159th Grenada 283.3 -0.7%
160th Japan 313.6 0.9%
161st Aruba 326.5 0.3%
162nd San Marino 350.4 5.0%
163rd Puerto Rico (US) 352.8 1.3%
164th Nauru 364.9 1.9%
165th Korea 383.3 1.5%
166th Netherlands 413.0 0.6%
167th Mauritius 459.9 1.3%
168th Bahrain 475.4 4.9%
169th Maldives 520.5 2.8%
170th Barbados 585.0 0.0%
171st Bangladesh 644.5 2.5%
172nd Channel Islands 656.5 0.2%
173rd Malta 969.3 1.0%
174th Bermuda 989.5 0.2%
175th Gibraltar 2,844.6 0.5%
176th Singapore 3,512.8 1.2%
177th Hong Kong SAR, China 4,667.5 1.8%
178th Macao SAR, China 11,620.0 -0.2%
179th Monaco 13,125.3 1.3%