Ecuador: Facts & Stats

Demographics

Population:

Population: 2008 estimate 13,625,000 (67th).
Density: 53.8/km2 (151st)

The five largest urban areas are:

1. Guayaquil 2,090,000
2. Quito 1,482,000
3. Cuenca 304,000
4. Machala 217,000
5. Santo Domingo de los Colorados 212,000

Welfare:

Social Welfare

• Net migration rate: -7.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
• Infant mortality rate: 21.35 deaths/1,000 live births
• Life expectancy at birth: 76.81 (male: 73.94; female: 79.84)
• Total fertility rate: 2.59 children born/woman (2008 est.)
• HIV/AIDS (adult prevelence rate): 0.3% (2003 est.)
• Poverty (% of population below national poverty line): 38.3% (2006).
• Child malnutrition (% of children under 5): 45% (2001)
• Access to improved water source: 70% (2001)
• Literacy: 91% of the population over 15 years of age (male: 92.3%; female: 89.7%)

Education:

The public education system is free at the point of delivery, and attendance is mandatory from ages five to 14. Provision of public schools falls far below the levels needed, and class sizes are often very large, and families of limited means often find it necessary to pay for education. In rural areas, only 10% of the children go on to high school. The Ministry of Education states that the mean number of years completed is 6.7.

Ecuador has 61 universities, many of which offer graduate degrees. Unfortunately only 87% of the faculty in public universities have master's degrees, and fewer than 1% have doctorates (i.e. PhD, EdD). About 300 institutes of higher education offer two to three years of post-secondary vocational or technical training.

Religion:

Approximately 95% of Ecuadorians are Roman Catholic (see List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador), and 4% are Protestants. In the rural parts of Ecuador, indigenous beliefs and Catholicism are sometimes syncretized. Most festivals and annual parades are based on religious celebrations, many incorporating a mixture of rites and icons.

The Jewish community of Ecuador, with domicile in Quito, has about 500 members. However, this number is decreasing because young people are emigrating to study in Israel or elsewhere abroad and not returning. There are some small percentages of Eastern Orthodox Christians, indigenous religions, Muslims (see Islam in Ecuador), Buddhists and Bahá'í. Ecuador also has a rapidly growing number of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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