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Ecuador vs Senegal

Flag of Ecuador

Ecuador

18,289,896#70 · +0.85%/yr
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Flag of Senegal

Senegal

18,931,966#68 · +2.30%/yr

Senegal has 4% more people than Ecuador: 18,931,966 vs 18,289,896, a gap of 642,070. Senegal is growing faster (+2.30% vs +0.85% a year), adding about 434,940 people a year against +155,074. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Ecuador is the older society: 8.6% aged 65+ against 3.6% in Senegal, while Senegal has more children (37.7% under 15 vs 23.9%). People in Ecuador live 8.7 years longer on average (77.6 vs 68.9). GDP per capita is 3.6× higher in Ecuador ($7,125 vs $1,955).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Ecuador) and 2025 (Senegal); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Ecuador vs Senegal — side by side

Flag of Ecuador EcuadorFlag of Senegal Senegal
Population18,289,896202518,931,9662025
Growth rate / yr+0.85%2025+2.30%2025
Births per 1,00014.8202429.22024
Deaths per 1,0005.220245.52024
Children per woman1.8120243.772024
Life expectancy77.6 yrs202468.9 yrs2024
Aged 0–1423.9%202537.7%2025
Aged 65+8.6%20253.6%2025
Density72.4 /km²202393.9 /km²2023
Area256,370 km²2023196,710 km²2023
Urban population63.4%202555.8%2025
Net migration / yr-17,2192025-12,6362025
GDP per capita$7,1252025$1,9552025
Country population rank (available records)#70#68
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.22%0.23%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Ecuador: 4.0× from 1960 to 2025; Senegal: 5.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

05.0M10.0M15.1M20.1M1960197019801990200020102020EcuadorSenegal01503004516011960197019801990200020102020EcuadorSenegal

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Interpretation reviewed 12 October 2026. Underlying reference years are stated on the page; this is not a fresh census or dataset refresh.