Ambato — UN urban centre
Ambato: 274,672 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,110 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2374; territory: Ecuador (ECU). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: -1.2549, -78.6223. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 82,974 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 100,443 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 119,175 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 142,581 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 168,063 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 185,554 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 210,883 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 217,690 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 234,430 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 254,927 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 274,672 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 292,068 | Projection |
| 2035 | 302,915 | Projection |
| 2040 | 322,944 | Projection |
| 2045 | 330,783 | Projection |
| 2050 | 344,433 | Projection |
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