Ecuador vs Mexico
Ecuador vs Mexico: Urban population
Urban population in 2025: 63.4% in Ecuador and 80% in Mexico, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 16.7 percentage points, or 1.26 times that in Ecuador.
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Ecuador at 79.9% and Mexico at 89.5% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Ecuador | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.4 | 80 |
| 2024 | 63.2 | 79.8 |
| 2023 | 63.1 | 79.5 |
| 2022 | 63.1 | 79.2 |
| 2021 | 63.1 | 78.9 |
| 2020 | 63.1 | 78.7 |
| 2019 | 63.1 | 78.4 |
| 2018 | 63 | 78 |
| 2017 | 63 | 77.7 |
| 2016 | 63 | 77.4 |
| 2015 | 63 | 77.2 |
| 2014 | 62.9 | 77 |
| 2013 | 62.9 | 76.8 |
| 2012 | 62.8 | 76.7 |
| 2011 | 62.8 | 76.6 |
| 2010 | 62.7 | 76.5 |
| 2009 | 62.7 | 76.5 |
| 2008 | 62.5 | 76.5 |
| 2007 | 62.4 | 76.5 |
| 2006 | 62.2 | 76.5 |
| 2005 | 62 | 76.5 |
| 2004 | 61.8 | 76.3 |
| 2003 | 61.5 | 76.1 |
| 2002 | 61.3 | 75.7 |
| 2001 | 61 | 75.3 |
| 2000 | 60.7 | 74.9 |
| 1999 | 60.3 | 74.6 |
| 1998 | 59.8 | 74.3 |
| 1997 | 59.3 | 74 |
| 1996 | 58.8 | 73.6 |
| 1995 | 58.2 | 73.3 |
| 1994 | 57.6 | 73 |
| 1993 | 57 | 72.6 |
| 1992 | 56.4 | 72.2 |
| 1991 | 55.7 | 71.9 |
| 1990 | 55.1 | 71.5 |
| 1989 | 54.4 | 71 |
| 1988 | 53.7 | 70.6 |
| 1987 | 53 | 70.1 |
| 1986 | 52.2 | 69.6 |
| 1985 | 51.4 | 69.1 |
| 1984 | 50.6 | 68.6 |
| 1983 | 49.7 | 68.1 |
| 1982 | 48.9 | 67.5 |
| 1981 | 48 | 66.9 |
| 1980 | 47 | 66.3 |
| 1979 | 45.9 | 65.7 |
| 1978 | 44.9 | 65 |
| 1977 | 43.9 | 64.4 |
| 1976 | 43 | 63.6 |
| 1975 | 42.1 | 62.9 |
| 1974 | 41.4 | 62.1 |
| 1973 | 40.8 | 61.4 |
| 1972 | 40.3 | 60.6 |
| 1971 | 39.8 | 59.8 |
| 1970 | 39.3 | 59 |
| 1969 | 38.9 | 58.3 |
| 1968 | 38.5 | 57.5 |
| 1967 | 38.1 | 56.6 |
| 1966 | 37.7 | 55.8 |
| 1965 | 37.3 | 55 |
| 1964 | 36.8 | 54.1 |
| 1963 | 36.3 | 53.3 |
| 1962 | 35.8 | 52.4 |
| 1961 | 35.3 | 51.6 |
| 1960 | 34.7 | 50.8 |
| 1959 | 34.1 | 49.9 |
| 1958 | 33.5 | 49.1 |
| 1957 | 32.9 | 48.3 |
| 1956 | 32.3 | 47.5 |
| 1955 | 31.7 | 46.7 |
| 1954 | 31 | 45.9 |
| 1953 | 30.3 | 45.1 |
| 1952 | 29.7 | 44.2 |
| 1951 | 29 | 43.4 |
| 1950 | 28.3 | 42.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Ecuador | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63.6 | 80.3 |
| 2027 | 63.8 | 80.6 |
| 2028 | 64.1 | 80.9 |
| 2029 | 64.5 | 81.3 |
| 2030 | 64.9 | 81.6 |
| 2031 | 65.3 | 81.9 |
| 2032 | 65.8 | 82.2 |
| 2033 | 66.3 | 82.6 |
| 2034 | 66.8 | 82.9 |
| 2035 | 67.4 | 83.3 |
| 2036 | 68 | 83.7 |
| 2037 | 68.7 | 84 |
| 2038 | 69.4 | 84.4 |
| 2039 | 70.1 | 84.8 |
| 2040 | 70.8 | 85.2 |
| 2041 | 71.6 | 85.6 |
| 2042 | 72.4 | 86 |
| 2043 | 73.3 | 86.4 |
| 2044 | 74.2 | 86.8 |
| 2045 | 75 | 87.3 |
| 2046 | 76 | 87.7 |
| 2047 | 76.9 | 88.1 |
| 2048 | 77.9 | 88.6 |
| 2049 | 78.9 | 89 |
| 2050 | 79.9 | 89.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ecuador vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEcuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEcuador: 67.1% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEcuador: $2.71B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personEcuador: $150 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEcuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEcuador: 2 million TIV in 2018Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019