Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Ecuadorian Sign Language (secondary) · German (secondary) · Norwegian (Bokmål) (secondary) · Norwegian (Nynorsk) (secondary) · Spanish (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Ecuador

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Ecuadorian, Mestizo	13685000	Spanish	Christianity
Ecuadorian, White	1801000	Spanish	Christianity
Quichua, Chimborazo Highland	1031000	Quichua, Chimborazo Highland	Christianity
Zambo, Mulatto	492000	Spanish	Christianity
Afro-Ecuadorian	445000	Spanish	Christianity
Quichua, Imbabura Highland	197000	Quichua, Imbabura Highland	Christianity
Quichua, Canar Highland	175000	Quichua, Canar Highland	Christianity
Americans, U.S.	92000	English	Christianity
Shuar, Jivaro	73000	Shuar	Ethnic Religions
Quichua, Calderon Highland	52000	Quichua, Calderon Highland	Christianity
Deaf	50000	Ecuadorian Sign Language	Unknown
Quichua, Loja Highland	45000	Quichua, Loja Highland	Christianity
German	45000	German, Standard	Christianity
Quichua, Tena Lowland	30000	Quichua, Tena Lowland	Christianity
Han Chinese, Mandarin	20000	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Quichua, Lowland Napo	18000	Quichua, Napo	Christianity
Norwegian	14000	Norwegian	Christianity
Quichua, Salasaca Highland	13000	Quichua, Salasaca Highland	Christianity
Quichua, Northern Pastaza	11000	Quichua, Northern Pastaza	Christianity
Chachi	11000	Chachi	Ethnic Religions
Achuar Jivaro	7500	Achuar-Shiwiar	Ethnic Religions
Tsachila	3400	Tsafiki	Ethnic Religions
Media Lengua	3300	Media Lengua	Ethnic Religions
Waorani	2700	Waorani	Ethnic Religions
Quaiquer, Awa	2200	Awa-Cuaiquer	Christianity
Kofan	1500	Cofan	Ethnic Religions
Secoya, Ecuadorian Siona	1000	Paicoca	Ethnic Religions
Siona	700	Siona	Christianity
Embera-Saija	600	Epena	Ethnic Religions
Epera	500	Spanish	Ethnic Religions
Zaporo	300	Quichua, Chimborazo Highland	Christianity
Taromemane	200	Waorani	Ethnic Religions
Tagaeri	30	Waorani	Ethnic Religions

Languages

26 languages recorded here.

Achuar-Shiwiar

Awa-Cuaiquer

Chachi

Chinese, Mandarin

Cofan

Ecuadorian Sign Language

English

Epena

German, Standard

Media Lengua

Norwegian

Paicoca

Quichua, Calderon Highland

Quichua, Canar Highland

Quichua, Chimborazo Highland

Quichua, Imbabura Highland

Quichua, Loja Highland

Quichua, Napo

Quichua, Northern Pastaza

Quichua, Salasaca Highland

Quichua, Tena Lowland

Shuar

Siona

Spanish

Tsafiki

Waorani

All catalogue fields

152 fields recorded

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iso3: ECU
iso2: EC
ctry: Ecuador
poplpeoples: 18323000
cntpeoples: 33
cntpeopleslr: 1
poplpeopleslr: 50000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: spa
officiallang: Spanish
rlg3primary: 1
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percentevangelical: 10.610093375524
c_10_40window: N
rog2: LAM
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harvest_owcountrycode: ECUA
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: EC
harvest_countrynumber: 64
harvest_ctry: Ecuador
harvest_ctryshort: Ecuador
harvest_countrynamechinese: 厄瓜多尔
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 厄瓜多尔
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harvest_countrynamefrench: Équateur
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Équateur
harvest_countrynamegerman: Ecuador
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Ecuador
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Ekuador
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Ekuador
harvest_countrynameitalian: Ecuador
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Ecuador
harvest_countrynamekorean: 에콰도르
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 에콰도르
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Ecuador
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Ecuador
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Equador
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Equador
harvest_countrynamerussian: Эквадор
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Эквадор
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harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Ecuador
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Ecuador
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harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
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harvest_unsr: 005
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harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/ecuador.html
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harvest_literacyrate: 94
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 64
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harvest_rlg4primary: 6
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harvest_pctbahai: 0.14
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harvest_pctjudaism: 0.01
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harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 6.05
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harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.02
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harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 3.32
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harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A007
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harvest_hdirank: 89
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harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/ecuador/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 403
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.470857491608178
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ec&joshua=ec
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-ecuador
harvest_internetusage: 57
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://sbuecuador.com/
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harvest_areasquarekilometers: 269178
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 123
harvest_countryphonecode: 593
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harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 3.2
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harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 3.4
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harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 6.1
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harvest_internetctrycode: .ec
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harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00