Ecuador vs Ireland: Population density

Ecuador
76.87 people per km²
in 2100
Ireland
76.73 people per km²
in 2100
Ecuador rank
141st
Ireland rank
142nd

Population density over time

  • Ecuador
  • Ireland
020406080100015502100

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 76.87 people per km² against 76.73 people per km² in Ireland, a difference of 0.14 people per km².

The two have swapped places 1 time across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ireland ahead.

Ecuador ranks 141st and Ireland ranks 142nd of 235 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 6 and Ireland in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Ireland Difference Ahead
1950s 15.98 people per km² 42.07 people per km² 26.09 people per km² Ireland
1960s 21.14 people per km² 41.68 people per km² 20.55 people per km² Ireland
1970s 28.31 people per km² 45.87 people per km² 17.56 people per km² Ireland
1980s 37.03 people per km² 50.81 people per km² 13.78 people per km² Ireland
1990s 46.22 people per km² 52.49 people per km² 6.27 people per km² Ireland
2000s 55.32 people per km² 60.23 people per km² 4.91 people per km² Ireland
2010s 65.12 people per km² 68.36 people per km² 3.24 people per km² Ireland
2020s 73.35 people per km² 76.32 people per km² 2.97 people per km² Ireland
2030s 79.38 people per km² 82.26 people per km² 2.88 people per km² Ireland
2040s 84.09 people per km² 85.66 people per km² 1.58 people per km² Ireland
2050s 86.77 people per km² 86.64 people per km² 0.1318 people per km² Ecuador
2060s 87.44 people per km² 85.27 people per km² 2.16 people per km² Ecuador
2070s 86.22 people per km² 83 people per km² 3.22 people per km² Ecuador
2080s 83.3 people per km² 80.94 people per km² 2.36 people per km² Ecuador
2090s 79.29 people per km² 78.47 people per km² 0.8118 people per km² Ecuador
2100s 76.87 people per km² 76.73 people per km² 0.1402 people per km² Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population density, Ecuador or Ireland?
Ecuador, at 76.87 people per km² against 76.73 people per km² in Ireland as of 2100.
What is the difference in population density between Ecuador and Ireland?
0.14 people per km², with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Ireland?
151 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.
How do Ecuador and Ireland rank globally for population density?
Ecuador ranks 141st and Ireland ranks 142nd of 235 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population density. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ecuador vs Ireland: Population density. Statizoid, drawing on HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/population-density/ecuador/ireland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/population-density/ecuador/ireland/">Ecuador vs Ireland: Population density</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population density
Unit
people per km²
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
235 places, 68,610 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed

Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.