Australia vs Ecuador: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Australia

4.77 million people

in 2023

Ecuador

4.50 million people

in 2023

Australia rank

73rd

Ecuador rank

75th

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Australia currently reports 4.77 million people against 4.50 million people in Ecuador, a difference of 273,350 people.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 73rd and Ecuador ranks 75th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.