Ecuador vs Netherlands: Population

Ecuador

17.98 million people

in 2023

Netherlands

18.09 million people

in 2023

Ecuador rank

72nd

Netherlands rank

70th

Population over time

Netherlands currently reports 18.09 million people against 17.98 million people in Ecuador, a difference of 112,400 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 72nd and Netherlands ranks 70th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.