Ecuador vs Honduras: Urban and rural population projected to 2050
Ecuador
4.30 million people
in 2050
Honduras
4.68 million people
in 2050
Ecuador rank
80th
Honduras rank
77th
Urban and rural population projected to 2050 over time
- Ecuador
- Honduras
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 4.68 million people against 4.30 million people in Ecuador, a difference of 386,480 people.
That makes Honduras's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 133 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 80th and Honduras ranks 77th of 238 countries.
Across the 43 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 37 and Honduras in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Honduras | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 399,995 people | 357,648 people | 42,347 people | Ecuador |
| 1100s | 439,983 people | 447,053 people | 7,070 people | Honduras |
| 1200s | 479,945 people | 558,791 people | 78,846 people | Honduras |
| 1300s | 519,823 people | 698,392 people | 178,569 people | Honduras |
| 1400s | 559,427 people | 872,625 people | 313,198 people | Honduras |
| 1500s | 598,160 people | 1.09 million people | 491,250 people | Honduras |
| 1600s | 495,399 people | 310,090 people | 185,309 people | Ecuador |
| 1700s | 485,550 people | 87,593 people | 397,957 people | Ecuador |
| 1710s | 483,857 people | 90,416 people | 393,441 people | Ecuador |
| 1720s | 482,432 people | 93,361 people | 389,071 people | Ecuador |
| 1730s | 480,865 people | 96,385 people | 384,480 people | Ecuador |
| 1740s | 479,143 people | 99,486 people | 379,657 people | Ecuador |
| 1750s | 477,252 people | 102,665 people | 374,587 people | Ecuador |
| 1760s | 475,176 people | 105,921 people | 369,255 people | Ecuador |
| 1770s | 472,896 people | 109,250 people | 363,646 people | Ecuador |
| 1780s | 470,393 people | 112,652 people | 357,741 people | Ecuador |
| 1790s | 467,646 people | 116,122 people | 351,524 people | Ecuador |
| 1800s | 464,633 people | 119,656 people | 344,977 people | Ecuador |
| 1810s | 461,326 people | 123,250 people | 338,076 people | Ecuador |
| 1820s | 457,699 people | 126,897 people | 330,802 people | Ecuador |
| 1830s | 566,861 people | 240,452 people | 326,409 people | Ecuador |
| 1840s | 641,540 people | 278,920 people | 362,620 people | Ecuador |
| 1850s | 725,302 people | 323,354 people | 401,948 people | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 803,174 people | 357,502 people | 445,672 people | Ecuador |
| 1870s | 877,938 people | 382,049 people | 495,889 people | Ecuador |
| 1880s | 988,069 people | 407,954 people | 580,115 people | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 1.07 million people | 435,227 people | 633,953 people | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 1.15 million people | 463,860 people | 690,910 people | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 1.31 million people | 493,826 people | 812,954 people | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 1.41 million people | 565,777 people | 848,113 people | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 1.50 million people | 738,570 people | 758,060 people | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 2.17 million people | 942,085 people | 1.23 million people | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 2.72 million people | 1.28 million people | 1.44 million people | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 3.30 million people | 1.76 million people | 1.54 million people | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 4.06 million people | 2.15 million people | 1.90 million people | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 4.50 million people | 2.66 million people | 1.84 million people | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 4.83 million people | 3.25 million people | 1.58 million people | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 5.24 million people | 3.84 million people | 1.40 million people | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 6.00 million people | 4.20 million people | 1.79 million people | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 6.65 million people | 4.47 million people | 2.18 million people | Ecuador |
| 2030s | 6.45 million people | 4.62 million people | 1.83 million people | Ecuador |
| 2040s | 5.28 million people | 4.67 million people | 606,802 people | Ecuador |
| 2050s | 4.30 million people | 4.68 million people | 386,480 people | Honduras |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher urban and rural population projected to 2050, Ecuador or Honduras?
- Honduras, at 4.68 million people against 4.30 million people in Ecuador as of 2050.
- What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Ecuador and Honduras?
- 386,480 people, with Honduras ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Honduras?
- 133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.
- How do Ecuador and Honduras rank globally for urban and rural population projected to 2050?
- Ecuador ranks 80th and Honduras ranks 77th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in rural areas, combining UN estimates and projections with modeled historical data.