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Ecuador vs Japan: Urban and rural population projected to 2050

Ecuador
4.30 million people
in 2050
Japan
4.21 million people
in 2050
Ecuador rank
80th
Japan rank
81st

Urban and rural population projected to 2050 over time

  • Ecuador
  • Japan
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 4.30 million people against 4.21 million people in Japan, a difference of 89,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 133 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Japan ahead.

Ecuador ranks 80th and Japan ranks 81st of 238 countries.

Across the 43 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 42.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Japan Difference Ahead
1000s 399,995 people 5.83 million people 5.43 million people Japan
1100s 439,983 people 6.16 million people 5.72 million people Japan
1200s 479,945 people 6.35 million people 5.87 million people Japan
1300s 519,823 people 7.21 million people 6.69 million people Japan
1400s 559,427 people 9.12 million people 8.56 million people Japan
1500s 598,160 people 11.94 million people 11.35 million people Japan
1600s 495,399 people 16.25 million people 15.76 million people Japan
1700s 485,550 people 25.36 million people 24.88 million people Japan
1710s 483,857 people 27.55 million people 27.07 million people Japan
1720s 482,432 people 27.55 million people 27.07 million people Japan
1730s 480,865 people 27.55 million people 27.07 million people Japan
1740s 479,143 people 27.55 million people 27.07 million people Japan
1750s 477,252 people 27.55 million people 27.07 million people Japan
1760s 475,176 people 27.36 million people 26.88 million people Japan
1770s 472,896 people 27.17 million people 26.70 million people Japan
1780s 470,393 people 26.98 million people 26.51 million people Japan
1790s 467,646 people 26.79 million people 26.32 million people Japan
1800s 464,633 people 26.60 million people 26.14 million people Japan
1810s 461,326 people 27.29 million people 26.83 million people Japan
1820s 457,699 people 27.97 million people 27.51 million people Japan
1830s 566,861 people 28.64 million people 28.07 million people Japan
1840s 641,540 people 29.30 million people 28.66 million people Japan
1850s 725,302 people 29.96 million people 29.23 million people Japan
1860s 803,174 people 30.95 million people 30.15 million people Japan
1870s 877,938 people 31.93 million people 31.05 million people Japan
1880s 988,069 people 34.09 million people 33.10 million people Japan
1890s 1.07 million people 36.97 million people 35.90 million people Japan
1900s 1.15 million people 35.43 million people 34.27 million people Japan
1910s 1.31 million people 38.98 million people 37.67 million people Japan
1920s 1.41 million people 42.25 million people 40.84 million people Japan
1930s 1.50 million people 46.60 million people 45.11 million people Japan
1940s 2.17 million people 51.18 million people 49.01 million people Japan
1950s 2.72 million people 43.54 million people 40.82 million people Japan
1960s 3.30 million people 32.78 million people 29.47 million people Japan
1970s 4.06 million people 28.24 million people 24.18 million people Japan
1980s 4.50 million people 28.17 million people 23.67 million people Japan
1990s 4.83 million people 27.66 million people 22.83 million people Japan
2000s 5.24 million people 19.67 million people 14.43 million people Japan
2010s 6.00 million people 11.14 million people 5.14 million people Japan
2020s 6.65 million people 9.56 million people 2.91 million people Japan
2030s 6.45 million people 7.58 million people 1.12 million people Japan
2040s 5.28 million people 5.43 million people 151,830 people Japan
2050s 4.30 million people 4.21 million people 89,000 people Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban and rural population projected to 2050, Ecuador or Japan?
Ecuador, at 4.30 million people against 4.21 million people in Japan as of 2050.
What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Ecuador and Japan?
89,000 people, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Japan?
133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.
How do Ecuador and Japan rank globally for urban and rural population projected to 2050?
Ecuador ranks 80th and Japan ranks 81st of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – 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

Indicator
Urban and rural population projected to 2050
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 30,401 data points, 1000–2050
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Number of people living in rural areas, combining UN estimates and projections with modeled historical data.