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Ecuador: map and facts
Ecuador is in South America. It has about 18.3 million people (2025), the 70th largest population. It covers 256,370 km², the 76th largest by area. That is about 71 people per km². Its highest point is Chimborazo, at 6,263 m. The longest river on its map is the Putumayo, 1,610 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 18,289,896 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 256,370 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Quito
- Highest point: Chimborazo, 6,263 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 49.7% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Ecuador, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Putumayo: 1,610 km
- Napo: 1,130 km
- Mira: 400 km
- Tumbes: 200 km
Also on the map: Santiago.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Chimborazo: 6,263 m (its highest point)
- Volcan Wolf: 1,707 m
Mountain ranges: Andes, Cordillera Central and Cordillera Occidental.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Isabela Island, Santa Cruz Island and Galapagos Islands.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 49.4%, savanna 24.1%, wooded savanna 13.6%, grassland 5.1%, farmland with natural plants 1.6%, farmland 1.5%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 29.7%, mountains 27.4%, hills 18.7%, high mountains 16.8%, plateaus 7.4%.
Forests covered 49.7% of its land in 2024, down from 52.9% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Ecuador shares land borders with Colombia and Peru on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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