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Geography

Location: Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator,between Colombia and Peru

Area:
total area: 283,560 sq km
land area: 276,840 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Nevada

Land boundaries: total 2,010 km, Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km

Coastline: 2,237 km


People

Population: 10,890,950 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 36% (female 1,928,977; male 1,990,036)
15-64 years: 60% (female 3,281,575; male 3,230,082)
65 years and over: 4% (female 244,862; male 215,418)

Population growth rate: 1.95% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 25.08 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 5.55 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 37.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.35 years
male: 67.83 years
female: 72.99 years

Total fertility rate: 2.97 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: mestizo (mixed Indian and Spanish) 55%, Indian 25%, Spanish 10%, black10%

Religions: Roman Catholic 95%

Languages: Spanish (official), Indian languages (especially Quechua)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population: 87%
male: 90%
female: 84%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form: Ecuador

Type: republic

Capital: Quito

Independence: 24 May 1822 (from Spain)

Constitution: 10 August 1979


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $41.1 billion

National product real growth rate: 3.9%

National product per capita: $3,840

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 25%

Unemployment rate: 7.1%

Electricity:
capacity: 2,230,000 kW
production: 6.9 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 612 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.