MigrantoMigration trends in Ecuador
Latin America
1.2M people from Ecuador have built lives abroad. That's 6.9% of the country population, spread across 42 different countries
18.1M
Population
740.7K
Immigrants
1.2M
Emigrants
−502.3K
Outflow
1 in every 16 people born in Ecuador now lives abroad
The #60 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Ecuador
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
82.8K immigrants · 209.3K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 51%
2000
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
2005
- Spain replaced USA as the main destination for those leaving
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 83%
- Surge of departures to Spain — 320.5K people left
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2010
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 155%
- Surge of immigrants from Colombia — 174.3K new arrivals
- The diaspora abroad passed 1M people
2015
- USA replaced Spain as the main destination for those leaving
2020
- Venezuela overtook Colombia as the largest source of new arrivals
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 129%
- Surge of immigrants from Venezuela — 405.7K new arrivals
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
Today
- Since 1990: 657.9K more foreign-born residents and 1M more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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