Ecuador
- Capital
- Quito
- Population
- 16 m
- Area
- 276,841 km²
- Region
- South America
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- United States dollar ($)
- Demonym
- Ecuadorean
- UN member
- Yes
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
Full-time-equivalent researchers per million people.
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
From the Valdivia potters and the Quitu-Cara of the high Andes to a northern Inca capital, the Real Audiencia of Quito, the first cry of independence in 1809, the victory at Pichincha in 1822, and the separate republic born in 1830 on the line of the Equator.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.