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  • Population......................................................................13,755,680 (July 2007 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................1.554% (2007 est.)  
  • Birth rate....................................................21.91 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Death rate...................................................4.21 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)  
  • Net migration rate...............................-2.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Ethnic groups.......mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, Amerindian 25%, Spanish and others 7%, black 3%
Diversity in Migration: Ecuador
Thousands of Ecuadorians live in the United States and Spain, making migration-related development policy a major issue for the government. At the same time, the country has received economic migrants from Peru but has done little to address the Colombian refugee situation, as Brad Jokisch of Ohio University explains.

Ecuador page on the World Migration Map

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Neighboring Countries

Colombia
Peru
Other Resources
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos (In Spanish)
http://www.inec.gov.ec

Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Aid to Ecuadorians Abroad (in Spanish)
http://www.mmrree.gov.ec

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
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