Ecuador

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PROFILE
  • Area: 283,561 sq. km (109,483 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 16,080,778 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 1.31% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 76.8 years (2016)
  • Languages: Spanish (Castilian) 93% (official), Quechua 4.1%
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 74%, Evangelical 10.4%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 6.4%, atheist 7.9%, agnostic 0.1%
  • Formal name: Republic of Ecuador
  • Alternate names: Republic of Ecuador, República del Ecuador
  • Government type: presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state and head of government: President Rafael CORREA Delgado
  • Capital: Quito
  • Administrative divisions: 24 provinces
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $11,300 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp, cacao, coffee, wood, fish
  • Imports: industrial materials, fuels and lubricants, nondurable consumer goods
  • Currency: US dollar (USD)
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