Ecuador 
Facts
Population: 13,755,680 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 32.6% (male 2,282,319/female 2,196,685)
15-64 years: 62.3% (male 4,271,848/female 4,301,149)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 330,302/female 373,377) (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.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.039 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.993 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.885 male(s)/female
total population: 1.002 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 22.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.62 years
male: 73.74 years
female: 79.63 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 2.63 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 21,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,700 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Ecuadorian(s)
adjective: Ecuadorian.
Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, Amerindian 25%, Spanish and others 7%, black 3%.
Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%.
Languages: Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua).
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91%
male: 92.3%
female: 89.7% (2001 census).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $61.52 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 4.1% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $4,500 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 6.3%
industry: 33.5%
services: 60.2% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 4.57 million (urban) (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 8%
industry: 24%
services: 68% (2001).
Population below poverty line: 38.5% (FY0506).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 32%
note: data for urban households only (October 2003).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.4% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 10.6% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $11.5 billion
expenditures: planned $10.46 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; balsa wood; fish, shrimp.
Industries: petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals.
Industrial production growth rate: 5% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 12.2 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 12.95 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 35 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 1.642 billion kWh (2004).
Exports: $12.56 billion (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp.
Exports - partners: US 50.6%, Peru 7.9%, Germany 4.3%, Colombia 4.3% (2005).
Imports: $10.81 billion (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: vehicles, medicinal products, telecommunications equipment, electricity.
Imports - partners: US 22.1%, Colombia 14.8%, Venezuela 7.7%, Brazil 7.2%, China 5.2% (2005).
Debt - external: $18.1 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $216 million (2002).
Currency (code): US dollar (USD).
Exchange rates: the US dollar is used; the sucre was eliminated in 2000.
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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(Centrist), Quito
http://www.hoy.com.ec/
(Conservative), Quito
http://www.elcomercio.com/
El Mercurio
(Conservative), Cuena
(Conservative), Guayaquil
http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/
El Tiempo
(Centrist), Quito
(Centrist), Guayaquil
http://www.eluniverso.com/
Expreso
(Centrist), Guayaquil
Ecuador in the News
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The current election, which will now go into a second round run-off on Nov. 26, has polarized Ecuador's 13 million inhabitants, over half of whom still live in poverty.
His last stint in government, under current caretaker President Palacio, was abruptly ended with his forced resignation for attempting to restructure Ecuador's debt repayments and oil industry.
The indigenous party Pachakutiq described the cancellation of Oxy's contract as "a triumph of the mobilization of the indigenous peoples."
After scoring resounding victories, indigenous movements of South America are encountering new challenges on institutional and state levels that they have not been able to answer.
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