Ecuador
Republic of Ecuador
Ecuador (EC, ECU) is a country in South America, with Quito as its capital. The currency is the US Dollar (USD, $). The international dialling code is +593 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 099 123 4567. There are 2 time zones: America/Guayaquil and Pacific/Galapagos. Official languages: Spanish and Quechua.
CurrencyUSD$
Dial code+593e.g. 099 123 4567
Time zone2 zonesUTC−05:00 … UTC−06:00
LanguageSpanish+1 more
CapitalQuito
Population18.3M276.8K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Ecuador
- Native name
- Ecuador
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- EC
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- ECU
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 218
- IOC code
- ECU
- Demonym
- Ecuadorean
- Capital
- Quito
- Region
- Americas › South America
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- South America
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .ec
- Coordinates
- -2, -77.5
- Area
- 276,841 km²
- Population
- 18,310,000
- GDP
- $260.2B ($14.2K per person)
- Literacy
- 91.6%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
US Dollar USD
- Symbol
- $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- $1.234,50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish es | Official | 96% (17.6M) | |
| Quechua qu | Official | 17% (3.1M) | |
| Chimborazo Highland Quichua qug | 5.7% (1M) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/Guayaquil | UTC−05:00 | none | Ecuador Time | |
| Pacific/Galapagos | UTC−06:00 | none | Galapagos Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +593
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 8–11 digits
- Emergency number
- 101 pattern 1(?:0[12]|12)|911
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | (02) 212-3456 | +593 2 212 3456 | (XX) XXX-XXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 099 123 4567 | +593 99 123 4567 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 1800 123 4567 | +593 1800 123 4567 | XXXX XXX XXXX | 10, 11 |
| VoIP | (02) 890-1234 | +593 2 890 1234 | (XX) XXX-XXXX | 8 |
Show the 4 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [2-7] | $1-$2 | $1-$2 |
(\d)(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [2-7] | $1 $2-$3 | $1-$2-$3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 9 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{4})(\d{3})(\d{3,4}) | 1 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code}
{City}
- Uppercase fields
- City, Postal code
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Spanish (Ecuador) locale (es-EC), amounts in USD.
- Number
- 1.234.567,891
- Percent
- 45,7%
- Currency (USD)
- $1.234.567,89
- Accounting
- $-1.234.567,89
- Currency, name
- 1.234.567,89 dólares estadounidenses
- Compact short
- 1,2 M
- Compact long
- 1,2 millones
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilómetros por hora
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- viernes, 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, long
- 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/3/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 p. m.
- Time, short
- 3:04 p. m.
- Date and time
- 27 mar 2026, 3:04 p. m.
- Month and year
- marzo de 2026
- Weekday
- viernes
- Relative time
- ayer · dentro de 3 días · hace 2 horas
- List: and
- A, B y C
- List: or
- A, B o C