Ecuador at a glance

Across 1,042 parishes, Ecuador runs from 55.5 to 139.8 men per 100 women aged 20–39.
13 sit at 115 or above and 589 at 95 or below.
Summed across every parish on this page the figure is 91.9; the published national figure is 102 (different source and vintage).

Every line is computed from the parish table below. Green cells hold more women per man aged 20–39.

Across 1,042 parishes91.9men per 100 women, 20–39

Population covered17Mall ages, census counts

Most women-heavy55.5San Rafael de Sharug, Pucará

Most men-heavy139.8Jambelí, Santa Rosa

The map

Every canton in Ecuador, shaded by men per 100 women aged 20–39. Green holds more women, red more men.

94 or fewer112 or more men per 100 women

Most women-heavy parishes

Lowest men-per-100-women, 20–39. 30 of 874 with at least 300 people in the band, sortable by any column.


San Rafael de Sharug	Pucará	55.5	2k
Gualleturo	Cañar	58.4	3k
Luis Galarza Orellana	Chordeleg	61.7	1k
Dug Dug	Paute	62.8	2k
Abañín	Zaruma	63.9	1k
Pindilig	Azogues	64.2	2k
Zhud	Cañar	65.1	2k
Ludo	Sígsig	65.2	3k
Cochapamba	Saquisilí	65.6	3k
San José de Raranga	Sígsig	65.9	2k
Calderón	San Lorenzo	67.3	1k
Ducur	Cañar	67.6	4k
Chontamarca	Cañar	68.2	3k
Selva Alegre	Saraguro	68.2	2k
Zumbahua	Pujilí	68.7	7k
Maldonado	Eloy Alfaro	68.7	2k
Simiátug	Guaranda	68.9	9k
San Francisco de Sageo	Biblián	68.9	1k
Sígsig	Sígsig	69.1	11k
Suscal	Suscal	69.1	5k
Vuelta Larga	Esmeraldas	69.1	9k
Molleturo	Cuenca	69.2	7k
Chaucha	Cuenca	69.3	2k
Ancón	San Lorenzo	69.3	1k
San Juan	Gualaceo	70.1	5k
Tachina	Esmeraldas	70.3	6k
Jima	Sígsig	70.4	3k
Honorato Vásquez	Cañar	70.4	6k
Guanazán	Zaruma	70.6	2k
Rocafuerte	Rioverde	70.6	6k

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Most men-heavy parishes

Highest men-per-100-women, 20–39. 30 of 874 with at least 300 people in the band. Units housing an institution (prison, barracks, camp) read high here; the figure is correct, the dating signal is not.


Guaytacama	Latacunga	189.2	15k
Riochico	Portoviejo	165.4	17k
Jambelí	Santa Rosa	139.8	1k
Pompeya	La Joya de los Sachas	124	2k
El Limo	Puyango	121	2k
Alejandro Labaka	Francisco de Orellana	118.8	2k
Bolaspamba	Zapotillo	118.4	1k
El Porvenir del Carmen	Palanda	117.3	2k
La Victoria	Macará	116.6	1k
Chugá	Pimampiro	116.4	1k
Santa Elena	Putumayo	115.2	2k
Panguintza	Centinela del Cóndor	115.2	2k
Turi	Cuenca	115.1	14k
Chontapunta	Tena	114.1	9k
Guachanamá	Paltas	113.7	2k
Ciano	Puyango	113.5	1k
Milagros	Pindal	113.1	3k
10 de Agosto	Lago Agrio	112.6	2k
Jambelí	Lago Agrio	112.5	3k
San Luis de Armenia	Francisco de Orellana	112.4	2k
El Anegado	Jipijapa	112	7k
Bellavista	Espíndola	112	2k
Curaray	Arajuno	111.9	4k
San Carlos de Las Minas	Zamora	111.8	2k
Sacapalca	Gonzanamá	111.5	2k
Urbina	Tulcán	111.4	2k
La Bocana	Piñas	111.2	1k
Cahuasquí	San Miguel de Urcuquí	111.1	2k
Tendales	El Guabo	111	5k
Limones	Zapotillo	110.8	2k

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By Canton

Every canton in Ecuador, aggregated from the parishes above.

			Parishes
Suscal	69.1	5k	1
Sígsig	70	25k	7
San Fernando	73.5	4k	2
Chordeleg	75.8	12k	5
Cañar	76.1	52k	12
San Lorenzo	76.1	48k	13
Biblián	76.9	19k	5
Nabón	77.4	15k	4
Pucará	77.9	10k	2
Atacames	78.7	51k	5
Esmeraldas	79.2	212k	9
Gualaceo	79.5	43k	9
Alausí	79.7	37k	10
El Tambo	80	9k	1
Chunchi	80.4	11k	5
Déleg	80.6	6k	2
Rioverde	80.7	33k	6
Saraguro	80.8	29k	11
Paute	81.1	27k	8
La Troncal	81.3	62k	3
Sevilla de Oro	81.7	5k	3
Guaranda	81.7	98k	9
Pallatanga	81.8	12k	1
Sigchos	81.9	18k	5
Caluma	82.2	16k	1
Guamote	82.2	36k	3
La Concordia	82.8	51k	4
Santa Isabel	82.9	21k	5
Girón	83	12k	3
Pujilí	83.7	67k	7
Saquisilí	83.8	24k	4
Quijos	83.8	6k	6
Oña	84.3	3k	2
Eloy Alfaro	84.9	46k	16
Cumandá	85.1	17k	1
Morona	85.5	55k	9
Guano	85.6	48k	10
Sucúa	85.6	24k	4
Catamayo	85.7	35k	5
Azogues	85.8	75k	9
Colta	85.8	30k	5
Echeandía	85.9	15k	1
Limón Indanza	86	10k	6
San Juan Bosco	86	4k	5
Pablo Sexto	86	2k	1
El Triunfo	86.3	61k	1
Puebloviejo	86.5	41k	3
Gualaquiza	86.6	22k	9
Flavio Alfaro	86.9	26k	3
Guachapala	87	4k	1
Urdaneta	87.1	33k	2
Daule	87.2	222k	5
Ventanas	87.2	73k	4
Santo Domingo	87.2	442k	8
Naranjito	87.5	44k	1
El Pangui	87.7	13k	4
Chimbo	87.8	16k	5
Salcedo	87.8	67k	6
Quilanga	87.8	4k	3
Chone	87.8	128k	8
Huamboya	87.8	11k	2
Muisne	87.9	36k	9
Quevedo	87.9	206k	3
La Maná	88.1	54k	3
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (Juján)	88.1	26k	1
Mera	88.1	15k	3
Yantzaza	88.1	23k	3
El Chaco	88.2	9k	6
Chillanes	88.3	20k	2
El Empalme	88.3	80k	3
Chambo	88.4	13k	1
Penipe	88.5	7k	7
Pedernales	88.5	70k	4
Buena Fe	88.6	74k	2
Milagro	88.7	196k	4
Mejía	88.8	102k	8
Patate	88.8	14k	4
Santiago de Píllaro	88.8	42k	8
Puerto Quito	88.9	25k	1
Pedro Vicente Maldonado	89.1	15k	1
Babahoyo	89.2	179k	5
Huaquillas	89.3	56k	1
Samborondón	89.3	99k	2
Pastaza	89.3	83k	14
Palestina	89.4	18k	1
San Miguel	89.5	28k	7
Quinindé	89.6	127k	6
Balzar	89.6	58k	1
Salitre	89.6	61k	4
General Antonio Elizalde	89.6	12k	1
Montalvo	89.7	28k	2
San Pedro de Huaca	89.8	8k	2
Nobol	89.8	24k	1
Loja	89.8	250k	14
El Carmen	89.8	121k	5
San Vicente	89.8	25k	2
San Miguel de los Bancos	89.8	14k	2
Pasaje	89.9	84k	7
Jama	89.9	17k	1
Camilo Ponce enríquez	90.1	23k	1
Riobamba	90.2	261k	12
Naranjal	90.4	84k	5
San Pedro de Pelileo	90.4	64k	9
Montecristi	90.6	100k	2
Zamora	90.7	30k	7
Macará	90.8	18k	4
Lago Agrio	90.8	105k	8
Cuenca	91	596k	22
Isabela	91.2	3k	2
Chilla	91.4	2k	1
Cotacachi	91.4	53k	9
Cevallos	91.5	10k	1
Santa Rosa	91.6	80k	8
Calvas	91.6	26k	5
Quero	91.6	19k	3
Bolívar	91.7	58k	9
Arenillas	91.7	32k	5
Yacuambi	91.7	6k	3
Ibarra	91.8	217k	8
Valencia	91.9	52k	1
Pangua	92.2	22k	4
Durán	92.2	304k	1
Antonio Ante	92.2	54k	5
Logroño	92.3	7k	3
Nangaritza	92.3	6k	4
Gonzalo Pizarro	92.3	10k	4
San Jacinto de Yaguachi	92.4	73k	4
Mocache	92.4	42k	1
Jaramijó	92.4	30k	1
Montúfar	92.5	30k	6
La Joya de los Sachas	92.6	52k	9
La Libertad	92.6	112k	1
Baba	92.7	45k	3
Manta	92.7	271k	3
Taisha	92.7	27k	5
Tiwintza	92.7	9k	2
Tena	92.7	81k	8
Playas	92.8	59k	1
Balao	92.9	26k	1
Otavalo	92.9	114k	10
Francisco de Orellana	92.9	95k	12
Tosagua	93	43k	3
Simón Bolívar	93.3	29k	2
Shushufindi	93.3	51k	6
Vinces	93.4	81k	2
Machala	93.7	306k	2
Cayambe	93.7	105k	7
Ambato	93.7	371k	19
Sozoranga	93.8	7k	3
Palenque	93.8	25k	1
Las Naves	94	7k	1
Baños de Agua Santa	94	22k	5
Distrito Metropolitano de Quito	94.1	2.7M	34
Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola	94.2	5k	1
Rumiñahui	94.2	108k	3
Palora	94.3	12k	5
El Guabo	94.6	60k	5
Quinsaloma	94.6	19k	1
Santiago	94.6	10k	7
Cascales	94.6	12k	4
Mira	94.7	13k	4
Paltas	94.8	23k	8
Salinas	94.8	87k	3
Piñas	95.1	29k	7
San Cristóbal	95.2	8k	3
Pimampiro	95.4	13k	4
Chaguarpamba	95.4	7k	5
Pichincha	95.4	30k	3
El Pan	95.5	3k	2
Las Lajas	95.5	6k	4
Cuyabeno	95.5	9k	3
Guayaquil	95.6	2.7M	6
Sucre	95.6	63k	3
Tulcán	95.8	92k	10
San Miguel de Urcuquí	95.8	18k	6
Tisaleo	95.8	14k	2
Pedro Carbo	95.9	52k	3
Rocafuerte	96	43k	1
Zaruma	96.1	24k	10
Loreto	96.1	28k	6
Santa Lucía	96.2	44k	1
Lomas de Sargentillo	96.3	22k	1
Isidro Ayora	96.3	14k	1
Gonzanamá	96.3	12k	5
Junín	96.5	22k	1
Pedro Moncayo	96.5	40k	5
Portoviejo	96.6	323k	8
Santa Elena	97	187k	7
Santa Ana	97.3	51k	5
Puerto López	97.3	26k	3
Olmedo	97.5	14k	3
Paquisha	97.5	5k	3
Coronel Marcelino Maridueña	97.6	13k	1
Latacunga	97.7	217k	11
Chinchipe	97.7	10k	6
Putumayo	97.8	9k	6
Espejo	98	15k	4
Atahualpa	98.2	6k	6
Balsas	98.4	8k	2
Archidona	98.5	30k	4
Centinela del Cóndor	98.7	8k	3
Puyango	98.8	16k	6
Paján	99	42k	5
Mocha	99.1	7k	2
Santa Cruz	99.4	17k	3
Zapotillo	99.5	15k	7
Espíndola	99.7	14k	7
Jipijapa	100.1	78k	8
Colimes	100.3	26k	2
Celica	100.3	14k	5
Palanda	100.4	9k	5
Portovelo	101	14k	4
24 de Mayo	101.7	31k	4
Pindal	102.1	10k	4
Santa Clara	102.2	5k	2
Marcabelí	102.3	7k	2
Aguarico	102.6	7k	5
Sucumbíos	103	3k	5
Arajuno	107	10k	2

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Census age-by-sex counts. Figures for 2022. Data updated August 6, 2026. A ratio is a supply number, not a measure of dating success.

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