Ecuador: Reference Information -  General data
Official Name	República del Ecuador
Capital	Quito (1.5m)
Other Cities	Guayaquil (2.0m)
	Cuenca (0.3m)
Area (km2)	269,178
Population (million)	12.4
Population density (per km2)	46.1
Population growth rate (%)	1.9
Life expectancy (1998, years)	70.4
Illiteracy rate (1995, %)	9.3
Language	Spanish, Quechua, Shuar and other languages
Measures	Metric system
Time	5 hours behind GMT
International Growth Competitiveness Index	73 of 80
TI Corruption Perception Index	91 of 102
United Nations Human Development Index	97 of 175

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