Ecuador

Ecuador's indigenous population is close to 1.1 million out of a total population of 16,686,512. There are 14 indigenous nationalities living in the country, grouped in a set of local, regional and national organizations. Of the indigenous population, 24.1% live in the Amazon and belong to 10 nationalities: 7.3% of the Andean Kichwa live in the southern highlands; and the remaining 8.3% live in the coastal region and the Galapagos Islands. The majority, 60.3% of the Andean Kichwa, live in 6 provinces of the Central-Northern Highlands; 78.5% of them still live in the rural sector and 21.5% in the urban sector. The Shuar, a nationality of more than 100,000 people, have a strong presence in 3 provinces of the Central South Amazon, where they represent between 8% and 79% of the total population, and the rest are scattered in small groups throughout the country. There are several nationalities with very low population and in a highly vulnerable situation.