| no. | name | census 1990 | census 2001 | calculation 2013 | latitude | longitude | parent division | name variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 1 952 029 | 2 482 041 | 2.21°S | 79.90°W | Guayas | Santiago de Guayaquil | |
| 2 | Quito | 1 399 814 | 1 810 792 | 0.19°S | 78.50°W | Pichincha | ||
| 3 | Cuenca | 276 964 | 345 527 | 2.90°S | 79.01°W | Azuay | ||
| 4 | Santo Domingo | 200 421 | 275 821 | 0.25°S | 79.16°W | Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas | Santo Domingo de los Colorados | |
| 5 | Machala | 198 123 | 240 378 | 3.26°S | 79.96°W | El Oro | ||
| 6 | Manta | 183 166 | 218 974 | 0.96°S | 80.72°W | Manabí | ||
| 7 | Eloy Alfaro | 167 784 | 213 340 | 2.17°S | 79.83°W | Guayas | Duran | |
| 8 | Portoviejo | 170 326 | 203 624 | 1.06°S | 80.46°W | Manabí | Puertoviejo | |
| 9 | Ambato | 154 369 | 182 741 | 1.24°S | 78.62°W | Tungurahua | ||
| 10 | Quevedo | 119 436 | 149 978 | 1.02°S | 79.48°W | Los Ríos | ||
| 11 | Riobamba | 124 478 | 146 382 | 1.67°S | 78.65°W | Chimborazo | ||
| 12 | Esmeraldas | 95 630 | 145 397 | 0.95°N | 79.67°W | Esmeraldas | ||
| 13 | Milagro | 110 093 | 139 985 | 2.18°S | 79.60°W | Guayas | ||
| 14 | Loja | 117 796 | 134 331 | 3.99°S | 79.21°W | Loja | ||
| 15 | Ibarra | 108 666 | 129 907 | 0.36°N | 78.13°W | Imbabura | San Miguel de Ibarra | |
| 16 | La Libertad | 75 881 | 105 500 | 2.23°S | 80.90°W | Santa Elena | ||
| 17 | Babahoyo | 76 279 | 95 785 | 1.80°S | 79.54°W | Los Ríos | Bodegas | |
| 18 | Rosa Zárate | 93 238 | 0.33°N | 79.48°W | Esmeraldas | Quinindé | ||
| 19 | El Carmen | 77 568 | 1.32°S | 80.02°W | Manabí | |||
| 20 | Velasco Ibarra | 72 274 | 1.05°S | 79.62°W | Guayas | El Empalme | ||
| 21 | Salinas | 71 516 | 2.20°S | 80.98°W | Santa Elena | |||
| 22 | Santa Elena | 68 514 | 2.20°S | 80.87°W | Santa Elena | |||
| 23 | Daule | 67 293 | 1.86°S | 79.98°W | Guayas | |||
| 24 | Ventanas | 66 858 | 1.45°S | 79.47°W | Los Ríos | |||
| 25 | Latacunga | 51 717 | 62 951 | 0.93°S | 78.61°W | Cotopaxi | ||
| 26 | Balzar | 56 535 | 1.36°S | 79.90°W | Guayas | |||
| 27 | Pasaje | 44 860 | 54 428 | 3.32°S | 79.80°W | El Oro | ||
| 28 | Chone | 44 751 | 53 500 | 0.69°S | 80.09°W | Manabí | ||
| 29 | Orellana | 51 840 | 0.70°S | 77.14°W | Orellana | Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Coca | ||
| 30 | Tulcán | 47 053 | 51 717 | 0.83°S | 77.74°W | Carchi | ||
| 31 | Santa Rosa | 41 816 | 50 734 | 3.45°S | 79.96°W | El Oro | ||
| 32 | Naranjito | 50 512 | 2.22°S | 79.48°W | Guayas | |||
| 33 | Huaquillas | 39 757 | 48 236 | 3.48°S | 80.24°W | El Oro | ||
| 34 | Bahía de Caráquez | 47 873 | 0.60°S | 80.44°W | Manabí | Sucre | ||
| 35 | Naranjal | 46 995 | 2.67°S | 79.62°W | Guayas | |||
| 36 | El Triunfo | 44 909 | 1.93°S | 79.97°W | Guayas | |||
| 37 | Yaguachi | 44 341 | 2.12°S | 79.69°W | Guayas | Yaguachi Nuevo | ||
| 38 | Vinces | 44 212 | 1.55°S | 79.76°W | Los Ríos | |||
| 39 | Playas | 43 119 | 2.63°S | 80.39°W | Guayas | General Villamil | ||
| 40 | Jipijapa | 35 901 | 42 920 | 1.35°S | 80.58°W | Manabí | ||
| 41 | Azogues | 42 256 | 2.74°S | 78.84°W | Cañar | |||
| 42 | Otavalo | 41 532 | 0.24°N | 78.27°W | Imbabura | |||
| 43 | La Troncal | 41 433 | 2.40°S | 79.33°W | Cañar | |||
| 44 | Cayambe | 40 090 | 0.05°N | 78.16°W | Pichincha | |||
| 45 | San Lorenzo | 39 578 | 1.27°N | 78.86°W | Esmeraldas | |||
| 46 | Macas | 38 486 | 2.31°S | 78.12°W | Morona Santiago | Morona | ||
| 47 | Machachi | 38 301 | 0.51°S | 78.57°W | Pichincha | Mejia | ||
| 48 | Samborondón | 34 919 | 1.95°S | 79.74°W | Guayas | |||
| 49 | Pedro Carbo | 33 577 | 1.81°S | 80.24°W | Guayas | |||
| 50 | Shushufindi | 30 825 | Sucumbíos | |||||
| 51 | Puyo | 30 623 | 1.48°S | 77.99°W | Pastaza | Pastaza | ||
| 52 | El Guabo | 29 245 | El Oro | |||||
| 53 | Nueva Loja | 29 205 | 0.10°N | 76.87°W | Sucumbíos | Lago Agrio | ||
| 54 | Buena Fé | 26 931 | 1.59°S | 79.94°W | Los Ríos | |||
| 55 | Muisne | 26 686 | 0.61°N | 80.02°W | Esmeraldas | |||
| 56 | Valdez | 26 182 | 1.25°N | 79.00°W | Esmeraldas | Limones, Eloy Alfaro | ||
| 57 | Pujilí | 25 911 | 0.95°S | 78.69°W | Cotopaxi | |||
| 58 | Guaranda | 24 925 | 1.61°S | 79.01°W | Bolívar | |||
| 59 | Gualaceo | 24 407 | 2.90°S | 78.78°W | Azuay | |||
| 60 | Sucre | 23 802 | 1.26°S | 80.44°W | Manabí | Veinticuatro de Mayo | ||
| 61 | El Salitre | 23 675 | Guayas | Las Ramas, Urbina Jado | ||||
| 62 | Tena | 23 627 | 0.98°S | 77.81°W | Napo | |||
| 63 | Atuntaqui | 23 369 | 0.35°N | 78.23°W | Imbabura | Antonie Ante | ||
| 64 | Calceta | 22 763 | 0.84°S | 80.17°W | Manabí | Bolívar | ||
| 65 | Montecristi | 22 748 | 1.04°S | 80.66°W | Manabí | |||
| 66 | Piñas | 22 286 | 3.67°S | 79.65°W | El Oro | |||
| 67 | Montalvo | 22 266 | 1.80°S | 79.34°W | Los Ríos | |||
| 68 | La Maná | 22 111 | 0.93°S | 79.22°W | Cotopaxi | |||
| 69 | Catamayo | 22 100 | 3.98°S | 79.36°W | Loja | |||
| 70 | Arenillas | 21 460 | 3.78°S | 80.07°W | El Oro | |||
| 71 | Pelileo | 19 892 | 1.32°S | 78.54°W | Tungurahua | |||
| 72 | Zamora | 19 526 | 4.07°S | 78.97°W | Zamora Chinchipe | |||
| 73 | Cariamanga | 19 511 | 4.32°S | 79.56°W | Loja | Calvas | ||
| 74 | Tosagua | 19 291 | 0.78°S | 80.26°W | Manabí | |||
| 75 | Santa Lucía | 18 308 | 2.18°S | 80.00°W | Guayas | |||
| 76 | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno | 18 273 | 1.91°S | 79.52°W | Guayas | Juján | ||
| 77 | Balao | 17 844 | 2.89°S | 79.82°W | Guayas | |||
| 78 | San Gabriel | 17 233 | 0.61°N | 77.84°W | Carchi | Montufar | ||
| 79 | Alausí | 17 051 | 2.19°S | 78.85°W | Chimborazo | |||
| 80 | Puerto Ayora | 16 466 | 0.76°S | 90.33°W | Galápagos | Santa Cruz | ||
| 81 | Zaruma | 16 397 | 3.70°S | 79.64°W | El Oro | |||
| 82 | Macará | 16 215 | 4.38°S | 79.95°W | Loja | |||
| 83 | Guano | 16 190 | 1.58°S | 78.64°W | Chimborazo | |||
| 84 | Santa Ana | 15 732 | 1.20°S | 80.37°W | Manabí | |||
| 85 | Puebloviejo | 14 841 | 3.73°S | 79.28°W | Los Ríos | |||
| 86 | San Miguel | 14 612 | 1.05°S | 78.59°W | Cotopaxi | Salcedo, San Miguel de Salcedo | ||
| 87 | Palenque | 14 008 | 1.43°S | 79.75°W | Los Ríos | |||
| 88 | Baños | 9 501 | 13 904 | 1.39°S | 78.43°W | Tungurahua | ||
| 89 | Catarama | 13 890 | 1.57°S | 79.47°W | Los Ríos | Urdaneta | ||
| 90 | Archidona | 13 869 | 0.90°S | 77.81°W | Napo | |||
| 91 | Colimes | 13 571 | 1.54°S | 80.01°W | Guayas | |||
| 92 | Rocafuerte | 13 444 | 0.92°S | 80.46°W | Manabí | |||
| 93 | Palestina | 13 353 | 1.93°S | 79.74°W | Guayas | |||
| 94 | San Miguel | 13 341 | 1.70°S | 79.03°W | Bolívar | |||
| 95 | Yantzaza | 13 209 | 3.85°S | 78.75°W | Zamora Chinchipe | |||
| 96 | Catacocha | 12 986 | 4.05°S | 79.65°W | Loja | Paltas | ||
| 97 | Sucúa | 12 974 | 2.46°S | 78.17°W | Morona Santiago | |||
| 98 | Portovelo | 12 711 | 3.72°S | 79.62°W | El Oro | |||
| 99 | Cañar | 12 419 | 2.56°S | 78.94°W | Cañar | |||
| 100 | Junin | 11 854 | 0.92°S | 80.21°W | Manabí | |||
| 101 | Paján | 11 707 | 1.57°S | 80.42°W | Manabí | |||
| 102 | Lomas de Sargentillo | 11 670 | 1.88°S | 80.09°W | Guayas | |||
| 103 | Coronel Maridueña | 11 465 | 2.20°S | 79.42°W | Guayas | Coronel Marcelino Maridueña | ||
| 104 | Palora | 11 231 | 1.70°S | 77.94°W | Morona Santiago | |||
| 105 | San Cristóbal | 10 954 | 0.92°S | 89.57°W | Galápagos | |||
| 106 | Cotacachi | 10 920 | 0.31°N | 78.28°W | Imbabura | |||
| 107 | Gualaquiza | 10 721 | 3.38°S | 78.58°W | Morona Santiago | |||
| 108 | Pimampiro | 9 631 | 0.40°N | 77.97°W | Imbabura | |||
| 109 | Pillaro | 9 602 | 1.17°S | 78.53°W | Tungurahua | |||
| 110 | Pedernales | 8 504 | 0.07°N | 80.05°W | Manabí | |||
| 111 | Alamor | 7 705 | 3.87°S | 80.09°W | Loja | Puyango | ||
| 112 | Sangolquí | 5 114 | 6 615 | 0.31°S | 78.46°W | Pichincha | Ruminahui | |
| 113 | Celica | 6 599 | 4.10°S | 79.95°W | Loja | |||
| 114 | Saquisilí | 3 778 | 5 833 | 0.83°S | 78.67°W | Cotopaxi | ||
| 115 | El Ángel | 3 983 | 5 050 | 0.62°N | 77.94°W | Carchi | ||
| 116 | Puerto Baquerizo Moreno | 3 023 | 4 815 | 0.90°S | 89.61°W | Galápagos |
