_#_Natural resources: petroleum, fish, timber
_#_Land use: arable land 6%; permanent crops 3%; meadows and pastures 17%; forest and woodland 51%; other 23% ; includes irrigated 2%
_#_Environment: subject to frequent earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; periodic droughts
_#_Note: Cotopaxi in Andes is highest active volcano in world
_*People #_Population: 10,751,648 (July 1991), growth rate 2.3% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 30 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 60 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 64 years male, 68 years female (1991)