Ecuador is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different races, ethnicity, and national backgrounds.

71.90% of the people identified themselves as Mestizo (mixed race people of Amerindian and European descent, typically from Spanish colonists), 43.60% identified themselves as Montubio (coastal Mestizo population).

The White Ecuadorians (White Latin American) are a minority accounting for 6.1% of the population of Ecuador. White people are predominantly descendants from Spain with and people from Italy, Germany, France, and Switzerland who have settled in the early 20th century. In addition, there is a small European Jewish (Ecuadorian Jews) population, which is based mainly in Quito and to a lesser extent in Guayaquil.

Amerindians account for 7% of the current population. The Afro-Ecuadorians are a minority population (7%) in Ecuador, that includes the Mulattos (African & European ancestry) and zambos ( African and Indigenous ancestry)

Ecuador also has a small population of Asian origins, mainly those from West Asia, descendants of Lebanese and Palestinian immigrants, who are either Christian or Muslim, and an East Asian community mainly consisting of those of Japanese and Chinese descent

The racial composition is as follows

Source: 2017 Peru Census