Like much of South America, 
blends the influences of Spanish colonialism with the resilient traditions of pre-Columbian peoples. Ecuador’s population is ethnically diverse.
The largest ethnic groups are the Mestizos (those of mixed Spanish and Amerindian ancestry) and constitute just over 65 per cent of the current population.
Amerindians are second in numbers and account for approximately a quarter of the people, around 25%. Whites are mainly Creoles, unmixed descendants of Spanish colonist, and account for 7% of the Ecuadorian population. A small minority of Afro-Ecuadorians, including Mulattos and “Zambos”, constitute the remainder. Although the population was heavily concentrated in the Andes highlands region a few decades ago, today it is divided about equally between that area and the coast.