Ecuador is 1.01× the size of Oregon

Ecuador (South America) covers about 255,000 km² (98,500 mi²) and Oregon (state of the United States) about 252,000 km² (97,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

255,000km²Ecuador
252,000km²Oregon

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Ecuador
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What fits

Oregon is 99% of the size of Ecuador.
Ecuador is larger by 3,130 km² (1,210 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Oregon.
Measured in Belgiums: Ecuador is about 8.31, Oregon about 8.21.

How they differ

Ecuador also has the larger population: 16.9 million against 4.2 million, 4.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 66 in Ecuador against 17 in Oregon: Ecuador is 3.95× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,530 km apart.
On a standard web map Oregon looks larger than Ecuador: Ecuador at 1°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Oregon at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Oregon as 1.90× the size of Ecuador, when Ecuador is 1.01× the size of Oregon.
Together Ecuador and Oregon cover 507,000 km², close to the size of Thailand (514,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,130 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Oregon's density, Ecuador would have 4.3 million people (it has 16.9 million). At Ecuador's density, Oregon would have 16.7 million (it has 4.2 million).
Oregon's centre is 45.4° of latitude, about 5,040 km, farther north than Ecuador's.
Ecuador ranks 78th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Oregon is the 10th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.7% of its area; it is the 39th most densely populated of them.
Oregon lies about 45° of latitude (roughly 5,040 km) north of Ecuador, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Ecuador would have about 15,050 m² and each person in Oregon about 59,450 m².
Laid side by side, Ecuador and Oregon would cover 507,000 km², about the same size as Thailand.
Together they have 21.2 million people, about as many people as Sri Lanka.
Counted as a country, Oregon would rank 78th by area and 130th by population.

Side by side

	Ecuador	Oregon
Is a	CountrySouth America	StateUnited States
Area, measured	255,000 km²98,500 mi²	252,000 km²97,300 mi²
Official area	257,000 km²Wikidata	255,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	77th of 239worldwide	10th of 51in the United States
Population	16.9 millionWikidata, 2022	4.2 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	72nd of 237worldwide	27th of 51in the United States
Density	66 per km²	17 per km²
Capital	Quito	Salem
Latitude range	5°S to 2°N	42°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 257,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 255,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 255,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 252,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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