Ecuador is 1.01× the size of Piauí
Ecuador (South America) covers about 255,000 km² (98,500 mi²) and Piauí (state of Brazil) about 252,000 km² (97,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 255,000km²Ecuador
- 252,000km²Piauí
500 km
- Ecuador
- Piauí
What fits
- Piauí is 99% of the size of Ecuador.
- Ecuador is larger by 3,000 km² (1,160 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Piauí.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ecuador is about 8.31, Piauí about 8.22.
How they differ
- Ecuador also has the larger population: 16.9 million against 3.3 million, 5.18× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 66 in Ecuador against 13 in Piauí: Ecuador is 5.12× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,020 km apart.
- On a standard web map Piauí looks larger than Ecuador: Ecuador at 1°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Piauí at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Piauí as 1.00× the size of Ecuador, when Ecuador is 1.01× the size of Piauí.
- Together Ecuador and Piauí cover 507,000 km², close to the size of Thailand (514,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 3,000 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
- At Piauí's density, Ecuador would have 3.3 million people (it has 16.9 million). At Ecuador's density, Piauí would have 16.7 million (it has 3.3 million).
- Ecuador's centre is 6.0° of latitude, about 660 km, farther north than Piauí's.
- Ecuador ranks 78th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Piauí is the 11th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Ecuador lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 665 km) north of Piauí.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Ecuador would have about 15,050 m² and each person in Piauí about 77,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Ecuador and Piauí would cover 507,000 km², about the same size as Thailand.
- Together they have 20.2 million people, about as many people as Kazakhstan.
- Counted as a country, Piauí would rank 78th by area and 137th by population.
Side by side
| Ecuador | Piauí | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 255,000 km²98,500 mi² | 252,000 km²97,300 mi² |
| Official area | 257,000 km²Wikidata | 252,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 77th of 239worldwide | 11th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 16.9 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 72nd of 237worldwide | 18th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 66 per km² | 13 per km² |
| Capital | Quito | Teresina |
| Latitude range | 5°S to 2°N | 11°S to 3°S |
Population: Wikidata 2022. 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 252,000 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