Germany is 1.40× the size of Ecuador

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Ecuador about 255,000 km² (98,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
255,000km²Ecuador

500 km

Germany
Ecuador

What fits

Ecuador is 71% of the size of Germany.
Germany is larger by 103,000 km² (39,600 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Ecuador.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Ecuador about 8.31.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 16.9 million, 4.93× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 66 in Ecuador: Germany is 3.51× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Ecuador at 1°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 3.55× the size of Ecuador instead of 1.40×.
Together Germany and Ecuador cover 613,000 km², close to the size of Central African Republic (618,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 103,000 km², is about the size of Iceland (102,000 km²).
At Ecuador's density, Germany would have 23.8 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Ecuador would have 59.5 million (it has 16.9 million).
Germany's centre is 52.5° of latitude, about 5,840 km, farther north than Ecuador's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	1.40×
More people	Germany	4.93×
More crowded	Germany	3.51×
Farther north	Germany	52.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Ecuador
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	8.31×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	1.05×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.68×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.47×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Germany	Ecuador
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	255,000 km²98,500 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	16.9 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	233 per km²	66 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	257,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Quito
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	5°S to 2°N
Continent	Europe	South America

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 257,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 255,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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