Italy is 1.18× the size of Ecuador

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Ecuador about 255,000 km² (98,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
255,000km²Ecuador

500 km

Italy
Ecuador

What fits

Ecuador is 85% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 46,200 km² (17,800 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Ecuador.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Ecuador about 8.31.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 16.9 million, 3.47× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 66 in Ecuador: Italy is 2.94× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Ecuador at 1°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 2.19× the size of Ecuador instead of 1.18×.
Together Italy and Ecuador cover 556,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 46,200 km², is about the size of Estonia (45,800 km²).
At Ecuador's density, Italy would have 20.0 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Ecuador would have 49.8 million (it has 16.9 million).
Italy's centre is 44.1° of latitude, about 4,910 km, farther north than Ecuador's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.18×
More people	Italy	3.47×
More crowded	Italy	2.94×
Farther north	Italy	44.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Ecuador
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	8.31×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	1.05×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.71×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.68×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.47×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	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

	Italy	Ecuador
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	255,000 km²98,500 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	16.9 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	195 per km²	66 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	257,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Quito
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	5°S to 2°N
Continent	Europe	South America

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 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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