South America
Ecuador
Ecuador covers about 255,000 km² (98,500 mi²), the 78th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Gabon, at about 260,000 km².
- 255,000km²Area, main territory
- 16.9 millionPopulation
- 8.31In Belgiums
500 km
- Ecuador
Facts
| Area, main territory | 255,000 km²98,500 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 257,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 8.31 |
| Capital | Quito |
| Population | 16.9 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Density | 66 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 5°S to 2°N |
| In other languages | Équateur Français · Equador Português · エクアドル 日本語 · 厄瓜多尔 中文 · 에콰도르 한국어 |
| Continent | South America#9 of 13 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Ecuador
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 66.6× the size of Ecuador.
- At 66 people per km², Ecuador is the 103rd most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Ecuador lies at 1°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Ecuador's main territory stretches about 717 km north to south and 1,830 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 257,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 255,000 km², to within 2%.
How Ecuador measures up
Ecuador holds 1.4% of the land area and 3.9% of the people of the 13 countries listed for South America.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 255,000 km² | 77th of 239 |
| Population | 16.9 million | 72nd of 237 |
| Density | 66 per km² | 103rd of 185 |
| Farthest north | 1.4°S | 175th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Ecuador is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 8.31× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1.05× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.71× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.68× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.47× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.08× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
Where Ecuador sits
- Ecuador's centre lies at 1.4°S, 78.8°W, in the southern and western hemispheres, about 160 km from the equator.
- It straddles the equator, spanning 5°S to 2°N.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Ecuador had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Ecuador would have 319.4 million people. It has 16.9 million.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Ecuador would have 949,000 people. It has 16.9 million.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 18.5 million.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2022; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11