Country size comparison

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California is about 1.4 times bigger than Ecuador.

Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 42% larger than Ecuador. Meanwhile, the population of Ecuador is ~17.3 million people (20.0 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ecuador vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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