Country size comparison
compared to
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 ~18.3 million people (21.1 million more people live in California).
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