Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 6 times smaller than Ecuador.
Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 18.02% the size of Ecuador. Meanwhile, the population of Ecuador is ~17.3 million people (12.1 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from Costa Rica to Ecuador · UN DESA 2020
1,027 people born in Costa Rica live in Ecuador.
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