Croatia is about 5 times smaller than Ecuador.

Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, while Croatia is approximately 56,594 sq km, making Croatia 19.96% the size of Ecuador. Meanwhile, the population of Ecuador is ~18.3 million people (14.4 million fewer people live in Croatia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ecuador vs. Croatia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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