Ecuador is about 8 times smaller than Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, while Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, making Ecuador 12.09% the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is ~112.8 million people (94.5 million fewer people live in Ecuador).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Democratic Republic of the Congo vs. Ecuador uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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