Country size comparison
compared to
Ecuador is about 2 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, making
Ecuador 97% larger than Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(4.5 million more people live in Ecuador).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
Ecuador
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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