Country size comparison
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Ecuador is about 4.3 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, making Ecuador 23.26% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (40.2 million fewer people live in Ecuador).
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