Eritrea is about 2.4 times smaller than Ecuador.

Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 41.47% the size of Ecuador. Meanwhile, the population of Ecuador is ~18.3 million people (14.7 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ecuador vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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