Country size comparison

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Italy is around the same size as Ecuador.

Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 6% larger than Ecuador. Meanwhile, the population of Ecuador is ~17.3 million people (43.8 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ecuador vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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