Sierra Leone is about 4 times smaller than Ecuador.

Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, while Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, making Sierra Leone 25.3% the size of Ecuador. Meanwhile, the population of Ecuador is ~18.3 million people (9.5 million fewer people live in Sierra Leone).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ecuador vs. Sierra Leone uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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