Total & land area: Ecuador vs South Korea size comparison

Ecuador is 2.56 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 99,307 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ecuador is 95,892 sq mi vs 37,684 sq mi for South Korea — a 2.54 times difference in territory size.

Ecuador ranks 76/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Ecuador occupies 0.17% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
21.5% of Ecuador's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Ecuador has 0.11% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
49.5% of Ecuador is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.3% of the world's forests are in Ecuador, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Ecuador vs South Korea

See how Ecuador and South Korea compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Ecuador	South Korea
Total area	99,307 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.56	1
Total area rank	76/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.02%
Land area	95,892 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.54	1
Land area rank	76/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.17%	0.07%
Population	18,135,478	51,751,065
Population density	192.4 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ecuador	South Korea
Forest area	47,510 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	49.5%	64.1%
Forest area rank	49/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.3%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	20,656 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	21.5%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	85/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.11%	0.03%
Arable land	3,969 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	4.14%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	105/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	5,328 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.56%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	29/192	83/192
Water area	3,415 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.44%	2.69%
Water area rank	49/197	85/197
Roads length	26,853 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	1,390 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	1,390 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	19.3%	2.2%

Ecuador vs South Korea size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Ecuador and South Korea but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.