Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ecuador is 74% bigger than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2023) · Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Ecuador’s coastline is 3.9 times as long as Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Ecuador’s highest peak towers 5,207 m above Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 9.6 times as many people as Ecuador.
Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 18 times as densely populated as Ecuador.
Bangladesh: 1,352 per km² (2025) · Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Ecuador are 2.2 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019) · Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Ecuador are 2.9 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019) · Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Ecuador is 3.1 years older than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Bangladesh have 0.3 more children on average than in Ecuador.
Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
8.6% of people in Ecuador are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Ecuador: 8.6% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Bangladesh has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador 0.0.
Bangladesh: 0.1 (2025) · Ecuador: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Bangladesh and Ecuador are practically level.
Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Ecuador: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Bangladesh’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Ecuador’s.
Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Ecuador: $130 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Ecuador produces 65% more per person than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Bangladesh (Gini 15 points higher).
Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Ecuador: 45.9 (2025)
How many people are looking for work?
Bangladesh and Ecuador are practically level.
Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Ecuador: 3.3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Ecuador spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.9%.
Bangladesh: 0.9% (2024) · Ecuador: 2.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Ecuador’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Ecuador: 43% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Ecuador spends 9.5 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Ecuador: $509 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Ecuador live 2.6 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024) · Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Bangladesh is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ecuador.
Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Ecuador has 3.2 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020)
How common is obesity?
29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Ecuador: 28.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador.
Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Ecuador: 10.1% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Ecuador rate their lives 1.83 points higher than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Ecuador: 6.14 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Ecuador drink 1,104 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Ecuador has 13 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Ecuador has 33 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 789 more hours a year than in Ecuador.
Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Ecuador went to school 2.2 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Ecuador: 9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Bangladesh: 0 (2019) · Ecuador: no data
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Ecuador are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Ecuador: 77% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 99% in Ecuador.
Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Ecuador: 98.5% (2024)
How many live in cities?
63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Ecuador: 63% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102.
Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Ecuador: 102 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Bangladesh’s railway network is 3 times as long as Ecuador’s.
Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Ecuador: 965 km (2022)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Ecuador fly 6.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Ecuador: 0.25 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 14% of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 14.5% (2023) · Ecuador: 49.5% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Ecuador emits 4.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Ecuador: 79.4% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Bangladesh carries 3.7 times as much fine dust as in Ecuador.
Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 20 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ecuador are 26% deadlier than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 18.6 per 100k (2021) · Ecuador: 23.4 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Bangladesh is on average 4.5 °C warmer than Ecuador.
Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ecuador gets 53% more rain than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Bangladesh bigger than Ecuador?
Ecuador is larger. Ecuador is 74% bigger than Bangladesh.
Which has more people, Bangladesh or Ecuador?
Bangladesh has 9.6 times as many people as Ecuador (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Bangladesh or Ecuador?
People in Ecuador live 2.6 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 74.9 years in Bangladesh and 77.6 in Ecuador.
Are people taller in Bangladesh or Ecuador?
Men in Ecuador are 2.2 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
