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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Czechia fits inside Ecuador 3.3 times

Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 4,665 m above Czechia’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 46% of Czechia, versus 20% of Ecuador

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Ecuador: 20.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ecuador has 68% more people than Czechia

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Czechia is 92% more densely populated than Ecuador

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Czechia are 13.9 cm taller than in Ecuador

Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 12.7 cm taller than in Ecuador

Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Czechia is 14 years older than in Ecuador

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ecuador have 0.4 more children on average than in Czechia

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Ecuador

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Ecuador: 8.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 25 times as many refugees per resident as Ecuador

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Ecuador: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Czechia has 2 official languages, Ecuador 1

Czechia: 2 (2026) · Ecuador: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Czechia’s economy is 3 times the size of Ecuador’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Ecuador: $130 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Czechia produces 3.6 times as much per person as Ecuador

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Czechia (Gini 20.2 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Ecuador: 45.9 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

3.4% of people in Ecuador live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Czechia

Czechia: 0% (2023) · Ecuador: 3.4% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Ecuador and Czechia are practically level

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Ecuador: 3.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ecuador and Czechia are practically level

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Ecuador: 2.1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Czechia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Ecuador’s 13%

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Ecuador: 13.1% (2022)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Ecuador’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · Ecuador: 43% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Czechia spends 5.3 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Ecuador: $509 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Czechia live 2.4 years longer than in Ecuador

Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ecuador is 5.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Czechia has 88% more doctors per person than Ecuador

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia has 5 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Czechia is 2.2 times that in Ecuador

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 29% in Ecuador

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Ecuador: 28.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Ecuador: 10.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Czechia rate their lives 0.68 points higher than in Ecuador

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Ecuador: 6.14 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 4.2 times as much alcohol as in Ecuador

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Czechia has 46% more meat per person than Ecuador

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Czechia has 763 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Czechia put in 180 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Czechia went to school 4 years longer than in Ecuador

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Ecuador: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Ecuador: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Czechia has 12 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (17 against 5)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · Ecuador: 5 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Czechia: 88% (2024) · Ecuador: 77% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ecuador is 55% faster than in Czechia

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Czechia have electricity, versus 99% in Ecuador

Czechia: 100% (2024) · Ecuador: 98.5% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 63% in Ecuador

Czechia: 73% (2025) · Ecuador: 63% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Czechia: 127 (2024) · Ecuador: 102 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Czechia’s railway network is 9.7 times as long as Ecuador’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Ecuador: 965 km (2022)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Ecuador fly 25% more passengers per resident than those from Czechia

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Ecuador: 0.25 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 38% of Czechia

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Ecuador: 49.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Czechia emits 2.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ecuador

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Ecuador: 79.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ecuador carries 46% more fine dust than in Czechia

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 60 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Czechia

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ecuador are 4.3 times as deadly as in Czechia

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ecuador is on average 11.8 °C warmer than Czechia

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ecuador gets 4 times as much rain as Czechia

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Czechia bigger than Ecuador?

Ecuador is larger. Czechia fits inside Ecuador 3.3 times.

Which has more people, Czechia or Ecuador?

Ecuador has 68% more people than Czechia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Czechia or Ecuador?

People in Czechia live 2.4 years longer than in Ecuador. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 77.6 in Ecuador.

Are people taller in Czechia or Ecuador?

Men in Czechia are 13.9 cm taller than in Ecuador (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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