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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ecuador fits inside Indonesia 7.5 times

Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2024) · Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Indonesia’s coastline is 24 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 1,383 m above Indonesia’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 29% of Indonesia, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Indonesia: 28.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Indonesia has 16 times as many people as Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Indonesia: 286 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Indonesia is 2.1 times as densely populated as Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ecuador are 1.1 cm taller than in Indonesia

Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019) · Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ecuador are 0.9 cm taller than in Indonesia

Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019) · Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Indonesia is 1.4 years older than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Indonesia have 0.3 more children on average than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

8.6% of people in Ecuador are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Indonesia: 7.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ecuador hosts 56 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Indonesia has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Indonesia: 0.035 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Ecuador and Indonesia are practically level

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Indonesia: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Indonesia’s economy is 11 times the size of Ecuador’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Indonesia produces 5% more per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Indonesia (Gini 11.5 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Indonesia: 34.4 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Indonesia and Ecuador are practically level

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Indonesia: 3.7% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Ecuador and Indonesia are practically level

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Indonesia: 3.2% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Indonesia 1.0%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Indonesia: 1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Indonesia: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ecuador’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Indonesia’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Indonesia: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ecuador spends 3.9 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Indonesia: $132 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ecuador live 6.3 years longer than in Indonesia

Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024) · Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Indonesia is 39% more likely to die before turning one than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ecuador has 4.4 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Indonesia has 4% more hospital beds per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ecuador is 2.5 times that in Indonesia

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Indonesia: 12% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Indonesia: 31% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Ecuador rate their lives 0.53 points higher than in Indonesia

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Indonesia: 5.62 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ecuador drink 32 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ecuador has 2.8 times as much meat per person as Indonesia

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Indonesia: 20 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Indonesia has 279 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Indonesia put in 365 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Ecuador went to school 0.27 years longer than in Indonesia

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ecuador: no data · Indonesia: 0.05 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Indonesia has 5 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (10 against 5)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Indonesia: 10 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Indonesia has won 40 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

77% of people in Ecuador are online, versus 73% in Indonesia

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Indonesia: 73% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ecuador is 3.6 times as fast as in Indonesia

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Ecuador: 98.5% (2024) · Indonesia: 99.9% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Indonesia: 59% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Indonesia has 123 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Indonesia: 123 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Indonesia’s railway network is 5.7 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Indonesia fly 36% more passengers per resident than those from Ecuador

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Indonesia: 0.34 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 50% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Indonesia: 50.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Indonesia emits 13% more CO₂ than someone in Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Indonesia: 18.1% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Indonesia carries 5% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 151 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Indonesia

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ecuador are 77% deadlier than in Indonesia

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Indonesia is on average 4.4 °C warmer than Ecuador

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Indonesia gets 7% more rain than Ecuador

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 3,437 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 Ecuador bigger than Indonesia?

Indonesia is larger. Ecuador fits inside Indonesia 7.5 times.

Which has more people, Ecuador or Indonesia?

Indonesia has 16 times as many people as Ecuador (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ecuador or Indonesia?

People in Ecuador live 6.3 years longer than in Indonesia. Life expectancy at birth is 77.6 years in Ecuador and 71.3 in Indonesia.

Are people taller in Ecuador or Indonesia?

Men in Ecuador are 1.1 cm taller than in Indonesia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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