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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ivory Coast is 26% bigger than Ecuador

Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2024) · Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Ecuador’s coastline is 4.3 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 4,515 m above Ivory Coast’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ivory Coast has 79% more people than Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ivory Coast is 40% more densely populated than Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ivory Coast are 0.9 cm taller than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ivory Coast are 3.4 cm taller than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ecuador is 10 years older than in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ivory Coast have 2.4 more children on average than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 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 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ivory Coast hosts 58% more refugees per resident than Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ecuador and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Ecuador and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Ecuador’s economy is 31% larger than Ivory Coast’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Ecuador produces 2 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Ivory Coast (Gini 10.6 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.4% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ecuador, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ecuador and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ecuador’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Ivory Coast’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ecuador spends 5.8 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ecuador live 15 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024) · Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ivory Coast is 4.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ecuador has 14 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 3 times that in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

10% of adults in Ecuador smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Ecuador rate their lives 1.00 points higher than in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ivory Coast drink 30% more alcohol than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ecuador has 4.7 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Ivory Coast has 317 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 509 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Ecuador went to school 4.1 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Ecuador and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ecuador has won 10 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

77% of people in Ecuador are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ecuador is 3.4 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

99% of people in Ecuador have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 98.5% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ecuador’s railway network is 51% longer than Ivory Coast’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Ecuador fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 12% of Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Ecuador emits 5.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ivory Coast carries 14% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Ivory Coast and Ecuador are nearly identical here

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ivory Coast is on average 5.6 °C warmer than Ecuador

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ecuador gets 2.6 times as much rain as Ivory Coast

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 1,226 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 Ivory Coast?

Ivory Coast is larger. Ivory Coast is 26% bigger than Ecuador.

Which has more people, Ecuador or Ivory Coast?

Ivory Coast has 79% more people than Ecuador (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ecuador or Ivory Coast?

People in Ecuador live 15 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 77.6 years in Ecuador and 62.1 in Ivory Coast.

Are people taller in Ecuador or Ivory Coast?

Men in Ivory Coast are 0.9 cm taller than in Ecuador (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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