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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ecuador fits inside Kazakhstan 11 times

Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 743 m above Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Kazakhstan has 14% more people than Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ecuador is 9.5 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Kazakhstan are 8.2 cm taller than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019) · Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Kazakhstan are 6.5 cm taller than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019) · Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Kazakhstan is 1.1 years older than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.2 more children on average than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

Kazakhstan and Ecuador are practically level

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 9% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ecuador hosts 6.9 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ecuador and Kazakhstan are practically level

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, Ecuador 1

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Kazakhstan’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Ecuador’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Kazakhstan produces 2.6 times as much per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Kazakhstan (Gini 16.7 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021)

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 Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.8% in Kazakhstan, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ecuador’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Kazakhstan’s 12%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ecuador’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Kazakhstan’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 33% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ecuador spends 4% more on health per person than Kazakhstan

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Kazakhstan: $490 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ecuador live 3 years longer than in Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024) · Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ecuador is 47% more likely to die before turning one than in Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Kazakhstan has 62% more doctors per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

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

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 3.3 times that in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 22% in Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Kazakhstan smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 0.49 points higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Kazakhstan drink 85% more alcohol than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Kazakhstan has 15% more meat per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Kazakhstan has 515 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Kazakhstan put in 381 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 3.6 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ecuador: no data · Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Kazakhstan has 2 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (7 against 5)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kazakhstan has won 87 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 93% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ecuador is 76% faster than in Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 62% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

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

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Kazakhstan’s railway network is 17 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Kazakhstan fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ecuador

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

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

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ecuador carries 11% more fine dust than in Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 18 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ecuador are 51% deadlier than in Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ecuador is on average 13.5 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ecuador gets 9.8 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 328 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 Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan is larger. Ecuador fits inside Kazakhstan 11 times.

Which has more people, Ecuador or Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan has 14% more people than Ecuador (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ecuador or Kazakhstan?

People in Ecuador live 3 years longer than in Kazakhstan. Life expectancy at birth is 77.6 years in Ecuador and 74.5 in Kazakhstan.

Are people taller in Ecuador or Kazakhstan?

Men in Kazakhstan are 8.2 cm taller than in Ecuador (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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