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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Sri Lanka fits inside Ecuador 3.9 times

Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2024) · Sri Lanka: 65,610 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Ecuador’s coastline is 67% longer than Sri Lanka’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 3,743 m above Sri Lanka’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Sri Lanka has 19% more people than Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Sri Lanka is 4.8 times as densely populated as Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Sri Lanka and Ecuador are practically level

Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019) · Sri Lanka: 168.1 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Sri Lanka and Ecuador are practically level

Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019) · Sri Lanka: 155.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 4.4 years older than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.1 more children on average than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ecuador hosts 148 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ecuador and Sri Lanka are practically level

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Ecuador 1

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (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 20% larger than Sri Lanka’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Sri Lanka produces 2% more per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Sri Lanka (Gini 8.2 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

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 2.7% in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Sri Lanka 1.3%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ecuador’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ecuador spends 3.8 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

Sri Lanka and Ecuador are practically level

Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024) · Sri Lanka: 77.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ecuador is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ecuador has 2 times as many doctors per person as Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Sri Lanka has 3 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 2.5 times that in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Ecuador rate their lives 2.13 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ecuador drink 29% more alcohol than in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ecuador has 4.9 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Sri Lanka has 54 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 459 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 1.8 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ecuador: no data · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Sri Lanka has 3 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (8 against 5)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ecuador has won 10 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

77% of people in Ecuador are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ecuador is 4.6 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Sri Lanka have electricity, versus 99% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 98.5% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Sri Lanka’s railway network is 62% longer than Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Ecuador fly 41% more passengers per resident than those from Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 34% of Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

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

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 62% in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Sri Lanka carries 17% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 14 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ecuador are 46% deadlier than in Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Sri Lanka is on average 5.6 °C warmer than Ecuador

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ecuador gets 74% more rain than Sri Lanka

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 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 Sri Lanka?

Ecuador is larger. Sri Lanka fits inside Ecuador 3.9 times.

Which has more people, Ecuador or Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka has 19% more people than Ecuador (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ecuador or Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka and Ecuador are practically level. Life expectancy at birth is 77.6 years in Ecuador and 77.7 in Sri Lanka.

Are people taller in Ecuador or Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka and Ecuador are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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