Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ecuador fits inside Sudan 7.3 times
Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2024) · Sudan: 1,878,000 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Ecuador’s coastline is 2.6 times as long as Sudan’s
Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Sudan: 853 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Ecuador’s highest peak towers 3,225 m above Sudan’s
Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Sudan: 3,042 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 60% of Sudan, versus 20% of Ecuador
Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Sudan: 60.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Sudan has 2.8 times as many people as Ecuador
Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Sudan: 51.7 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ecuador is 2.7 times as densely populated as Sudan
Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Sudan: 28 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Sudan are 4.8 cm taller than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019) · Sudan: 172.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Sudan are 5.1 cm taller than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019) · Sudan: 160.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Ecuador is 10 years older than in Sudan
Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Sudan: 18.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Sudan have 2.5 more children on average than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Sudan: 4.26 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
8.6% of people in Ecuador are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Sudan
Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Sudan: 3.4% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Sudan hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Ecuador
Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Sudan: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Ecuador and Sudan are practically level
Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Sudan: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Sudan has 2 official languages, Ecuador 1
Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Sudan: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Ecuador’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Sudan’s
Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Sudan: $60.2 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Ecuador produces 7.6 times as much per person as Sudan
Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Sudan: Int$2,192 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Sudan (Gini 11.7 points higher)
Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Sudan: 34.2 (2014)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Sudan: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 7.5% in Sudan, versus 3.3% in Ecuador
Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Sudan: 7.5% (2022)
How much goes to the military?
Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Sudan 0.9%
Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Sudan: 0.9% (2021)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Ecuador’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Sudan’s 7.4%
Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Sudan: 7.4% (2016)
How expensive is it?
Sudan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Ecuador’s
Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Sudan: 53% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Ecuador spends 24 times as much on health per person as Sudan
Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Sudan: $21 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Ecuador live 11 years longer than in Sudan
Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024) · Sudan: 66.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Sudan is 3.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ecuador
Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Sudan: 42.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Ecuador has 9.3 times as many doctors per person as Sudan
Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Sudan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2017)
How many hospital beds are there?
Ecuador has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as Sudan
Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Sudan: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Ecuador is 49% higher than in Sudan
Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 3.7 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 16% in Sudan
Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Sudan: 16.1% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Sudan: no data
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Ecuador rate their lives 2.00 points higher than in Sudan
Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Sudan: 4.14 (2017)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Ecuador drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Sudan
Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Sudan: 1.4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Ecuador has 3.1 times as much meat per person as Sudan
Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Sudan: 18.4 kg (2022)
How much food is there per day?
Ecuador has 107 kcal more food per person per day than Sudan
Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Sudan: 2,513 kcal (2022)
How long do people work?
Workers in Sudan put in 1,064 more hours a year than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Sudan: 2,658 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Ecuador went to school 5 years longer than in Sudan
Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Sudan: 4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ecuador: no data · Sudan: 0.02 (2018)
How many World Heritage sites?
Ecuador has 2 more World Heritage sites than Sudan (5 against 3)
Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Sudan: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Ecuador has won 10 Olympic medals, Sudan 1
Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Sudan: 1 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Ecuador are online, versus 19% in Sudan
Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Sudan: 19% (2017)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Ecuador is 3.7 times as fast as in Sudan
Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Sudan: 79 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
99% of people in Ecuador have electricity, versus 66% in Sudan
Ecuador: 98.5% (2024) · Sudan: 66% (2024)
How many live in cities?
63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 35% in Sudan
Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Sudan: 35% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ecuador has 102 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sudan 70
Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Sudan: 70 (2022)
How much railway is there?
Sudan’s railway network is 2.8 times as long as Ecuador’s
Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Sudan: 2,747 km (2020)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Ecuador fly 14 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sudan
Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Sudan: 0.02 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 12% of Sudan
Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Sudan: 11.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Ecuador emits 7.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sudan
Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Sudan: 0.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
Sudan and Ecuador are practically level
Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Sudan: 79.7% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Sudan carries 63% more fine dust than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Sudan: 28.8 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ecuador are 9% deadlier than in Sudan
Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 28.2 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Sudan is on average 6.4 °C warmer than Ecuador
Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ecuador gets 19 times as much rain as Sudan
Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 171 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Ecuador bigger than Sudan?
Sudan is larger. Ecuador fits inside Sudan 7.3 times.
Which has more people, Ecuador or Sudan?
Sudan has 2.8 times as many people as Ecuador (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ecuador or Sudan?
People in Ecuador live 11 years longer than in Sudan. Life expectancy at birth is 77.6 years in Ecuador and 66.5 in Sudan.
Are people taller in Ecuador or Sudan?
Men in Sudan are 4.8 cm taller than in Ecuador (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
