CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan is 75% bigger than Ecuador

Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 1,624 m above Uzbekistan’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uzbekistan has 2 times as many people as Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 15% more densely populated than Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Uzbekistan are 3.6 cm taller than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Uzbekistan are 5.0 cm taller than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ecuador is 1.5 years older than in Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 1.7 more children on average than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 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 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ecuador hosts 10,708 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ecuador and Uzbekistan are practically level

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Ecuador 1

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

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Uzbekistan’s economy is 13% larger than Ecuador’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Ecuador produces 23% more per person than Uzbekistan

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Uzbekistan (Gini 13.2 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

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 2.3% in Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.6% in Uzbekistan, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan and Ecuador are practically level

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ecuador’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

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

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ecuador spends 2.7 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ecuador live 5.1 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 17% more likely to die before turning one than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Uzbekistan has 21% more doctors per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 3.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 42% higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 29% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

16% of adults in Uzbekistan smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 0.14 points higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ecuador drink 54% more alcohol than in Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ecuador has 19% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Uzbekistan has 676 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 505 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 2.9 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ecuador: no data · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ecuador is 35% faster than in Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Uzbekistan has 110 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 4.9 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Ecuador fly 91% more passengers per resident than those from Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 51% more CO₂ than someone in Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 69% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 33 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ecuador are 2.4 times as deadly as in Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ecuador is on average 6.9 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ecuador gets 14 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan is larger. Uzbekistan is 75% bigger than Ecuador.

Which has more people, Ecuador or Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan has 2 times as many people as Ecuador (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ecuador or Uzbekistan?

People in Ecuador live 5.1 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 77.6 years in Ecuador and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Ecuador or Uzbekistan?

Men in Uzbekistan are 3.6 cm taller than in Ecuador (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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