Ecuador vs Mauritania
Mauritania is 4.01 times larger than Ecuador. Ecuador would fit into Mauritania about 4.0 times.
EcuadorMauritaniaEcuador moved onto Mauritania · Equal-area projection
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Ecuador is 0.25× the area of Mauritania. Put the other way, Mauritania is 4.01× the size of Ecuador.
| Ecuador | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 257,204 km² | 1,030,700 km² |
| Population | 18,289,896 | 5,315,065 |
| Density | 71 / km² | 5.2 / km² |
| Capital | Quito | Nouakchott |
| Region | South America | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 4 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Ecuador sits at about 1°S and is stretched to 1.0× its true area; Mauritania at 20° N is stretched to 1.14×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Ecuador bigger than Mauritania?
- No. Ecuador is 4.01 times smaller than Mauritania. Ecuador covers 257,204 km² and Mauritania covers 1,030,700 km².
- How many times does Ecuador fit into Mauritania?
- About 4.0 times: Mauritania has 4.01× the area of Ecuador.
- Why do Ecuador and Mauritania look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Ecuador is drawn about 1.0× its true area there and Mauritania about 1.14×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Ecuador or Mauritania?
- Ecuador: 18,289,896 people against 5,315,065. Density: Ecuador 71 per km², Mauritania 5.2 per km².