Ecuador vs Gabon: Land area

Ecuador

248,360 sq. km

in 2023

Gabon

257,670 sq. km

in 2023

Ecuador rank

77th

Gabon rank

76th

Land area over time

Ecuador
Gabon

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 257,670 sq. km against 248,360 sq. km in Ecuador, a difference of 9,310 sq. km.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.

Globally, Ecuador ranks 77th and Gabon ranks 76th of 216 countries.

Individual pages

Land area in Ecuador
Land area in Gabon
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.