Ecuador is 2.2 times larger than Nicaragua.
Area: 283,561 km2 World Factbook
Population: 15,654,411 (July 2014) World Factbook
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Wikipedia
Area: 130,370 km2 World Factbook
Population: 5,848,641 (July 2014) World Factbook
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordering Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. Wikipedia