Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 3.1 times bigger than Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 212% larger than Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the population of Zimbabwe is ~15.1 million people (42.4 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zimbabwe vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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