Country size comparison

compared to

Zimbabwe is around the same size as California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 96.75% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (22.1 million fewer people live in Zimbabwe).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Zimbabwe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.