Country size comparison

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Zimbabwe is around the same size as Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 3% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (109.1 million fewer people live in Zimbabwe).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Zimbabwe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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