Zimbabwe is about 3.1 times bigger than North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 210% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (5.6 million more people live in Zimbabwe).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Zimbabwe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.