Zimbabwe is about 3.1 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 32.05% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (42.4 million fewer people live in Zimbabwe).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Zimbabwe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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