Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.04× the size of Zimbabwe

What fits

• Zimbabwe is 97% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 14,000 km² (5,400 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Zimbabwe.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Zimbabwe about 12.7.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Zimbabwe has the larger population: 15.2 million against 511,000, 29.7× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 39 in Zimbabwe against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Zimbabwe is 30.8× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Zimbabwe at 19°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 2.53× the size of Zimbabwe instead of 1.04×.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Zimbabwe cover 793,000 km², close to the size of Mozambique (788,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 14,000 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
• At Zimbabwe's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 15.7 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Zimbabwe would have 493,000 (it has 15.2 million).
• Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 71.7° of latitude, about 7,980 km, farther north than Zimbabwe's.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is the 10th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Zimbabwe ranks 62nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 72° of latitude (roughly 7,980 km) north of Zimbabwe, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Zimbabwe about 25,650 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Zimbabwe would cover 793,000 km², about the same size as Mozambique.
• Together they have 15.7 million people, 93% as many people as Senegal.
• Counted as a country, Newfoundland and Labrador would rank 60th by area and 173rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 405,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 403,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 391,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 389,000 km², to within 2%.

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