Paraguay is 1.03× the size of Zimbabwe

Paraguay covers about 400,000 km² (154,000 mi²) and Zimbabwe about 389,000 km² (150,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

400,000km²Paraguay
389,000km²Zimbabwe

200 km

Paraguay
Zimbabwe

What fits

Zimbabwe is 97% of the size of Paraguay.
Paraguay is larger by 10,600 km² (4,080 mi²), which is 2.7% of the area of Zimbabwe.
Measured in Belgiums: Paraguay is about 13.0, Zimbabwe about 12.7.

How they differ

Paraguay is larger, but Zimbabwe has the larger population: 15.2 million against 6.8 million, 2.23× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 39 in Zimbabwe against 17 in Paraguay: Zimbabwe is 2.29× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,020 km apart.
Together Paraguay and Zimbabwe cover 789,000 km², close to the size of Mozambique (788,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 10,600 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
At Zimbabwe's density, Paraguay would have 15.6 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Paraguay's density, Zimbabwe would have 6.6 million (it has 15.2 million).
Zimbabwe's centre is 4.2° of latitude, about 470 km, farther north than Paraguay's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Paraguay	1.03×
More people	Zimbabwe	2.23×
More crowded	Zimbabwe	2.29×
Farther north	Zimbabwe	4.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Paraguay	1.2× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Paraguay	Zimbabwe
Belgium 30,700 km²	13.0×	12.7×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.64×	1.60×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.12×	1.09×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.07×	1.04×
France 548,000 km²	0.73×	0.71×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.13×	0.12×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Paraguay	Zimbabwe
Area, main territory	400,000 km²154,000 mi²	389,000 km²150,000 mi²
Population	6.8 millionWikidata, 2017	15.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	17 per km²	39 per km²
Official area	407,000 km²Wikidata	391,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Asunción	Harare
Latitude range	28°S to 19°S	22°S to 16°S
Continent	South America	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 407,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 400,000 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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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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