Zimbabwe is 1.09× the size of Germany

Zimbabwe covers about 389,000 km² (150,000 mi²) and Germany about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

389,000km²Zimbabwe
358,000km²Germany

200 km

Zimbabwe
Germany

What fits

Germany is 92% of the size of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe is larger by 31,700 km² (12,200 mi²), which is 8.9% of the area of Germany.
Measured in Belgiums: Zimbabwe is about 12.7, Germany about 11.7.

How they differ

Zimbabwe is larger, but Germany has the larger population: 83.5 million against 15.2 million, 5.50× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 39 in Zimbabwe: Germany is 5.99× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,020 km apart.
On a standard web map Germany looks larger than Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe at 19°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Germany at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Germany as 2.08× the size of Zimbabwe, when Zimbabwe is 1.09× the size of Germany.
Together Zimbabwe and Germany cover 747,000 km², close to the size of Zambia (752,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 31,700 km², is about the size of Belgium (30,700 km²).
At Germany's density, Zimbabwe would have 90.9 million people (it has 15.2 million). At Zimbabwe's density, Germany would have 13.9 million (it has 83.5 million).
Germany's centre is 70.0° of latitude, about 7,790 km, farther north than Zimbabwe's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Zimbabwe	1.09×
More people	Germany	5.50×
More crowded	Germany	5.99×
Farther north	Germany	70.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Zimbabwe	Germany
Belgium 30,700 km²	12.7×	11.7×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.60×	1.47×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.04×	0.96×
France 548,000 km²	0.71×	0.65×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.12×	0.11×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×
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

	Zimbabwe	Germany
Area, main territory	389,000 km²150,000 mi²	358,000 km²138,000 mi²
Population	15.2 millionWikidata, 2022	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	39 per km²	233 per km²
Official area	391,000 km²Wikidata	358,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Harare	Berlin
Latitude range	22°S to 16°S	47°N to 55°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 391,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 389,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 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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