Zimbabwe is 1.02× the size of Norway

Zimbabwe covers about 389,000 km² (150,000 mi²) and Norway about 382,000 km² (147,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

389,000km²Zimbabwe
382,000km²Norway

500 km

Zimbabwe
Norway

What fits

Norway is 98% of the size of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe is larger by 7,320 km² (2,830 mi²), which is 1.9% of the area of Norway.
Measured in Belgiums: Zimbabwe is about 12.7, Norway about 12.5.

How they differ

Zimbabwe also has the larger population: 15.2 million against 5.6 million, 2.70× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 39 in Zimbabwe against 15 in Norway: Zimbabwe is 2.65× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,600 km apart.
On a standard web map Norway looks larger than Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe at 19°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Norway at 66°N about 6.2×, so the map shows Norway as 5.47× the size of Zimbabwe, when Zimbabwe is 1.02× the size of Norway.
Together Zimbabwe and Norway cover 771,000 km², close to the size of Turkey (780,000 km², 1.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 7,320 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Norway's density, Zimbabwe would have 5.7 million people (it has 15.2 million). At Zimbabwe's density, Norway would have 14.9 million (it has 5.6 million).
Norway's centre is 85.4° of latitude, about 9,500 km, farther north than Zimbabwe's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Zimbabwe	1.02×
More people	Zimbabwe	2.70×
More crowded	Zimbabwe	2.65×
Farther north	Norway	85.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Norway	6.2× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Zimbabwe	Norway
Belgium 30,700 km²	12.7×	12.5×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.60×	1.57×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.09×	1.07×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.04×	1.02×
France 548,000 km²	0.71×	0.70×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.12×	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

	Zimbabwe	Norway
Area, main territory	389,000 km²150,000 mi²	382,000 km²147,000 mi²
Population	15.2 millionWikidata, 2022	5.6 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	39 per km²	15 per km²
Official area	391,000 km²Wikidata	385,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Harare	Oslo
Latitude range	22°S to 16°S	58°N to 81°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2026, 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 385,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 382,000 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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