Somalia vs Zimbabwe
Somalia is 63% larger than Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe would fit into Somalia about 1.6 times.
SomaliaZimbabweSomalia moved onto Zimbabwe · Equal-area projection
1.63×
Somalia is 1.63× the area of Zimbabwe.
| Somalia | Zimbabwe | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 637,657 km² | 390,757 km² |
| Population | 19,654,739 | 16,950,795 |
| Density | 31 / km² | 43 / km² |
| Capital | Mogadishu | Harare |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Landlocked |
| Neighbours | 3 | 4 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Somalia sits at about 5°N and is stretched to 1.01× its true area; Zimbabwe at 19° S is stretched to 1.12×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Somalia bigger than Zimbabwe?
- Yes. Somalia is 63% larger than Zimbabwe. Somalia covers 637,657 km² and Zimbabwe covers 390,757 km².
- How many times does Zimbabwe fit into Somalia?
- About 1.6 times: Somalia has 1.63× the area of Zimbabwe.
- Why do Somalia and Zimbabwe look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Somalia is drawn about 1.01× its true area there and Zimbabwe about 1.12×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Somalia or Zimbabwe?
- Somalia: 19,654,739 people against 16,950,795. Density: Somalia 31 per km², Zimbabwe 43 per km².