Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Capital Harare
390,757 km² · 16,950,795 people (2025) · Zimbabwe Gold
Victoria Falls on the Zambezi is roughly twice the height of Niagara and one and a half times as wide. Great Zimbabwe, the stone city the country is named for, was built without mortar between the 11th and 15th centuries and its outer wall is 250 m around and 11 m high in places.
The facts
- Capital
- Harare
- Area
- 390,757 km² — 150,872 sq mi
- Population
- 16,950,795 (2025)
- Density
- 43.4 people per km²
- Currency
- Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG, ZiG)
- Official languages
- Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +263
- Drives on the
- left
- ISO codes
- ZW · ZWE
- Continent
- Africa
How it compares
- By area
- 61 of 200
- By population
- 74 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 438,317 | 47,020,774 |
| Paraguay | 406,752 | 7,013,078 |
| Zimbabwe ← | 390,757 | 16,950,795 |
| Japan | 377,915 | 123,366,734 |
| Germany | 357,022 | 83,491,249 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
- Harare
- What currency does Zimbabwe use?
- The Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG).
- How big is Zimbabwe?
- 390,757 km², or 150,872 square miles — 61 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Zimbabwe drive on?
- The left.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)