Country size comparison
compared to
Germany is about 1.8 times bigger than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 82% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (83.5 million more people live in Germany).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
Germany
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