Country size comparison
South Dakota, USA
compared to
Italy
South Dakota is about 1.5 times smaller than Italy.
Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 65.22% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (60.3 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
We have positioned the outline of Italy near the middle of South Dakota.
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Italy
vs.
South Dakota
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