Country size comparison
compared to
United States is about 50 times bigger than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 4,903% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (336.5 million more people live in United States).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
United States
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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