Country size comparison

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Algeria is about 12 times bigger than South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, making Algeria 1,112% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (43.4 million more people live in Algeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Dakota vs. Algeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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