Country size comparison
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Canada is about 51 times bigger than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Canada is approximately 9,984,670 sq km, making Canada 4,980% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (37.4 million more people live in Canada).
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