Country size comparison

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France is about 2.8 times bigger than South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 181% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (67.5 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Dakota vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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