Country size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
France
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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