Country size comparison

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Greece is about 1.5 times smaller than South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Greece is approximately 131,957 sq km, making Greece 67.14% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (9.7 million more people live in Greece).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Dakota vs. Greece uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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