Country size comparison
compared to
Ireland is about 2.8 times smaller than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 35.76% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (4.5 million more people live in Ireland).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
Ireland
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