Country size comparison

compared to

Italy is about 1.5 times bigger than South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 53% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (60.3 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Dakota vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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