Country size comparison
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Russia is about 87 times bigger than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 8,600% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (141.2 million more people live in Russia).
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