Country size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 2.3 times bigger than Austria.
Austria is approximately 83,871 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 134% larger than Austria. Meanwhile, the population of Austria is ~8.9 million people (8.1 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
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