Country size comparison

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South Dakota is about 177 times bigger than Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is approximately 1,108 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 17,638% larger than Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the population of Hong Kong is ~7.3 million people (6.5 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Hong Kong vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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