Country size comparison

compared to

South Dakota is about 2.8 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 180% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (4.5 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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