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).
This to-scale comparison of
Ireland
vs.
South Dakota
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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