Country size comparison

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South Dakota is around the same size as Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan is approximately 199,951 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 98.29% the size of Kyrgyzstan. Meanwhile, the population of Kyrgyzstan is ~6.1 million people (5.3 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kyrgyzstan vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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