Country size comparison

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South Dakota is about 4.7 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 373% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (16.6 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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