Country size comparison

compared to

South Dakota is about 1.5 times smaller than Philippines.

Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 65.51% the size of Philippines. Meanwhile, the population of Philippines is ~114.6 million people (113.8 million fewer people live in South Dakota).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Philippines vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.