Country size comparison

compared to

South Dakota is about 87 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 1.15% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (141.2 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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