Country size comparison

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South Dakota is about 2.6 times smaller than Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 38.89% the size of Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (46.3 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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