Country size comparison

compared to

South Dakota is about 4.8 times smaller than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 20.75% the size of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~63.9 million people (63.0 million fewer people live in South Dakota).

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