Country size comparison

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South Dakota is about 1.2 times smaller than United Kingdom.

United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 80.68% the size of United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (67.0 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of United Kingdom vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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