Country size comparison

compared to

Tanzania is about 4.8 times bigger than South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 382% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (63.0 million more people live in Tanzania).

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