Belarus is 1.04× the size of South Dakota

What fits

• South Dakota is 96% of the size of Belarus.
• Belarus is larger by 8,190 km² (3,160 mi²), which is 4.1% of the area of South Dakota.
• Measured in Belgiums: Belarus is about 6.77, South Dakota about 6.50.

How they differ

• Belarus also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 887,000, 10.2× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 44 in Belarus against 4.4 in South Dakota: Belarus is 9.81× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,060 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belarus at 54°N is drawn about 2.8× too large and South Dakota at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Belarus as 1.50× the size of South Dakota instead of 1.04×.
• Together Belarus and South Dakota cover 407,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 1.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 8,190 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At South Dakota's density, Belarus would have 923,000 people (it has 9.1 million). At Belarus's density, South Dakota would have 8.7 million (it has 887,000).
• Belarus's centre is 9.1° of latitude, about 1,010 km, farther north than South Dakota's.
• Belarus ranks 86th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• South Dakota is the 17th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 47th most densely populated of them.
• Belarus lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,010 km) north of South Dakota.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Belarus would have about 22,910 m² and each person in South Dakota about 224,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Belarus and South Dakota would cover 407,000 km², about the same size as Paraguay.
• Together they have 9.9 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.
• Counted as a country, South Dakota would rank 86th by area and 164th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 208,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 207,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 200,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 km², to within 2%.

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