South Dakota is 1.04× the size of Jilin

What fits

• Jilin is 96% of the size of South Dakota.
• South Dakota is larger by 8,280 km² (3,200 mi²), which is 4.3% of the area of Jilin.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Dakota is about 6.50, Jilin about 6.23.

How they differ

• South Dakota is larger, but Jilin has the larger population: 24.1 million against 887,000, 27.2× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 126 in Jilin against 4.4 in South Dakota: Jilin is 28.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,190 km apart.
• Together South Dakota and Jilin cover 390,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 8,280 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Jilin's density, South Dakota would have 25.1 million people (it has 887,000). At South Dakota's density, Jilin would have 850,000 (it has 24.1 million).
• South Dakota's centre is 0.8° of latitude, about 90 km, farther north than Jilin's.
• 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.
• Jilin is the 12th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
• Both lie at about the same latitude, 44°N and 44°N.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Dakota would have about 224,780 m² and each person in Jilin about 7,930 m².
• Laid side by side, South Dakota and Jilin would cover 390,000 km², about the same size as Zimbabwe.
• Together they have 25.0 million people, 1.05× as many people as Syria.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 200,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 187,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 191,000 km², to within 2%.

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