South Dakota is 9.99× the size of Kanchanaburi

What fits

• Kanchanaburi fits inside South Dakota about 9.99 times by area.
• South Dakota is larger by 179,000 km² (69,200 mi²), which is 899% of the area of Kanchanaburi.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Dakota is about 6.50, Kanchanaburi about 0.65.

How they differ

• South Dakota is larger, but Kanchanaburi has the larger population: 892,000 against 887,000, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 45 in Kanchanaburi against 4.4 in South Dakota: Kanchanaburi is 10.0× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Dakota at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Kanchanaburi at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows South Dakota as 18.4× the size of Kanchanaburi instead of 9.99×.
• Together South Dakota and Kanchanaburi cover 219,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 3.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 179,000 km², is about the size of Cambodia (181,000 km²).
• At Kanchanaburi's density, South Dakota would have 8.9 million people (it has 887,000). At South Dakota's density, Kanchanaburi would have 89,000 (it has 892,000).
• South Dakota's centre is 29.9° of latitude, about 3,320 km, farther north than Kanchanaburi'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.
• Kanchanaburi is the 3rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 3.9% of its area; it is the 74th most densely populated of them.
• South Dakota lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,320 km) north of Kanchanaburi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Dakota would have about 224,780 m² and each person in Kanchanaburi about 22,370 m².
• Laid side by side, South Dakota and Kanchanaburi would cover 219,000 km², 1.04× the size of Guyana.
• Together they have 1.8 million people, 97% as many people as North Macedonia.

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%.
• Our measured 20,000 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 19,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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