South Dakota is 1.04× the size of Karnataka

What fits

• Karnataka is 96% of the size of South Dakota.
• South Dakota is larger by 7,460 km² (2,880 mi²), which is 3.9% of the area of Karnataka.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Dakota is about 6.50, Karnataka about 6.26.

How they differ

• South Dakota is larger, but Karnataka has the larger population: 61.1 million against 887,000, 68.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 319 in Karnataka against 4.4 in South Dakota: Karnataka is 71.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Dakota at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Karnataka at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows South Dakota as 1.91× the size of Karnataka instead of 1.04×.
• Together South Dakota and Karnataka cover 391,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 7,460 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Karnataka's density, South Dakota would have 63.5 million people (it has 887,000). At South Dakota's density, Karnataka would have 853,000 (it has 61.1 million).
• South Dakota's centre is 29.7° of latitude, about 3,310 km, farther north than Karnataka'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.
• Karnataka is the 5th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 6.1% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
• South Dakota lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,310 km) north of Karnataka.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Dakota would have about 224,780 m² and each person in Karnataka about 3,140 m².
• Laid side by side, South Dakota and Karnataka would cover 391,000 km², about the same size as Zimbabwe.
• Together they have 62.0 million people, about as many people as South Africa.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. 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 192,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 192,000 km², to within 2%.

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