South Dakota and Paraná are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Paraná is 100% of the size of South Dakota.
• The measured areas differ by 639 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Dakota is about 6.50, Paraná about 6.48.

How they differ

• South Dakota is larger, but Paraná has the larger population: 11.4 million against 887,000, 12.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 58 in Paraná against 4.4 in South Dakota: Paraná is 12.9× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,130 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Dakota at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Paraná at 25°S about 1.2×, so the map shows South Dakota as 1.63× the size of Paraná instead of 1.00×.
• Together South Dakota and Paraná cover 398,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
• At Paraná's density, South Dakota would have 11.5 million people (it has 887,000). At South Dakota's density, Paraná would have 884,000 (it has 11.4 million).
• South Dakota's centre is 69.1° of latitude, about 7,680 km, farther north than Paraná'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.
• Paraná is the 15th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• South Dakota lies about 69° of latitude (roughly 7,680 km) north of Paraná, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Dakota would have about 224,780 m² and each person in Paraná about 17,360 m².
• Laid side by side, South Dakota and Paraná would cover 398,000 km², about the same size as Paraguay.
• Together they have 12.3 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 199,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 km², to within 2%.

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