South Dakota is 36.8× the size of Ratchaburi

What fits

• Ratchaburi fits inside South Dakota about 36.8 times by area.
• South Dakota is larger by 194,000 km² (74,900 mi²), which is 3,577% of the area of Ratchaburi.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Dakota is about 6.50, Ratchaburi about 0.18.

How they differ

• South Dakota also has the larger population: 887,000 against 869,000, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 160 in Ratchaburi against 4.4 in South Dakota: Ratchaburi is 36.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Dakota at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Ratchaburi at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows South Dakota as 68.2× the size of Ratchaburi instead of 36.8×.
• Together South Dakota and Ratchaburi cover 205,000 km², close to the size of Belarus (207,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 194,000 km², is about the size of Senegal (196,000 km²).
• At Ratchaburi's density, South Dakota would have 32.0 million people (it has 887,000). At South Dakota's density, Ratchaburi would have 24,000 (it has 869,000).
• South Dakota's centre is 30.9° of latitude, about 3,440 km, farther north than Ratchaburi'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.
• Ratchaburi is the 41st largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
• South Dakota lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,440 km) north of Ratchaburi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Dakota would have about 224,780 m² and each person in Ratchaburi about 6,240 m².
• Laid side by side, South Dakota and Ratchaburi would cover 205,000 km², about the same size as Belarus.
• Together they have 1.8 million people, 96% 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 5,420 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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