South Dakota is 77.2× the size of Réunion (France)

What fits

• Réunion (France) fits inside South Dakota about 77.2 times by area.
• South Dakota is larger by 197,000 km² (76,000 mi²), which is 7,618% of the area of Réunion (France).
• Measured in Belgiums: South Dakota is about 6.50, Réunion (France) about 0.08.

How they differ

• South Dakota also has the larger population: 887,000 against 881,000, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 341 in Réunion (France) against 4.4 in South Dakota: Réunion (France) is 76.7× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Dakota at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Réunion (France) at 21°S about 1.1×, so the map shows South Dakota as 132× the size of Réunion (France) instead of 77.2×.
• Together South Dakota and Réunion (France) cover 202,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 197,000 km², is about the size of Senegal (196,000 km²).
• At Réunion (France)'s density, South Dakota would have 68.0 million people (it has 887,000). At South Dakota's density, Réunion (France) would have 11,000 (it has 881,000).
• South Dakota's centre is 65.6° of latitude, about 7,290 km, farther north than Réunion (France)'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.
• Réunion (France) is the 15th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• South Dakota lies about 66° of latitude (roughly 7,290 km) north of Réunion (France), 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 Réunion (France) about 2,930 m².
• Laid side by side, South Dakota and Réunion (France) would cover 202,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
• Together they have 1.8 million people, 96% as many people as North Macedonia.

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%.
• Our measured 2,580 km² is 2.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,510 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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