South Dakota is 1.02× the size of Senegal

What fits

• Senegal is 98% of the size of South Dakota.
• South Dakota is larger by 3,080 km² (1,190 mi²), which is 1.6% of the area of Senegal.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Dakota is about 6.50, Senegal about 6.40.

How they differ

• South Dakota is larger, but Senegal has the larger population: 16.9 million against 887,000, 19.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 86 in Senegal against 4.4 in South Dakota: Senegal is 19.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,560 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Dakota at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Senegal at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows South Dakota as 1.87× the size of Senegal instead of 1.02×.
• Together South Dakota and Senegal cover 396,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 1.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 3,080 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
• At Senegal's density, South Dakota would have 17.1 million people (it has 887,000). At South Dakota's density, Senegal would have 873,000 (it has 16.9 million).
• South Dakota's centre is 30.1° of latitude, about 3,350 km, farther north than Senegal'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.
• Senegal ranks 88th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• South Dakota lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,350 km) north of Senegal.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Dakota would have about 224,780 m² and each person in Senegal about 11,630 m².
• Laid side by side, South Dakota and Senegal would cover 396,000 km², about the same size as Paraguay.
• Together they have 17.8 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.
• Counted as a country, South Dakota would rank 86th by area and 164th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. 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 197,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 196,000 km², to within 2%.

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