South Dakota is 1.11× the size of Sonora

What fits

• Sonora is 90% of the size of South Dakota.
• South Dakota is larger by 20,100 km² (7,770 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Sonora.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Dakota is about 6.50, Sonora about 5.84.

How they differ

• South Dakota is larger, but Sonora has the larger population: 2.9 million against 887,000, 3.21× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 16 in Sonora against 4.4 in South Dakota: Sonora is 3.58× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,890 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Dakota at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Sonora at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows South Dakota as 1.65× the size of Sonora instead of 1.11×.
• Together South Dakota and Sonora cover 378,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
• The gap between them, 20,100 km², is about the size of Slovenia (20,300 km²).
• At Sonora's density, South Dakota would have 3.2 million people (it has 887,000). At South Dakota's density, Sonora would have 797,000 (it has 2.9 million).
• South Dakota's centre is 14.8° of latitude, about 1,640 km, farther north than Sonora'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.
• Sonora is the 2nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 9.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
• South Dakota lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,640 km) north of Sonora.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Dakota would have about 224,780 m² and each person in Sonora about 62,860 m².
• Laid side by side, South Dakota and Sonora would cover 378,000 km², about the same size as Norway.
• Together they have 3.7 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. 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 180,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 179,000 km², to within 2%.

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