South Dakota is a state in the North Central region of the United States of America, whereas Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between South Dakota and Sri Lanka regarding various aspects.
Size
Is South Dakota bigger than Sri Lanka?
The total area of South Dakota is 77,116 sq mi, and the total area of Sri Lanka is 25,330 sq mi. South Dakota is bigger than Sri Lanka by 51,786 sq mi. South Dakota is around 3.04 times bigger than Sri Lanka.
Area of South Dakota: 77,116 sq mi ( 199,729 km2 )
Area of Sri Lanka: 25,330 sq mi ( 65,610 km2 )
Population
According to the United States Census Bureau, the total population of South Dakota as of 1st July 2021 was estimated to be around 895,376.
Based on the World Bank data, the total population of Sri Lanka as of 2020, was estimated to be around 21,919,000.
Here is some more data comparison between South Dakota and Sri Lanka.
The capital city of South Dakota is Pierre, and the capital cities of Sri Lanka are Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) and Colombo (executive and judicial).
Official Languages
South Dakota: English, O’ceti Sakowin
Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Tamil
Demonym(s)
South Dakota: South Dakotan
Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan
ISO 3166 Code
South Dakota: US-SD
Sri Lanka: LK
South Dakota Time Zone:
UTC – 6 (Central Standard Time)
UTC – 7 (Mountain Standard Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC – 5 (Central Daylight Time)
UTC – 6 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Sri Lanka Time Zone:
UTC + 5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of South Dakota:
44° 26′ 39.48″ N, 100° 13′ 34.68″ W
Coordinates of Sri Lanka:
7° 0′ 0″ N, 81° 0′ 0″ E
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