American Samoa is about 12 times smaller than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while American Samoa is approximately 224 sq km, making American Samoa 8.28% the size of Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (1.0 million fewer people live in American Samoa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. American Samoa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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