British Indian Ocean Territory is about 45 times smaller than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 2.22% the size of Rhode Island.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.

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