French Polynesia is about 1.5 times bigger than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 54% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (753,211 fewer people live in French Polynesia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.