Gambia is about 4.2 times bigger than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 318% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (1.4 million more people live in Gambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. Gambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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