Netherlands is about 15 times bigger than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 1,435% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (16.3 million more people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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