North Dakota is about 1.7 times smaller than Philippines.

Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 59.55% the size of Philippines. Meanwhile, the population of Philippines is ~114.6 million people (113.9 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Philippines vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.