Panama is about 28 times bigger than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 2,687% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (3.3 million more people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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