Philippines is about 2.5 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, making Philippines 145% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (95.2 million more people live in Philippines).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Philippines uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.