Rhode Island is about 10 times smaller than Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 9.72% the size of Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (11.6 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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