Rhode Island is about 9 times smaller than Djibouti.

Djibouti is approximately 23,200 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 11.66% the size of Djibouti. Meanwhile, the population of Djibouti is ~1.2 million people (69,555 fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Djibouti vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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