Country size comparison
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Rhode Island is about 8 times smaller than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 12.86% the size of El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (5.5 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
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