Rhode Island is about 4.2 times smaller than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 23.95% the size of Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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