Rhode Island is about 8 times smaller than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 12.34% the size of Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (7.9 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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