Rhode Island is about 7 times smaller than Kuwait.

Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 15.19% the size of Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (2.0 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuwait vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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