Country size comparison
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Rhode Island is about 11 times smaller than Lesotho.
Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 8.91% the size of Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
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Lesotho is 48.0% cheaper than Rhode Island
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