Rhode Island is about 9 times bigger than Maldives.

Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 808% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (662,403 more people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maldives vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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