Rhode Island is about 15 times smaller than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 6.51% the size of Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (16.3 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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