Rhode Island is about 28 times smaller than Panama.

Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 3.59% the size of Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (3.3 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Panama vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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