Rhode Island is about 34 times smaller than Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 2.94% the size of Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (9.2 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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