Rhode Island is about 15 times smaller than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 6.56% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (7.5 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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