Rhode Island is about 6 times smaller than Timor-Leste.

Timor-Leste is approximately 14,874 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 18.19% the size of Timor-Leste. Meanwhile, the population of Timor-Leste is ~1.4 million people (392,439 fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Timor-Leste vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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