Rhode Island is about 1.4 times bigger than Virgin Islands.

Virgin Islands is approximately 1,910 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 42% larger than Virgin Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Virgin Islands is ~105,413 people (947,154 more people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virgin Islands vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.