Samoa is around the same size as Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, making Samoa 5% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (846,388 fewer people live in Samoa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. Samoa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.