Sao Tome and Principe is about 2.8 times smaller than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 35.62% the size of Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (835,403 fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. Sao Tome and Principe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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