United Arab Emirates is about 8 times smaller than Texas.

Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making United Arab Emirates 12.33% the size of Texas. Meanwhile, the population of Texas is ~25.1 million people (15.2 million fewer people live in United Arab Emirates).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Texas vs. United Arab Emirates uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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