Vanuatu is about 4.5 times bigger than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, making Vanuatu 350% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (744,524 fewer people live in Vanuatu).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. Vanuatu uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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