Country size comparison
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Virgin Islands is about 1.4 times smaller than Rhode Island.
Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Virgin Islands is approximately 1,910 sq km, making Virgin Islands 70.58% the size of Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (947,154 fewer people live in Virgin Islands).
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