State size comparison
compared to
Alaska is about 547 times bigger than Rhode Island.
Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 54,643% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (342,336 fewer people live in Alaska).
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