State size comparison
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Pennsylvania is about 43 times bigger than Rhode Island.
Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 4,190% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (11.6 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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