Balearic Islands is 1.81× the size of Rhode Island

Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²) and Rhode Island (state of the United States) about 2,830 km² (1,090 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,120km²Balearic Islands
2,830km²Rhode Island

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Balearic Islands
Rhode Island

What fits

Rhode Island is 55% of the size of Balearic Islands.
Balearic Islands is larger by 2,280 km² (882 mi²), which is 81% of the area of Rhode Island.
Measured in Belgiums: Balearic Islands is about 0.17, Rhode Island about 0.09.

How they differ

Balearic Islands also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.1 million, 1.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 387 in Rhode Island against 230 in Balearic Islands: Rhode Island is 1.68× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,080 km apart.
Together Balearic Islands and Rhode Island cover 7,950 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 26% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,280 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Rhode Island's density, Balearic Islands would have 2.0 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Balearic Islands's density, Rhode Island would have 651,000 (it has 1.1 million).
Rhode Island's centre is 2.1° of latitude, about 230 km, farther north than Balearic Islands's.
Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Rhode Island is the 50th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Rhode Island lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 234 km) north of Balearic Islands.
Shared out evenly, each person in Balearic Islands would have about 4,350 m² and each person in Rhode Island about 2,580 m².
Laid side by side, Balearic Islands and Rhode Island would cover 7,950 km², 79% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 2.3 million people, 94% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Balearic Islands	Rhode Island
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateUnited States
Area, measured	5,120 km²1,980 mi²	2,830 km²1,090 mi²
Official area	4,990 km²Wikidata	3,140 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	17th of 19in Spain	50th of 51in the United States
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2022	1.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	12th of 19in Spain	43rd of 51in the United States
Density	230 per km²	387 per km²
Capital	Palma	Providence
Latitude range	39°N to 40°N	41°N to 42°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 2,830 km² is 9.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,140 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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