Rhode Island is 1.71× the size of Guadeloupe
Rhode Island (state of the United States) covers about 2,830 km² (1,090 mi²) and Guadeloupe (overseas region of France) about 1,660 km² (640 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,830km²Rhode Island
- 1,660km²Guadeloupe
20 km
- Rhode Island
- Guadeloupe
What fits
- Guadeloupe is 59% of the size of Rhode Island.
- Rhode Island is larger by 1,180 km² (454 mi²), which is 71% of the area of Guadeloupe.
- Measured in Belgiums: Rhode Island is about 0.09, Guadeloupe about 0.05.
How they differ
- Rhode Island also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 384,000, 2.86× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 387 in Rhode Island against 231 in Guadeloupe: Rhode Island is 1.67× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,990 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Rhode Island at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Guadeloupe at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Rhode Island as 2.82× the size of Guadeloupe instead of 1.71×.
- Together Rhode Island and Guadeloupe cover 4,490 km², close to the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km², 14% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,180 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Guadeloupe's density, Rhode Island would have 656,000 people (it has 1.1 million). At Rhode Island's density, Guadeloupe would have 642,000 (it has 384,000).
- Rhode Island's centre is 25.5° of latitude, about 2,830 km, farther north than Guadeloupe's.
- 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.
- Guadeloupe is the 16th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Rhode Island lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,830 km) north of Guadeloupe.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Rhode Island would have about 2,580 m² and each person in Guadeloupe about 4,320 m².
- Laid side by side, Rhode Island and Guadeloupe would cover 4,490 km², 88% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago.
- Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.06× as many people as East Timor.
- Guadeloupe is drawn from 94 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Rhode Island | Guadeloupe | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | Overseas regionFrance |
| Area, measured | 2,830 km²1,090 mi² | 1,660 km²640 mi² |
| Official area | 3,140 km²Wikidata | 1,630 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 50th of 51in the United States | 16th of 18in France |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 384,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 43rd of 51in the United States | 14th of 18in France |
| Density | 387 per km² | 231 per km² |
| Capital | Providence | Basse-Terre |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 16°N to 17°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,630 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,660 km², to within 2%.
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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