Dominican Rep. is 2.9 times larger than Hawaii (USA).
Area: 48,670 km2 World Factbook
Population: 10,349,741 (July 2014) World Factbook
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. Wikipedia
Hawaii is the most recent of the 50 U.S. states and joined the Union on August 21, 1959. It is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean. Wikipedia