Palestine is 2.2 times larger than Rhode Island (USA).
Area: 5,860 km2 World Factbook
Population: 2,731,052 (July 2014) World Factbook
The State of Palestine, is a sovereign state in the Levant that is recognized by the United Nations. Its independence was declared on 15 November 1988 by the Palestine Liberation Organization and its government-in-exile in Algiers. Wikipedia
Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States. Rhode Island is the smallest in area, the eighth least populous, but the second most densely populated of the 50 US states behind New Jersey. Wikipedia