Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 152 times smaller than Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.66% the size of Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.2 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Puerto Rico vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.