Country size comparison
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Cayman Islands is about 34 times smaller than Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while Cayman Islands is approximately 264 sq km, making Cayman Islands 2.9% the size of Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in Cayman Islands).
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