Country size comparison
compared to
New York is about 13 times bigger than Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 1,243% larger than Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (16.3 million more people live in New York).
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