Country size comparison

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Panama is about 8 times bigger than Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 728% larger than Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (1.2 million more people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Puerto Rico vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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