Country size comparison
compared to
Puerto Rico is about 15 times smaller than Arkansas.
Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 6.75% the size of Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (182,505 more people live in Puerto Rico).
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