Country size comparison
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Puerto Rico is about 64 times smaller than Botswana.
Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 1.56% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (714,177 more people live in Puerto Rico).
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