Puerto Rico is about 1.4 times smaller than Connecticut.

Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 72.55% the size of Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (475,674 fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
This to-scale comparison of Connecticut vs. Puerto Rico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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