Country size comparison
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Puerto Rico is about 51 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 5,044% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~601,723 people (2.5 million more people live in Puerto Rico).
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