Country size comparison
compared to
Puerto Rico is about 5 times smaller than Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic is approximately 48,670 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 18.71% the size of Dominican Republic. Meanwhile, the population of Dominican Republic is ~10.7 million people (7.6 million fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
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