Country size comparison
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Puerto Rico is about 13 times smaller than Eritrea.
Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 7.74% the size of Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (3.1 million fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
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