Puerto Rico is about 1.8 times smaller than Hawaii.

Hawaii is approximately 16,635 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 54.73% the size of Hawaii. Meanwhile, the population of Hawaii is ~1.4 million people (1.7 million more people live in Puerto Rico).
This to-scale comparison of Hawaii vs. Puerto Rico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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