Country size comparison
compared to
Puerto Rico is about 8 times smaller than Ireland.
Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 12.96% the size of Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
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