Country size comparison
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Puerto Rico is about 3.3 times smaller than Lesotho.
Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 29.99% the size of Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (904,453 more people live in Puerto Rico).
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