Country size comparison
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Puerto Rico is about 2.8 times smaller than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 35.96% the size of Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
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