Country size comparison
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Puerto Rico is about 2.1 times smaller than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 47.39% the size of New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (5.7 million fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
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