Country size comparison

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Puerto Rico is about 8 times smaller than Panama.

Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 12.07% the size of Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (1.2 million fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Panama vs. Puerto Rico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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