Country size comparison
compared to
Puerto Rico is about 3.4 times bigger than Rhode Island.
Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 236% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (2.0 million more people live in Puerto Rico).
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