Country size comparison
compared to
Puerto Rico is about 21 times smaller than Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 4.86% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (18.5 million fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
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