Puerto Rico is about 4 times smaller than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 25.3% the size of Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (20.5 million fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Puerto Rico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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