Country size comparison
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Puerto Rico is about 11 times smaller than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 8.88% the size of Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (4.9 million fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
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