Country size comparison
compared to
Rhode Island is about 3.4 times smaller than Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 29.72% the size of Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (2.0 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
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