Country size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 9 times bigger than Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 757% larger than Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (1.5 million more people live in South Carolina).
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