Virgin Islands is about 4.8 times smaller than Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while Virgin Islands is approximately 1,910 sq km, making Virgin Islands 20.98% the size of Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in Virgin Islands).
This to-scale comparison of Puerto Rico vs. Virgin Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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