Country size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 2.1 times bigger than Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 111% larger than Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (5.7 million more people live in New Jersey).
This to-scale comparison of
Puerto Rico
vs.
New Jersey
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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