Kosovo is 1.21× the size of Puerto Rico

Kosovo covers about 10,900 km² (4,210 mi²) and Puerto Rico about 9,010 km² (3,480 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

10,900km²Kosovo
9,010km²Puerto Rico

50 km

Kosovo
Puerto Rico

The boundary or political status of Kosovo is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Puerto Rico is 83% of the size of Kosovo.
Kosovo is larger by 1,910 km² (736 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Puerto Rico.
Measured in Belgiums: Kosovo is about 0.36, Puerto Rico about 0.29.

How they differ

Kosovo is larger, but Puerto Rico has the larger population: 3.3 million against 1.6 million, 2.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 365 in Puerto Rico against 145 in Kosovo: Puerto Rico is 2.51× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,440 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kosovo at 43°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Puerto Rico at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Kosovo as 2.02× the size of Puerto Rico instead of 1.21×.
Together Kosovo and Puerto Rico cover 19,900 km², close to the size of Slovenia (20,300 km², 2.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,910 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Puerto Rico's density, Kosovo would have 4.0 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Kosovo's density, Puerto Rico would have 1.3 million (it has 3.3 million).
Kosovo's centre is 24.3° of latitude, about 2,710 km, farther north than Puerto Rico's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Kosovo	1.21×
More people	Puerto Rico	2.07×
More crowded	Puerto Rico	2.51×
Farther north	Kosovo	24.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Kosovo	1.8× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Kosovo	Puerto Rico
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.36×	0.29×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
France 548,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	1 in 289	1 in 350
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 776	1 in 941
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 866	1 in 1,049
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,556	1 in 1,885

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Kosovo	Puerto Rico
Area, main territory	10,900 km²4,210 mi²	9,010 km²3,480 mi²
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2024	3.3 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	145 per km²	365 per km²
Official area	10,900 km²Wikidata	9,100 km²Wikidata
Capital	Pristina	San Juan
Latitude range	42°N to 43°N	18°N to 19°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 10,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,900 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 9,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,010 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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