Puerto Rico is 1.29× the size of French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Puerto Rico covers about 9,010 km² (3,480 mi²) and French Southern and Antarctic Lands about 6,990 km² (2,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 9,010km²Puerto Rico
- 6,990km²French Southern and Antarctic Lands
50 km
- Puerto Rico
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Outlines show main territory. French Southern and Antarctic Lands also has about 293 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.
What fits
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands is 78% of the size of Puerto Rico.
- Puerto Rico is larger by 2,020 km² (780 mi²), which is 29% of the area of French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
- Measured in Belgiums: Puerto Rico is about 0.29, French Southern and Antarctic Lands about 0.23.
How they differ
- Puerto Rico also has the larger population: 3.3 million against 200, 16,765× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 365 in Puerto Rico against 0.0 in French Southern and Antarctic Lands: Puerto Rico is 13,552× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,800 km apart.
- On a standard web map French Southern and Antarctic Lands looks larger than Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and French Southern and Antarctic Lands at 49°S about 2.4×, so the map shows French Southern and Antarctic Lands as 1.65× the size of Puerto Rico, when Puerto Rico is 1.29× the size of French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
- Together Puerto Rico and French Southern and Antarctic Lands cover 16,000 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 5.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,020 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At French Southern and Antarctic Lands's density, Puerto Rico would have 240 people (it has 3.3 million). At Puerto Rico's density, French Southern and Antarctic Lands would have 2.7 million (it has 200).
- Puerto Rico's centre is 67.5° of latitude, about 7,510 km, farther north than French Southern and Antarctic Lands's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Puerto Rico | 1.29× |
| More people | Puerto Rico | 16,765× |
| More crowded | Puerto Rico | 13,552× |
| Farther north | Puerto Rico | 67.5° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 2.4× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Puerto Rico | French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 0.29× | 0.23× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.04× | 0.03× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.02× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.02× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.01× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 350 | 1 in 451 |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 941 | 1 in 1,213 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 1,049 | 1 in 1,352 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 1,885 | 1 in 2,430 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Puerto Rico | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 9,010 km²3,480 mi² | 6,990 km²2,700 mi² |
| Area with overseas territory | 9,010 km² | 7,280 km² |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2020 | 200Wikidata, 2012 |
| Density | 365 per km² | 0.0 per km² |
| Official area | 9,100 km²Wikidata | 7,830 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | San Juan | Port-aux-Français |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 19°N | 50°S to 49°S |
| Continent | North America | Seven seas (open ocean) |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2012, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,010 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 7,280 km² is 7.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,830 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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