North America · Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico covers about 9,010 km² (3,480 mi²), the 170th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Lebanon, at about 10,000 km².
- 9,010km²Area, main territory
- 3.3 millionPopulation
- 0.29In Belgiums
50 km
- Puerto Rico
Facts
| Area, main territory | 9,010 km²3,480 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 9,100 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.29 |
| Capital | San Juan |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 365 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 19°N |
| In other languages | Porto Rico Français · Porto Rico Português · プエルトリコ 日本語 · 波多黎各 中文 · 푸에르토리코 한국어 |
| Continent | North America |
What the numbers say about Puerto Rico
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 1,885× the size of Puerto Rico.
- Puerto Rico ranks 136th of 237 by population but only 169th of 239 by area: it holds more people than its size suggests.
- At 365 people per km², Puerto Rico is the 17th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Puerto Rico lies at 18°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Puerto Rico's main territory stretches about 67 km north to south and 284 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,010 km², to within 2%.
How Puerto Rico measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 9,010 km² | 169th of 239 |
| Population | 3.3 million | 136th of 237 |
| Density | 365 per km² | 17th of 185 |
| Compared with | Its area | Puerto Rico is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.29× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.04× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 350 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 941 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 1,049 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 1,885 its size |
Where Puerto Rico sits
- Puerto Rico's centre lies at 18.2°N, 66.5°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 2,030 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 18°N to 19°N, about 70 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Puerto Rico had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Puerto Rico would have 11.3 million people. It has 3.3 million.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Puerto Rico would have 33,000 people. It has 3.3 million.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 652,000.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11