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Surface area — Puerto Rico

Surface area in Puerto Rico in 2023 — 8,870 km². Ranked 166 in the world out of 215. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2023 8,870 km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 166of 215
Period maximum 8,870 km²1961
Period minimum 8,870 km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — Puerto Rico, 1961–20237,5008,0008,5009,0009,50010,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 8,870 km²1963: 8,870 km²1965: 8,870 km²1967: 8,870 km²1969: 8,870 km²1971: 8,870 km²1973: 8,870 km²1975: 8,870 km²1977: 8,870 km²1979: 8,870 km²1981: 8,870 km²1983: 8,870 km²1985: 8,870 km²1987: 8,870 km²1989: 8,870 km²1991: 8,870 km²1993: 8,870 km²1995: 8,870 km²1997: 8,870 km²1999: 8,870 km²2001: 8,870 km²2003: 8,870 km²2005: 8,870 km²2007: 8,870 km²2009: 8,870 km²2011: 8,870 km²2013: 8,870 km²2015: 8,870 km²2017: 8,870 km²2019: 8,870 km²2021: 8,870 km²2023: 8,870 km²
Change over the period: +0 (+0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico 8,870 km²
World 141M km²
Latin America & Caribbean 20.51M km²
Caribbean computed 328,991 km²
High-income countries computed 60.62M km²
Surface area — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 8,870 +0 +0%
2022 8,870 +0 +0%
2021 8,870 +0 +0%
2020 8,870 +0 +0%
2019 8,870 +0 +0%
2018 8,870 +0 +0%
2017 8,870 +0 +0%
2016 8,870 +0 +0%
2015 8,870 +0 +0%
2014 8,870 +0 +0%
2013 8,870 +0 +0%
2012 8,870 +0 +0%
2011 8,870 +0 +0%
2010 8,870 +0 +0%
2009 8,870 +0 +0%
2008 8,870 +0 +0%
2007 8,870 +0 +0%
2006 8,870 +0 +0%
2005 8,870 +0 +0%
2004 8,870 +0 +0%
2003 8,870 +0 +0%
2002 8,870 +0 +0%
2001 8,870 +0 +0%
2000 8,870 +0 +0%
1999 8,870 +0 +0%
1998 8,870 +0 +0%
1997 8,870 +0 +0%
1996 8,870 +0 +0%
1995 8,870 +0 +0%
1994 8,870 +0 +0%
1993 8,870 +0 +0%
1992 8,870 +0 +0%
1991 8,870 +0 +0%
1990 8,870 +0 +0%
1989 8,870 +0 +0%
1988 8,870 +0 +0%
1987 8,870 +0 +0%
1986 8,870 +0 +0%
1985 8,870 +0 +0%
1984 8,870 +0 +0%
1983 8,870 +0 +0%
1982 8,870 +0 +0%
1981 8,870 +0 +0%
1980 8,870 +0 +0%
1979 8,870 +0 +0%
1978 8,870 +0 +0%
1977 8,870 +0 +0%
1976 8,870 +0 +0%
1975 8,870 +0 +0%
1974 8,870 +0 +0%
1973 8,870 +0 +0%
1972 8,870 +0 +0%
1971 8,870 +0 +0%
1970 8,870 +0 +0%
1969 8,870 +0 +0%
1968 8,870 +0 +0%
1967 8,870 +0 +0%
1966 8,870 +0 +0%
1965 8,870 +0 +0%
1964 8,870 +0 +0%
1963 8,870 +0 +0%
1962 8,870 +0 +0%
1961 8,870 — —

Caribbean, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DO Dominican Republic 146,839 CU Cuba 109,880 HT Haiti 27,750 BS Bahamas 13,880 JM Jamaica 10,990 PR Puerto Rico 8,870 TT Trinidad and Tobago 5,130 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 950 DM Dominica 750 LC Saint Lucia 620 CW Curaçao 444 AG Antigua and Barbuda 440 BB Barbados 430 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 390 VI United States Virgin Islands 350 GD Grenada 340 KY Cayman Islands 264 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 260 AW Aruba 180 VG British Virgin Islands 150 MF Saint Martin 50 SX Sint Maarten 34
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About the indicator

Total surface area: land together with inland water bodies and, where applicable, coastal waters. This is the figure usually quoted as the area of a country in reference books and encyclopedias. It is the basis for the share of protected natural areas, because protected areas include marine waters, which land area leaves out.

Important: This is the “encyclopedic” area of a country. Land shares — forest, arable and agricultural land — are calculated against land area, not against this figure.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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