Sicily is an island of the country of Italy located in the Mediterranean sea, whereas Puerto Rico is a country located in the Northeast Caribbean Sea. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Sicily and Puerto Rico regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Sicily bigger than Puerto Rico?
The total area of Sicily is 25,711 sq km, and the total area of Puerto Rico is 9,104 sq km. Sicily is smaller than Puerto Rico by 16,607 sq km. Sicily is around 2.82 times smaller than Puerto Rico.
Area of Sicily: 9,927 sq mi ( 25,711 km2 )
Area of Puerto Rico: 3,515 sq mi (9,104 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Sicily as of 2019 was estimated to be around 5 Million.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the current population of Puerto Rico as of 19th June 2021, is 2,792,764.
Here is some more data comparison between Sicily and Puerto Rico.
The capital city of Sicily is Palermo, and the capital city of Puerto Rico is San Juan.
Official Languages
Sicily: Italian
Puerto Rico: Spanish, English
Human Development Index
HDI of Sicily as of 2018: 0.838
HDI of Puerto Rico as of 2018: 0.845
Sicily Timezone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
Puerto Rico Timezone:
UTC – 4 (Atlantic Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Sicily:
37° 30′ 0″ N, 14° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Puerto Rico:
18° 13′ 20.28″ N, 66° 25′ 49.08″ W
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