Tenerife is an island of Spain located in the Canary Islands, whereas Puerto Rico is a country located in the Northeast Caribbean Sea. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Tenerife and Puerto Rico regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Tenerife bigger than Puerto Rico?
The total area of Tenerife is 2,034.38 sq km, and the total area of Puerto Rico is 9,104 sq km. Tenerife is smaller than Puerto Rico by 7,069.62 sq km. Tenerife is around 4.48 times smaller than Puerto Rico.
Area of Tenerife: 785.48 sq mi ( 2,034.38 km2 )
Area of Puerto Rico: 3,515 sq mi (9,104 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Tenerife as of 2019 was estimated to be around 949,471.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the current population of Puerto Rico as of 19th June 2021, is 2,790,048.
Here is some more data comparison between Tenerife and Puerto Rico.
The capital city of Tenerife is Santa Cruz De Tenerife, and the capital city of Puerto Rico is San Juan.
Official Languages
Tenerife: Spanish
Puerto Rico: Spanish, English
Human Development Index
HDI of Tenerife (Canary Islands) as of 2018: 0.861
HDI of Puerto Rico as of 2018: 0.845
Tenerife Timezone:
UTC + 00:00 (Western European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 01:00 (Western European Summer Time)
Puerto Rico Timezone:
UTC – 4 (Atlantic Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Tenerife:
28° 16′ 7″ N, 16° 36′ 20″ W
Coordinates of Puerto Rico:
18° 13′ 20.28″ N, 66° 25′ 49.08″ W
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