Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States, officially a commonwealth, in the Caribbean. Its capital is San Juan. About 3.2 million people live there (2025). It covers 8,870 km². It has no land borders.

Puerto Rico at a glance

Capital: San Juan
Population (2025): 3.2 million
Area: 8,870 km²
Density: 359 per km²
Official languages: English, Spanish
Currency: United States dollar
People: Puerto Rican
Calling code: +1
Internet domain: .pr
Coast: Surrounded by sea

Where is Puerto Rico?

How Puerto Rico compares

Similar in size: Cyprus (9,251 km²).
Similar population: Bosnia and Herzegovina (3.1 million).
The United States dollar is also used in 19 other places: the Bahamas, Cambodia, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Palau and 13 more.
English is also an official language in 59 other countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana and 53 more.
Spanish is also an official language in 21 other countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and 15 more.

The flag of Puerto Rico

Flags that look like it

Cuba

How to tell them apart: Cuba has blue stripes and a red triangle; Puerto Rico swaps them, with red stripes and a blue triangle.

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Its outline

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How players do with Puerto Rico

Every answer in DodoThinks games is counted anonymously. This is how players have done with Puerto Rico so far, from 106 answers up to November 2026.

On the map

35% right

23rd hardest of 176 · 106 answers

Players find Puerto Rico on the map in 35% of tries, which makes it one of the harder places to find. The most common wrong answer is El Salvador.

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Puerto Rico has no land borders

Puerto Rico shares no land border with another country.

Quick quiz: Puerto Rico

3 questions. Tap an answer to check it.

1. Which is the flag of Puerto Rico?
2. What is the capital of Puerto Rico?
3. Which has more people?

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Questions about Puerto Rico

Is Puerto Rico a country?

No. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States, officially a commonwealth. It is not one of the 195 countries.

What is the capital of Puerto Rico?

The capital of Puerto Rico is San Juan.

Does Puerto Rico have any land borders?

No. Puerto Rico is surrounded by sea and shares no land border with another country.

How big is Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico covers 8,870 km², about the same size as Cyprus (9,251 km²).

Is Puerto Rico hard to find on a map?

Yes, for many players. On DodoThinks map quizzes, players find Puerto Rico in 35% of 106 tries, 23rd hardest of 176 places with enough answers to count. The most common wrong answer is El Salvador.

Which flags look like the flag of Puerto Rico?

Cuba. Cuba has blue stripes and a red triangle; Puerto Rico swaps them, with red stripes and a blue triangle.

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