---
title: "Canada vs Puerto Rico — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Puerto Rico is 9,104 km² with 3,184,835. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-puerto-rico/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Puerto Rico

**Canada vs Puerto Rico: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 9,104 km² · 41,651,653 vs 3,184,835

Canada is 1097 times larger than Puerto Rico — 9,984,670 against 9,104 km². Canada is 13 times more populous than Puerto Rico — 41,651,653 against 3,184,835 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Puerto Rico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | San Juan |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 9,104 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 3,184,835 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 349.8 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | United States dollar (USD) |
| Official languages | English, French | English, Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC-04:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +1 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | North America |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | PR / PRI |

## Population density

Puerto Rico is 84 times more densely populated than Canada — 350 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the United States dollar.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rico Trench off the north coast reaches about 8,400 m, the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean. El Yunque is the only tropical rainforest in the United States National Forest system. Mosquito Bay on Vieques is the brightest bioluminescent bay in the world, lit by dinoflagellates in the water.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Puerto Rico?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 9,104 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Puerto Rico?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 3,184,835.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Puerto Rico?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Puerto Rico is UTC-04:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Puerto Rico](https://atoneplace.net/country/puerto-rico/)
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- [China vs Puerto Rico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-puerto-rico/)
- [Japan vs Puerto Rico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-puerto-rico/)
- [Canada vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-states/)
- [Canada vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-india/)
- [Canada vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-china/)
- [Canada vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Canada vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-japan/)
- [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Canada vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-france/)
- [Canada vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-germany/)
- [Canada vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-italy/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]