Comparison of Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico

Attribute	Puerto Rico ×	Northern Mariana Islands ×
Geography
Area (km²)	9,104	464
Continent	North America	Australia
Land area (km²)	8,959	464
Water area (km²)	145	0
Land boundaries (km)	0	0
Coastline (km)	501	1,482
Mean elevation (m)	261	-
Lowest point (m)	0	0
Highest point (m)	1,338	965
People
Population	3,189,068	51,433
Official languages	Array of values	Chamorro English
Religion	Roman Catholic	Christian
Government
Long country name	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Short country name	Puerto Rico	Northern Mariana Islands
Former name	-	Mariana Islands District Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Government type	Presidential democracy	Presidential democracy
Capital	San Juan	Saipan
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)	130,000,000,000	1,242,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)	104,200,000,000	1,242,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)	-2.4	28.6
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)	39,400	24,500
Labor force	1,139,000	27,970
Unemployment rate (%)	10.8	11.2
Budget revenues (USD)	9,268,000,000	389,600,000
Budget expenditures (USD)	9,974,000,000	344,000,000
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)	8.9	31.4
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)	-0.7	3.7
Public debt (% of GDP)	51.6	7.1
Inflation rate (%)	1.8	0.3
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	5	-
Current account balance (USD)	0	-
Exports (USD)	73,170,000,000	914,000,000
Imports (USD)	49,010,000,000	893,000,000
External debt (USD)	56,820,000,000	-
National currency	US Dollar	US Dollar
National currency (code)	USD	USD
National currency (symbol)	$	$