How Big is Jamaica

In 2014 I spent a week in Bogota, Colombia. That got me thinking about my own country, Jamaica and how small it was.I don't know if life would have been any better for ordinary Jamaicans had the country been bigger. But Colombia is a much larger country that Jamaica. Their currency value in $ US is much lower than ours. Most African countries are much larger than Jamaica but have a lower per capita income.

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