Puerto Rico's population fell from 3.72M in 1996 to 3.18M in 2025.
Puerto Rico · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Puerto Rico's population growth fell from 1.1 % in 1996 to -0.6 % in 2025.
Puerto Rico's population density fell from 411.4 in 1994 to 361.2 in 2023.
Puerto Rico's population, female (% of total) rose from 51.7 % in 1996 to 53.0 % in 2025.
Puerto Rico's urbanisation rose from 92.5 % in 1996 to 94.3 % in 2025.
Puerto Rico's urban population fell from 3.45M in 1996 to 3M in 2025.
Puerto Rico's rural population fell from 278,787 in 1996 to 180,246 in 2025.
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- Fertilityunchanged +0.0 %214th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.7 %211th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −3.7 %33rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −5.5 %79th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs9th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts214th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.2 pts127th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.6 pts3rd of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.4 pts91st of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +1.0 pts4th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −52.5 %51st of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.6 pts99th of 216
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs38th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs21st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs49th of 217
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Puerto Rico.
- Refugees hostedNo data