Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Puerto Rico is projected at 2.83 million, down by 1.14% compared with 2.86 million in 2020. Puerto Rico is ranked 141st in terms of population and 233rd in terms of population growth rate.
There are 19.09 thousand births in Puerto Rico in 2021. That is 52 per day, which is ranked 156th. The crude birth rate is 6.54 per 1000 people. There are 29.54 thousand deaths in Puerto Rico in 2021. That is 81 per day, which is ranked 129th. The crude death rate is 10.06 per 1000 people.
3.41 million people are living in urban areas, which is 93.59% of Puerto Rico population. Puerto Rico is ranked 24th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Puerto Rico in 2021 is 89.93 males per 100 females. There are 1.34 million males and 1.49 million females in Puerto Rico. The percentage of female population is 52.65% compare to 47.35% male population. Puerto Rico has 0.15 million more females than males. Puerto Rico is at 14th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 2,218,005 | - |
1955 | 2,195,521 | 0.40 |
1960 | 2,294,971 | 1.38 |
1965 | 2,507,537 | 1.54 |
1970 | 2,631,700 | 1.07 |
1975 | 2,844,925 | 1.73 |
1980 | 3,090,688 | 1.48 |
1985 | 3,263,173 | 0.93 |
1990 | 3,403,168 | 0.88 |
1995 | 3,567,691 | 0.87 |
2000 | 3,668,955 | 0.25 |
2005 | 3,631,885 | -0.28 |
2010 | 3,579,842 | -0.46 |
2015 | 3,381,512 | -2.09 |
2016 | 3,283,121 | -2.91 |
2017 | 3,163,676 | -3.64 |
2018 | 3,039,598 | -3.92 |
2019 | 2,933,404 | -3.49 |
2020 | 2,860,840 | -2.47 |
2021 | 2,828,246 | -1.14 |
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
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Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 21,800 | 85,578 | 9.83 | 38.56 |
1955 | 17,274 | 79,112 | 7.82 | 35.82 |
1960 | 16,147 | 77,868 | 6.98 | 33.64 |
1965 | 16,811 | 73,074 | 6.77 | 29.45 |
1970 | 17,309 | 67,768 | 6.53 | 25.54 |
1975 | 17,127 | 69,665 | 6.02 | 24.42 |
1980 | 18,791 | 67,974 | 6.09 | 22.10 |
1985 | 21,680 | 63,109 | 6.66 | 19.35 |
1990 | 25,392 | 61,487 | 7.44 | 18.01 |
1995 | 28,900 | 58,445 | 8.12 | 16.42 |
2000 | 29,459 | 53,348 | 8.07 | 14.62 |
2005 | 29,254 | 49,017 | 8.03 | 13.47 |
2010 | 28,490 | 42,298 | 7.97 | 11.88 |
2015 | 28,583 | 29,665 | 8.66 | 8.91 |
2020 | 29,386 | 19,718 | 9.88 | 6.66 |
2021 | 29,535 | 19,089 | 10.06 | 6.54 |
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 900,333 | 1,317,667 | - | 40.592 |
1955 | 953,627 | 1,293,788 | 1.51 | 42.432 |
1960 | 1,049,347 | 1,306,223 | 2.83 | 44.547 |
1965 | 1,328,040 | 1,249,484 | 4.40 | 51.524 |
1970 | 1,580,602 | 1,129,239 | 3.32 | 58.328 |
1975 | 1,840,343 | 1,091,543 | 3.18 | 62.770 |
1980 | 2,162,366 | 1,025,305 | 4.04 | 67.835 |
1985 | 2,841,223 | 528,456 | 4.21 | 84.317 |
1990 | 3,269,660 | 248,315 | 2.03 | 92.942 |
1995 | 3,458,246 | 231,395 | 1.04 | 93.729 |
2000 | 3,583,840 | 213,137 | 0.37 | 94.387 |
2005 | 3,543,705 | 221,694 | -0.35 | 94.112 |
2010 | 3,487,202 | 229,491 | -0.32 | 93.825 |
2015 | 3,439,473 | 234,255 | -0.22 | 93.624 |
2020 | 3,416,272 | 234,336 | -0.11 | 93.581 |
2021 | 3,412,101 | 233,618 | -0.12 | 93.592 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 39,095 | 36,931 | 76,026 | 2.69 | 105.860 |
05-09 | 71,801 | 67,666 | 139,467 | 4.93 | 106.111 |
10-14 | 104,835 | 99,884 | 204,719 | 7.24 | 104.957 |
15-19 | 102,601 | 91,460 | 194,061 | 6.86 | 112.181 |
20-24 | 82,744 | 67,923 | 150,667 | 5.33 | 121.820 |
25-29 | 74,990 | 69,292 | 144,282 | 5.10 | 108.223 |
30-34 | 77,228 | 76,362 | 153,590 | 5.43 | 101.134 |
35-39 | 82,313 | 87,352 | 169,665 | 6.00 | 94.231 |
40-44 | 91,446 | 99,433 | 190,879 | 6.75 | 91.967 |
45-49 | 93,057 | 106,120 | 199,177 | 7.04 | 87.690 |
50-54 | 94,662 | 113,433 | 208,095 | 7.36 | 83.452 |
55-59 | 89,750 | 110,786 | 200,536 | 7.09 | 81.012 |
60-64 | 87,092 | 108,343 | 195,435 | 6.91 | 80.385 |
65-69 | 70,227 | 95,019 | 165,246 | 5.84 | 73.908 |
70-74 | 66,104 | 89,662 | 155,766 | 5.51 | 73.726 |
75-79 | 50,971 | 68,472 | 119,443 | 4.22 | 74.441 |
80-84 | 31,723 | 48,003 | 79,726 | 2.82 | 66.085 |
85-89 | 17,805 | 30,495 | 48,300 | 1.71 | 58.387 |
90-94 | 7,967 | 15,341 | 23,308 | 0.82 | 51.933 |
95-99 | 2,315 | 5,837 | 8,152 | 0.29 | 39.661 |
100+ | 434 | 1,272 | 1,706 | 0.06 | 34.119 |
Total | 1,339,160 | 1,489,086 | 2,828,246 | 89.932 |