Demographics of Puerto Rico

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Puerto Rico population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,218,005-
19552,195,5210.40
19602,294,9711.38
19652,507,5371.54
19702,631,7001.07
19752,844,9251.73
19803,090,6881.48
19853,263,1730.93
19903,403,1680.88
19953,567,6910.87
20003,668,9550.25
20053,631,885-0.28
20103,579,842-0.46
20153,381,512-2.09
20163,283,121-2.91
20173,163,676-3.64
20183,039,598-3.92
20192,933,404-3.49
20202,860,840-2.47
20212,828,246-1.14
  • Total
  • Crude

Puerto Rico death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195021,80085,5789.8338.56
195517,27479,1127.8235.82
196016,14777,8686.9833.64
196516,81173,0746.7729.45
197017,30967,7686.5325.54
197517,12769,6656.0224.42
198018,79167,9746.0922.10
198521,68063,1096.6619.35
199025,39261,4877.4418.01
199528,90058,4458.1216.42
200029,45953,3488.0714.62
200529,25449,0178.0313.47
201028,49042,2987.9711.88
201528,58329,6658.668.91
202029,38619,7189.886.66
202129,53519,08910.066.54
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Puerto Rico

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950900,3331,317,667-40.592
1955953,6271,293,7881.5142.432
19601,049,3471,306,2232.8344.547
19651,328,0401,249,4844.4051.524
19701,580,6021,129,2393.3258.328
19751,840,3431,091,5433.1862.770
19802,162,3661,025,3054.0467.835
19852,841,223528,4564.2184.317
19903,269,660248,3152.0392.942
19953,458,246231,3951.0493.729
20003,583,840213,1370.3794.387
20053,543,705221,694-0.3594.112
20103,487,202229,491-0.3293.825
20153,439,473234,255-0.2293.624
20203,416,272234,336-0.1193.581
20213,412,101233,618-0.1293.592
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Puerto Rico population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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