Demographics of Puerto Rico

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date09 May 2024

There are 1.54 million males and 1.73 million females in Puerto Rico. The percentage of the male population is 47.06%, compared to 52.94% of the female population. Puerto Rico has 192k more females than males. The sex ratio in Puerto Rico in 2024 will be 88.886 males per 100 females. Puerto Rico is in the 13th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Puerto Rico population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,229,7420.93
19552,309,7820.49
19602,365,0721.50
19652,564,2701.46
19702,737,6191.53
19752,972,2671.62
19803,214,5681.45
19853,406,2790.88
19903,543,7760.96
19953,704,9470.77
20003,827,1080.25
20053,805,559-0.34
20103,717,922-0.63
20153,497,335-1.81
20203,271,564-0.53
20213,256,028-0.42
20223,252,4070.20
20233,260,3140.28
20243,268,8020.23
  • Total
  • Crude

Puerto Rico death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195022,28987,9519.89539.044
195517,28485,1047.38836.380
196016,19779,8906.80533.567
196517,66080,1606.84931.088
197019,54069,1827.12525.226
197520,39068,8296.86223.162
198021,22676,1506.59323.655
198524,14967,6837.07619.833
199026,49268,9457.46619.429
199529,11866,2837.84917.867
200029,42561,4237.66516.001
200530,28750,9157.92313.320
201031,74642,2258.50311.309
201530,87632,2658.7509.143
202036,68226,79011.1998.179
202132,91426,54810.0978.144
202236,23026,05811.1698.033
202336,64126,09311.2738.028
202437,09726,17311.3818.030
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Puerto Rico

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950900,3331,317,66740.592
1955953,6271,293,78842.432
19601,049,3471,306,22344.547
19651,328,0401,249,48451.524
19701,580,6021,129,23958.328
19751,840,3431,091,54362.770
19802,162,3661,025,30567.835
19852,841,223528,45684.317
19903,269,660248,31592.942
19953,458,246231,39593.729
20003,583,840213,13794.387
20053,543,705221,69494.112
20103,487,202229,49193.825
20153,439,473234,25593.624
20203,416,272234,33693.581
20213,412,101233,61893.592
20223,407,753232,63793.610
20233,403,344231,40493.634
20243,399,101229,93793.664
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Puerto Rico population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 68,210 64,816 133,026 4.07 105.236
05-09 69,763 66,370 136,132 4.16 105.112
10-14 82,878 78,969 161,846 4.95 104.950
15-19 92,366 88,043 180,409 5.52 104.910
20-24 102,576 98,918 201,494 6.16 103.698
25-29 102,525 107,322 209,847 6.42 95.530
30-34 95,576 108,007 203,584 6.23 88.491
35-39 87,192 97,632 184,824 5.65 89.307
40-44 96,050 106,388 202,438 6.19 90.283
45-49 100,272 113,550 213,823 6.54 88.306
50-54 100,917 113,550 214,468 6.56 88.875
55-59 104,347 118,052 222,398 6.80 88.391
60-64 104,121 123,124 227,245 6.95 84.566
65-69 96,691 118,275 214,965 6.58 81.751
70-74 82,973 106,588 189,561 5.80 77.845
75-79 69,222 92,936 162,159 4.96 74.484
80-84 44,502 62,900 107,401 3.29 70.750
85-89 24,414 36,632 61,045 1.87 66.647
90-94 10,056 18,649 28,706 0.88 53.922
95-99 2,939 7,357 10,297 0.32 39.948
100+ 646 2,486 3,132 0.10 25.986
Total 1,538,236 1,730,564 3,268,800 88.886