Country or area · Caribbean · Latin America and the Caribbean · Americas · UN WPP 2024

Puerto Rico population

Puerto Rico population now

3,219,001

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 3.1–3.3 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 3,242,022

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 3.22269 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 3.1–3.3 million
Median age: 47.2
Aged 65+: 25.8%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 1,000 people

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Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

PRI · 1950–2100 · in brief

Puerto Rico in numbers

3,242,022 people lived in Puerto Rico in mid-2023: 0.04% of the world's people, and the 135th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 1.5 times its 1950 population of 2.2 million.

Its population peaked in 2001 at 3.8 million and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 996 thousand in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 401 thousand to 2.9 million.

Deaths have outnumbered births every year since 2014, and do so in every projected year to 2100.

The median age was 18.1 in 1950 and 46.3 in 2023; the projection has 66.8 in 2100. 24.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 52.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2001 at 2.5 million; in 2023 it was 2.1 million.

Among countries it ranks 135th in 2023, 143rd in 2050 and 159th in 2100. It is overtaken by Namibia in 2027, Qatar in 2027 and the Gambia in 2031.

Population, mid-2023: 3,242,022
Rank by population, 2023: 135 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.04%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.03% · +1,054 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 366
Land area, 2023: 8,870 km²
Births, 2023: 18,851
Deaths, 2023: 34,664
Net migration, 2023: +19,833
Children per woman, 2023: 0.94
Median age, 2023: 46.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 81.7 years
In a city, 2025: 28 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 2,229,089
Projected, mid-2050: 2,503,994
Projected, mid-2100: 995,626

PRI · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Puerto Rico, 1950–2100

Puerto Rico: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	2,219,396		87,390	23,019	5.21	60.4
1951	estimate	2,238,782		85,249	22,975	5.06	60.3
1952	estimate	2,256,282		81,492	20,839	4.83	61.8
1953	estimate	2,271,026		78,927	17,744	4.68	64.5
1954	estimate	2,284,731		78,875	16,750	4.68	65.6
1955	estimate	2,297,487		78,823	16,343	4.68	66.3
1956	estimate	2,309,485		79,129	16,591	4.70	66.4
1957	estimate	2,320,279		76,982	16,123	4.59	67.1
1958	estimate	2,329,192		77,107	16,385	4.62	67.2
1959	estimate	2,337,226		75,816	15,911	4.55	68.1
1960	estimate	2,346,909		76,171	15,823	4.59	68.6
1961	estimate	2,380,925		75,141	16,380	4.41	68.5
1962	estimate	2,421,417		76,382	16,544	4.34	68.9
1963	estimate	2,461,074		77,418	17,238	4.25	68.7
1964	estimate	2,500,078		78,484	18,392	4.18	68.2
1965	estimate	2,538,001		79,129	17,785	4.10	69.3
1966	estimate	2,575,286		73,577	17,183	3.71	70.2
1967	estimate	2,612,399		71,268	17,256	3.52	70.7
1968	estimate	2,648,628		68,581	18,114	3.32	70.6
1969	estimate	2,682,941		68,028	18,998	3.24	70.5
1970	estimate	2,713,905		67,526	20,050	3.17	70.3
1971	estimate	2,754,939		70,661	19,684	3.21	71.1
1972	estimate	2,800,997		68,733	20,551	3.01	70.8
1973	estimate	2,847,732		68,623	20,929	2.90	71.0
1974	estimate	2,894,517		69,822	20,974	2.87	71.3
1975	estimate	2,941,872		69,837	20,636	2.80	72.0
1976	estimate	2,990,339		72,906	21,180	2.87	72.1
1977	estimate	3,039,585		75,094	21,451	2.90	72.4
1978	estimate	3,089,306		75,027	21,990	2.85	72.5
1979	estimate	3,139,000		73,867	22,472	2.77	72.7
1980	estimate	3,191,076		73,030	22,737	2.70	73.1
1981	estimate	3,236,284		71,394	23,436	2.59	73.0
1982	estimate	3,276,846		69,498	23,967	2.48	73.0
1983	estimate	3,314,996		66,100	23,549	2.33	73.4
1984	estimate	3,350,294		63,785	23,899	2.23	73.4
1985	estimate	3,384,105		64,039	25,477	2.22	72.6
1986	estimate	3,414,517		65,572	25,088	2.27	73.3
1987	estimate	3,443,022		64,652	25,246	2.23	73.4
1988	estimate	3,471,254		64,528	26,279	2.22	73.2
1989	estimate	3,498,885		66,779	28,093	2.30	72.5
1990	estimate	3,525,133		66,470	27,778	2.29	72.8
1991	estimate	3,556,963		64,540	26,284	2.21	73.9
1992	estimate	3,590,376		64,355	28,115	2.20	73.4
1993	estimate	3,622,408		65,005	29,199	2.21	73.3
1994	estimate	3,652,003		64,134	29,597	2.17	73.6
1995	estimate	3,680,154		63,473	30,664	2.15	73.6
1996	estimate	3,707,042		63,333	30,952	2.14	74.0
1997	estimate	3,732,858		64,013	30,508	2.17	74.7
1998	estimate	3,758,302		61,204	32,087	2.08	74.6
1999	estimate	3,782,812		59,698	31,760	2.04	75.3
2000	estimate	3,806,140		59,510	32,668	2.04	75.5
2001	estimate	3,813,592		56,273	32,521	1.95	76.0
2002	estimate	3,812,434		53,110	31,283	1.86	76.8
2003	estimate	3,808,991		51,122	32,068	1.81	76.9
2004	estimate	3,803,095		51,318	33,501	1.84	76.9
2005	estimate	3,794,218		50,776	35,245	1.84	76.7
2006	estimate	3,782,612		48,948	34,246	1.80	77.6
2007	estimate	3,769,818		46,776	35,475	1.74	77.7
2008	estimate	3,756,357		43,242	35,967	1.62	78.1
2009	estimate	3,741,898		42,066	36,981	1.59	78.4
2010	estimate	3,728,131		42,286	37,911	1.62	78.7
2011	estimate	3,701,541		41,048	38,175	1.59	78.8
2012	estimate	3,665,879		38,873	36,681	1.54	79.3
2013	estimate	3,626,965		36,333	34,079	1.47	80.3
2014	estimate	3,586,573		34,596	35,072	1.44	80.0
2015	estimate	3,544,160		31,678	33,469	1.35	80.7
2016	estimate	3,499,463		28,840	34,515	1.26	80.3
2017	estimate	3,452,552		25,131	36,487	1.13	79.1
2018	estimate	3,291,195		20,210	32,771	1.03	81.1
2019	estimate	3,288,941		19,478	31,921	0.98	81.4
2020	estimate	3,287,115		18,771	33,990	0.93	80.0
2021	estimate	3,264,495		18,841	33,994	0.94	79.8
2022	estimate	3,241,925		18,619	37,234	0.94	79.4
2023	estimate	3,240,012		18,851	34,664	0.94	81.7
2024	estimate	3,244,033		19,051	34,273	0.94	81.9
2025	projection	3,240,375	3.2–3.3 million	19,087	34,745	0.94	82.1
2026	projection	3,230,204	3.1–3.3 million	19,121	35,223	0.94	82.3
2027	projection	3,215,171	3.1–3.3 million	19,125	35,738	0.95	82.4
2028	projection	3,197,039	3.0–3.4 million	19,112	36,261	0.95	82.6
2029	projection	3,175,992	3.0–3.4 million	19,012	36,780	0.96	82.7
2030	projection	3,153,595	2.9–3.4 million	18,879	37,269	0.97	82.9
2031	projection	3,127,890	2.8–3.5 million	18,672	37,740	0.98	83.1
2032	projection	3,102,506	2.8–3.5 million	18,476	38,226	0.99	83.2
2033	projection	3,076,263	2.7–3.5 million	18,257	38,678	1.00	83.3
2034	projection	3,048,848	2.7–3.5 million	17,954	39,109	1.01	83.5
2035	projection	3,020,437	2.6–3.5 million	17,591	39,528	1.02	83.6
2036	projection	2,992,460	2.6–3.6 million	17,211	39,918	1.02	83.8
2037	projection	2,964,079	2.5–3.6 million	16,784	40,278	1.03	83.9
2038	projection	2,933,786	2.5–3.6 million	16,333	40,597	1.04	84.0
2039	projection	2,902,128	2.4–3.6 million	15,807	40,899	1.05	84.2
2040	projection	2,870,238	2.4–3.6 million	15,240	41,155	1.05	84.3
2041	projection	2,837,333	2.3–3.6 million	14,703	41,371	1.06	84.4
2042	projection	2,804,301	2.3–3.6 million	14,179	41,592	1.07	84.5
2043	projection	2,770,865	2.2–3.6 million	13,669	41,720	1.08	84.7
2044	projection	2,737,044	2.2–3.7 million	13,137	41,834	1.08	84.8
2045	projection	2,702,500	2.1–3.7 million	12,641	41,911	1.09	84.9
2046	projection	2,667,385	2.1–3.7 million	12,177	41,953	1.10	85.1
2047	projection	2,631,108	2.0–3.7 million	11,732	41,952	1.10	85.2
2048	projection	2,595,362	2.0–3.7 million	11,334	41,914	1.11	85.3
2049	projection	2,559,300	1.9–3.7 million	10,952	41,853	1.12	85.4
2050	projection	2,522,118	1.9–3.7 million	10,584	41,781	1.13	85.5
2051	projection	2,485,871	1.8–3.7 million	10,264	41,664	1.13	85.7
2052	projection	2,449,091	1.7–3.6 million	9,983	41,520	1.14	85.8
2053	projection	2,412,734	1.7–3.6 million	9,726	41,360	1.15	85.9
2054	projection	2,377,015	1.7–3.6 million	9,506	41,185	1.15	86.0
2055	projection	2,340,904	1.6–3.6 million	9,306	40,965	1.16	86.1
2056	projection	2,305,354	1.6–3.6 million	9,121	40,710	1.16	86.2
2057	projection	2,269,210	1.5–3.6 million	8,987	40,457	1.17	86.4
2058	projection	2,233,157	1.5–3.6 million	8,867	40,170	1.18	86.5
2059	projection	2,196,707	1.5–3.6 million	8,745	39,881	1.18	86.6
2060	projection	2,161,378	1.4–3.6 million	8,644	39,597	1.19	86.7
2061	projection	2,125,900	1.4–3.6 million	8,542	39,238	1.19	86.8
2062	projection	2,091,184	1.3–3.6 million	8,448	38,909	1.20	86.9
2063	projection	2,056,523	1.3–3.6 million	8,351	38,546	1.21	87.0
2064	projection	2,023,346	1.3–3.6 million	8,244	38,171	1.21	87.2
2065	projection	1,989,600	1.2–3.6 million	8,124	37,799	1.22	87.3
2066	projection	1,956,405	1.2–3.5 million	7,981	37,403	1.22	87.4
2067	projection	1,923,357	1.2–3.5 million	7,842	37,021	1.23	87.5
2068	projection	1,890,636	1.1–3.5 million	7,685	36,663	1.23	87.6
2069	projection	1,859,002	1.1–3.5 million	7,528	36,300	1.24	87.7
2070	projection	1,827,658	1.1–3.5 million	7,349	35,963	1.24	87.8
2071	projection	1,796,716	1.0–3.4 million	7,185	35,617	1.25	87.9
2072	projection	1,766,532	1.0–3.4 million	7,018	35,292	1.25	88.0
2073	projection	1,736,247	1.0–3.4 million	6,833	34,967	1.25	88.2
2074	projection	1,706,442	0.9–3.4 million	6,662	34,664	1.26	88.3
2075	projection	1,676,430	0.9–3.4 million	6,473	34,337	1.26	88.4
2076	projection	1,647,062	0.9–3.4 million	6,307	34,053	1.27	88.5
2077	projection	1,617,807	0.9–3.3 million	6,130	33,815	1.27	88.6
2078	projection	1,589,025	0.8–3.4 million	5,981	33,574	1.28	88.7
2079	projection	1,560,548	0.8–3.4 million	5,836	33,327	1.28	88.8
2080	projection	1,531,890	0.8–3.3 million	5,691	33,125	1.28	88.9
2081	projection	1,503,627	0.8–3.3 million	5,562	32,898	1.29	89.0
2082	projection	1,475,660	0.7–3.3 million	5,450	32,708	1.29	89.1
2083	projection	1,447,753	0.7–3.2 million	5,341	32,528	1.30	89.3
2084	projection	1,420,224	0.7–3.2 million	5,250	32,355	1.30	89.4
2085	projection	1,392,770	0.7–3.2 million	5,165	32,210	1.30	89.5
2086	projection	1,365,432	0.7–3.2 million	5,097	32,038	1.31	89.6
2087	projection	1,338,200	0.6–3.2 million	5,033	31,890	1.31	89.7
2088	projection	1,311,195	0.6–3.2 million	4,982	31,724	1.31	89.8
2089	projection	1,284,279	0.6–3.2 million	4,937	31,556	1.32	89.9
2090	projection	1,257,423	0.6–3.2 million	4,893	31,340	1.32	90.0
2091	projection	1,230,908	0.6–3.2 million	4,853	31,122	1.32	90.1
2092	projection	1,204,632	0.5–3.2 million	4,818	30,879	1.33	90.2
2093	projection	1,178,597	0.5–3.1 million	4,787	30,570	1.33	90.3
2094	projection	1,152,867	0.5–3.1 million	4,761	30,259	1.33	90.4
2095	projection	1,127,415	0.5–3.1 million	4,730	29,885	1.34	90.5
2096	projection	1,102,369	0.5–3.0 million	4,697	29,454	1.34	90.6
2097	projection	1,077,754	0.4–3.0 million	4,663	28,960	1.34	90.7
2098	projection	1,053,605	0.4–3.0 million	4,626	28,419	1.35	90.8
2099	projection	1,029,965	0.4–3.0 million	4,578	27,832	1.35	90.9
2100	projection	1,006,866	0.4–2.9 million	4,529	27,199	1.35	91.0

Show the numbers: Puerto Rico, mid-2026, by single year of age

Puerto Rico: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	9,788	9,320
1	9,858	9,398
2	9,875	9,416
3	9,830	9,364
4	9,894	9,424
5	9,938	9,462
6	10,478	9,848
7	11,224	10,564
8	11,756	11,192
9	12,605	11,892
10	13,529	12,714
11	14,372	13,604
12	14,977	14,244
13	15,532	14,729
14	16,241	15,400
15	16,802	16,041
16	17,566	16,652
17	18,300	17,088
18	18,712	17,530
19	19,167	18,156
20	19,678	18,766
21	20,172	19,351
22	20,502	19,627
23	21,068	20,044
24	21,822	20,852
25	22,292	21,570
26	22,313	21,906
27	21,950	21,889
28	21,401	21,624
29	20,834	21,270
30	20,316	20,944
31	19,706	20,550
32	19,082	20,160
33	18,589	19,880
34	18,378	19,836
35	18,407	19,976
36	18,328	19,995
37	18,055	19,848
38	17,644	19,544
39	17,334	19,312
40	17,356	19,424
41	17,526	19,682
42	17,761	20,028
43	18,062	20,468
44	18,528	21,054
45	19,140	21,756
46	19,571	22,225
47	19,766	22,406
48	19,740	22,347
49	19,678	22,245
50	19,772	22,292
51	19,809	22,280
52	19,836	22,266
53	19,981	22,390
54	20,260	22,686
55	20,617	23,116
56	20,742	23,394
57	20,607	23,500
58	20,434	23,644
59	20,457	24,024
60	20,722	24,609
61	20,898	25,042
62	20,796	25,109
63	20,497	24,919
64	20,212	24,732
65	20,045	24,625
66	19,853	24,470
67	19,571	24,252
68	19,181	23,956
69	18,773	23,658
70	18,418	23,366
71	17,936	22,868
72	17,326	22,206
73	16,681	21,540
74	16,112	21,016
75	15,695	20,666
76	15,279	20,260
77	14,822	19,736
78	14,249	19,062
79	13,509	18,188
80	12,636	17,136
81	11,574	15,881
82	10,400	14,530
83	9,239	13,214
84	8,169	12,019
85	7,235	10,950
86	6,384	9,886
87	5,595	8,843
88	4,867	7,850
89	4,178	6,903
90	3,530	6,030
91	2,926	5,194
92	2,372	4,395
93	1,878	3,654
94	1,462	2,986
95	1,122	2,407
96	841	1,902
97	614	1,463
98	440	1,100
99	308	818
100+	639	2,099

PRI · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Puerto Rico, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

PRI · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2001: 2,468,300 people aged 15–64, against 2,066,830 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

19 children

38 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

PRI · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Puerto Rico, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Puerto Rico gains 7,946 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 1,560 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 200 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 19,833 (2023); its biggest loss, 149,999 (2017).

In 2024, 223,323 people living in Puerto Rico had been born in another country, 7 of every 100 people there, against 9 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

PRI · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Puerto Rico

Of every 100 babies born in Puerto Rico in 2023, 7 had a mother under 20, 80 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 13 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 13 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
13 · 73 · 14

2023
7 · 80 · 13

2050 · projected
2 · 70 · 28

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 18,851
Average age when women have a baby: 27.8 years; 28.4 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 14; 100 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Puerto Rico by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	59	296	287	6	0	0
15–19	11,168	12,735	10,932	1,291	187	42
20–24	28,988	23,338	19,578	5,761	1,822	421
25–29	21,422	19,155	15,093	5,589	2,696	1,242
30–34	13,266	9,318	9,000	3,815	2,852	1,649
35–39	9,704	3,814	3,825	1,955	2,426	941
40–44	2,468	1,039	762	420	578	222
45–49	306	136	33	14	23	12
50–54	9	6	0	0	0	0
All babies	87,390	69,837	59,510	18,851	10,584	4,529

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

PRI · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Puerto Rico

Of the 79.9 years a baby born in Puerto Rico in 2021 could expect, about 68.8 would be lived in full health (95% range 68.0–69.5). That leaves 11.1 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

71.0 in full health, 12.5 not: 83.5 years

Men

66.6 in full health, 9.6 not: 76.2 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 71.0 healthy years of 83.5. Men: 66.6 of 76.2. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 69.4.

PRI · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Puerto Rico

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from Puerto Rico at the end of 2025.

Read that as a gap in the record, not as a finding. The count reaches as far as one agency's work reaches, and no further.

How the world's displacement is counted

PRI · of every 100 people

How people live in Puerto Rico

Of every 100 people in Puerto Rico in 2025, 28 lived in a city, 53 in a town or suburb and 19 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 12.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2022).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

PRI · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Puerto Rico went in school

Of every 100 adults in Puerto Rico in 2020, 2 never went to school and 77 finished upper secondary or went further.

2 never went to school 6 some primary 7 finished primary 8 finished lower secondary 42 finished upper secondary 35 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; nor are the ones who finished upper secondary.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

PRI · cities · 2025

Cities in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico had 4 cities in 2025, home to 912,065 people. The largest, San Juan, holds 21 of every 100 people in Puerto Rico.

San Juan681,030
Ponce83,901
Caguas82,175
Cataño64,959

How to read this: the 4 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Puerto Rico are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.