Demographics of Puerto Rico
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 09 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.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2,229,742 | 0.93 |
| 1955 | 2,309,782 | 0.49 |
| 1960 | 2,365,072 | 1.50 |
| 1965 | 2,564,270 | 1.46 |
| 1970 | 2,737,619 | 1.53 |
| 1975 | 2,972,267 | 1.62 |
| 1980 | 3,214,568 | 1.45 |
| 1985 | 3,406,279 | 0.88 |
| 1990 | 3,543,776 | 0.96 |
| 1995 | 3,704,947 | 0.77 |
| 2000 | 3,827,108 | 0.25 |
| 2005 | 3,805,559 | -0.34 |
| 2010 | 3,717,922 | -0.63 |
| 2015 | 3,497,335 | -1.81 |
| 2020 | 3,271,564 | -0.53 |
| 2021 | 3,256,028 | -0.42 |
| 2022 | 3,252,407 | 0.20 |
| 2023 | 3,260,314 | 0.28 |
| 2024 | 3,268,802 | 0.23 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 22,289 | 87,951 | 9.895 | 39.044 |
| 1955 | 17,284 | 85,104 | 7.388 | 36.380 |
| 1960 | 16,197 | 79,890 | 6.805 | 33.567 |
| 1965 | 17,660 | 80,160 | 6.849 | 31.088 |
| 1970 | 19,540 | 69,182 | 7.125 | 25.226 |
| 1975 | 20,390 | 68,829 | 6.862 | 23.162 |
| 1980 | 21,226 | 76,150 | 6.593 | 23.655 |
| 1985 | 24,149 | 67,683 | 7.076 | 19.833 |
| 1990 | 26,492 | 68,945 | 7.466 | 19.429 |
| 1995 | 29,118 | 66,283 | 7.849 | 17.867 |
| 2000 | 29,425 | 61,423 | 7.665 | 16.001 |
| 2005 | 30,287 | 50,915 | 7.923 | 13.320 |
| 2010 | 31,746 | 42,225 | 8.503 | 11.309 |
| 2015 | 30,876 | 32,265 | 8.750 | 9.143 |
| 2020 | 36,682 | 26,790 | 11.199 | 8.179 |
| 2021 | 32,914 | 26,548 | 10.097 | 8.144 |
| 2022 | 36,230 | 26,058 | 11.169 | 8.033 |
| 2023 | 36,641 | 26,093 | 11.273 | 8.028 |
| 2024 | 37,097 | 26,173 | 11.381 | 8.030 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 900,333 | 1,317,667 | 40.592 |
| 1955 | 953,627 | 1,293,788 | 42.432 |
| 1960 | 1,049,347 | 1,306,223 | 44.547 |
| 1965 | 1,328,040 | 1,249,484 | 51.524 |
| 1970 | 1,580,602 | 1,129,239 | 58.328 |
| 1975 | 1,840,343 | 1,091,543 | 62.770 |
| 1980 | 2,162,366 | 1,025,305 | 67.835 |
| 1985 | 2,841,223 | 528,456 | 84.317 |
| 1990 | 3,269,660 | 248,315 | 92.942 |
| 1995 | 3,458,246 | 231,395 | 93.729 |
| 2000 | 3,583,840 | 213,137 | 94.387 |
| 2005 | 3,543,705 | 221,694 | 94.112 |
| 2010 | 3,487,202 | 229,491 | 93.825 |
| 2015 | 3,439,473 | 234,255 | 93.624 |
| 2020 | 3,416,272 | 234,336 | 93.581 |
| 2021 | 3,412,101 | 233,618 | 93.592 |
| 2022 | 3,407,753 | 232,637 | 93.610 |
| 2023 | 3,403,344 | 231,404 | 93.634 |
| 2024 | 3,399,101 | 229,937 | 93.664 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 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 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio