Population of Puerto Rico

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	09 Dec 2024

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The current population of Puerto Rico is 3,240,124 as of January 24, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Puerto Rico is projected at 3,242,204, or 3.24 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Puerto Rico is projected at 3,242,023, or 3.24 million people, for the year 2023.

Puerto Rico ranks 135th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Puerto Rico is ranked 13th among 41 countries and territories in North America.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Puerto Rico population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,219,396	2,229,089	19,386	0.870	0.0894
1951	2,238,782	2,247,532	17,500	0.779	0.0886
1952	2,256,282	2,263,654	14,744	0.651	0.0876
1953	2,271,026	2,277,878	13,705	0.602	0.0865
1954	2,284,731	2,291,109	12,756	0.557	0.0853
1955	2,297,487	2,303,486	11,998	0.521	0.0841
1956	2,309,485	2,314,882	10,794	0.466	0.0828
1957	2,320,279	2,324,735	8,913	0.383	0.0815
1958	2,329,192	2,333,209	8,034	0.344	0.0801
1959	2,337,226	2,342,068	9,683	0.413	0.0790
1960	2,346,909	2,363,917	34,016	1.439	0.0784
1961	2,380,925	2,401,171	40,492	1.686	0.0783
1962	2,421,417	2,441,245	39,657	1.624	0.0782
1963	2,461,074	2,480,576	39,004	1.572	0.0777
1964	2,500,078	2,519,039	37,923	1.505	0.0772
1965	2,538,001	2,556,644	37,285	1.458	0.0767
1966	2,575,286	2,593,843	37,113	1.431	0.0762
1967	2,612,399	2,630,514	36,229	1.377	0.0757
1968	2,648,628	2,665,785	34,313	1.287	0.0752
1969	2,682,941	2,698,423	30,964	1.147	0.0746
1970	2,713,905	2,734,422	41,034	1.501	0.0740
1971	2,754,939	2,777,968	46,058	1.658	0.0737
1972	2,800,997	2,824,365	46,735	1.655	0.0735
1973	2,847,732	2,871,124	46,785	1.630	0.0732
1974	2,894,517	2,918,195	47,355	1.623	0.0730
1975	2,941,872	2,966,106	48,467	1.634	0.0729
1976	2,990,339	3,014,962	49,246	1.633	0.0728
1977	3,039,585	3,064,445	49,721	1.623	0.0727
1978	3,089,306	3,114,153	49,694	1.596	0.0726
1979	3,139,000	3,165,038	52,076	1.645	0.0725
1980	3,191,076	3,213,680	45,208	1.407	0.0723
1981	3,236,284	3,256,565	40,562	1.246	0.0719
1982	3,276,846	3,295,921	38,150	1.158	0.0715
1983	3,314,996	3,332,645	35,298	1.059	0.0709
1984	3,350,294	3,367,200	33,811	1.004	0.0704
1985	3,384,105	3,399,311	30,412	0.895	0.0698
1986	3,414,517	3,428,769	28,505	0.831	0.0692
1987	3,443,022	3,457,138	28,232	0.817	0.0685
1988	3,471,254	3,485,070	27,631	0.793	0.0678
1989	3,498,885	3,512,009	26,248	0.747	0.0671
1990	3,525,133	3,541,048	31,830	0.899	0.0665
1991	3,556,963	3,573,669	33,413	0.935	0.0660
1992	3,590,376	3,606,392	32,032	0.888	0.0655
1993	3,622,408	3,637,206	29,595	0.814	0.0650
1994	3,652,003	3,666,079	28,151	0.768	0.0646
1995	3,680,154	3,693,598	26,888	0.728	0.0641
1996	3,707,042	3,719,950	25,816	0.694	0.0637
1997	3,732,858	3,745,580	25,444	0.679	0.0632
1998	3,758,302	3,770,557	24,510	0.650	0.0628
1999	3,782,812	3,794,476	23,328	0.615	0.0623
2000	3,806,140	3,809,866	7,452	0.196	0.0617
2001	3,813,592	3,813,013	-1,158	-0.030	0.0610
2002	3,812,434	3,810,713	-3,443	-0.090	0.0601
2003	3,808,991	3,806,043	-5,896	-0.155	0.0593
2004	3,803,095	3,798,657	-8,877	-0.234	0.0584
2005	3,794,218	3,788,415	-11,606	-0.306	0.0575
2006	3,782,612	3,776,215	-12,794	-0.339	0.0566
2007	3,769,818	3,763,088	-13,461	-0.358	0.0557
2008	3,756,357	3,749,128	-14,459	-0.386	0.0548
2009	3,741,898	3,735,015	-13,767	-0.369	0.0539
2010	3,728,131	3,714,836	-26,590	-0.716	0.0529
2011	3,701,541	3,683,710	-35,662	-0.968	0.0518
2012	3,665,879	3,646,422	-38,914	-1.067	0.0506
2013	3,626,965	3,606,769	-40,392	-1.120	0.0495
2014	3,586,573	3,565,367	-42,413	-1.190	0.0483
2015	3,544,160	3,521,811	-44,697	-1.269	0.0471
2016	3,499,463	3,476,008	-46,911	-1.350	0.0460
2017	3,452,552	3,371,874	-161,357	-4.786	0.0441
2018	3,291,195	3,290,068	-2,254	-0.069	0.0426
2019	3,288,941	3,288,028	-1,826	-0.056	0.0421
2020	3,287,115	3,275,805	-22,620	-0.691	0.0415
2021	3,264,495	3,253,210	-22,570	-0.694	0.0409
2022	3,241,925	3,240,968	-1,913	-0.059	0.0404
2023	3,240,012	3,242,023	4,021	0.124	0.0401

Puerto Rico population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	3,244,033	3,242,204	-3,658	-0.113	0.0397
2025	3,240,375	3,235,289	-10,171	-0.314	0.0393
2026	3,230,204	3,222,688	-15,033	-0.466	0.0388
2027	3,215,171	3,206,105	-18,132	-0.566	0.0383
2028	3,197,039	3,186,515	-21,047	-0.661	0.0378
2029	3,175,992	3,164,794	-22,397	-0.708	0.0372
2030	3,153,595	3,140,742	-25,705	-0.818	0.0367
2031	3,127,890	3,115,198	-25,384	-0.815	0.0361
2032	3,102,506	3,089,385	-26,243	-0.849	0.0355
2033	3,076,263	3,062,555	-27,415	-0.895	0.0350
2034	3,048,848	3,034,642	-28,411	-0.936	0.0344
2035	3,020,437	3,006,448	-27,977	-0.931	0.0338
2036	2,992,460	2,978,269	-28,381	-0.953	0.0333
2037	2,964,079	2,948,932	-30,293	-1.027	0.0327
2038	2,933,786	2,917,957	-31,658	-1.085	0.0322
2039	2,902,128	2,886,183	-31,890	-1.105	0.0316
2040	2,870,238	2,853,785	-32,905	-1.153	0.0311
2041	2,837,333	2,820,817	-33,032	-1.171	0.0306
2042	2,804,301	2,787,583	-33,436	-1.199	0.0300
2043	2,770,865	2,753,954	-33,821	-1.228	0.0295
2044	2,737,044	2,719,772	-34,544	-1.270	0.0290
2045	2,702,500	2,684,943	-35,115	-1.308	0.0284
2046	2,667,385	2,649,247	-36,277	-1.369	0.0279
2047	2,631,108	2,613,235	-35,746	-1.368	0.0274
2048	2,595,362	2,577,331	-36,062	-1.399	0.0269
2049	2,559,300	2,540,709	-37,182	-1.463	0.0264
2050	2,522,118	2,503,994	-36,247	-1.448	0.0259
2051	2,485,871	2,467,481	-36,780	-1.491	0.0254
2052	2,449,091	2,430,912	-36,357	-1.496	0.0250
2053	2,412,734	2,394,874	-35,719	-1.492	0.0245
2054	2,377,015	2,358,959	-36,111	-1.531	0.0240
2055	2,340,904	2,323,129	-35,550	-1.530	0.0236
2056	2,305,354	2,287,282	-36,144	-1.580	0.0232
2057	2,269,210	2,251,184	-36,053	-1.602	0.0227
2058	2,233,157	2,214,932	-36,450	-1.646	0.0223
2059	2,196,707	2,179,043	-35,329	-1.621	0.0219
2060	2,161,378	2,143,639	-35,478	-1.655	0.0215
2061	2,125,900	2,108,542	-34,716	-1.646	0.0211
2062	2,091,184	2,073,854	-34,661	-1.671	0.0207
2063	2,056,523	2,039,935	-33,177	-1.626	0.0203
2064	2,023,346	2,006,473	-33,746	-1.682	0.0199
2065	1,989,600	1,973,003	-33,195	-1.683	0.0195
2066	1,956,405	1,939,881	-33,048	-1.704	0.0192
2067	1,923,357	1,906,996	-32,721	-1.716	0.0188
2068	1,890,636	1,874,819	-31,634	-1.687	0.0185
2069	1,859,002	1,843,330	-31,344	-1.700	0.0181
2070	1,827,658	1,812,187	-30,942	-1.707	0.0178
2071	1,796,716	1,781,624	-30,184	-1.694	0.0175
2072	1,766,532	1,751,389	-30,285	-1.729	0.0171
2073	1,736,247	1,721,344	-29,805	-1.732	0.0168
2074	1,706,442	1,691,436	-30,012	-1.774	0.0165
2075	1,676,430	1,661,746	-29,368	-1.767	0.0162
2076	1,647,062	1,632,435	-29,255	-1.792	0.0159
2077	1,617,807	1,603,416	-28,782	-1.795	0.0156
2078	1,589,025	1,574,786	-28,477	-1.808	0.0153
2079	1,560,548	1,546,219	-28,658	-1.853	0.0150
2080	1,531,890	1,517,758	-28,263	-1.862	0.0148
2081	1,503,627	1,489,643	-27,967	-1.877	0.0145
2082	1,475,660	1,461,707	-27,907	-1.909	0.0142
2083	1,447,753	1,433,988	-27,529	-1.920	0.0139
2084	1,420,224	1,406,497	-27,454	-1.952	0.0137
2085	1,392,770	1,379,101	-27,338	-1.982	0.0134
2086	1,365,432	1,351,816	-27,232	-2.015	0.0131
2087	1,338,200	1,324,697	-27,005	-2.039	0.0129
2088	1,311,195	1,297,737	-26,916	-2.074	0.0126
2089	1,284,279	1,270,851	-26,856	-2.113	0.0124
2090	1,257,423	1,244,166	-26,515	-2.131	0.0121
2091	1,230,908	1,217,770	-26,276	-2.158	0.0119
2092	1,204,632	1,191,614	-26,035	-2.185	0.0116
2093	1,178,597	1,165,732	-25,730	-2.207	0.0114
2094	1,152,867	1,140,141	-25,452	-2.232	0.0111
2095	1,127,415	1,114,892	-25,046	-2.247	0.0109
2096	1,102,369	1,090,062	-24,615	-2.258	0.0107
2097	1,077,754	1,065,679	-24,149	-2.266	0.0104
2098	1,053,605	1,041,785	-23,640	-2.269	0.0102
2099	1,029,965	1,018,415	-23,099	-2.268	0.0100
2100	1,006,866	995,625	-22,481	-2.258	0.0098