3,057,311 (2023 est.)
noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens)
adjective: Puerto Rican
White 75.8%, Black/African American 12.4%, other 8.5% (includes American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and others), mixed 3.3% (2010 est.)
note: 99% of the population is Latino
Spanish, English
major-language sample(s):
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Spanish audio sample:
Roman Catholic 56%, Protestant 33% (largely Pentecostal), other 2%, atheist 1%, none 7% (2014 est.)
0-14 years: 12.84% (male 199,933/female 192,690)
15-64 years: 62.98% (male 921,003/female 1,004,395)
65 years and over: 24.18% (2023 est.) (male 317,522/female 421,768)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 56.3
youth dependency ratio: 21.3
elderly dependency ratio: 34.9
potential support ratio: 2.9 (2021 est.)
total: 45.6 years (2023 est.)
male: 43.6 years
female: 47.2 years
-1.29% (2023 est.)
7.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
10 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
-10.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
population clusters tend to be found along the coast, the largest of these is found in and around San Juan; an exception to this is a sizeable population located in the interior of the island immediately south of the capital around Caguas; most of the interior, particularly in the western half of the island, is dominated by the Cordillera Central mountains, where population density is low
urban population: 93.6% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: -0.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2.440 million SAN JUAN (capital) (2023)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.89 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
34 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
total: 5.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 6.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 81.9 years (2023 est.)
male: 78.7 years
female: 85.3 years
1.25 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.61 (2023 est.)
N/A
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
N/A
3.06 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
N/A
37.4% (2023 est.)
3.6% of GDP (2021 est.)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.4%
male: 92.4%
female: 92.4% (2021)
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 18 years (2018)
NOTE: The information regarding Puerto Rico on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Puerto Rico 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Puerto Rico 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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