Puerto Rico (US) — Population
Population, Total for Puerto Rico (US), 1960–2025.
Population for Puerto Rico (US) was 3.18 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.83 million in 2004. The lowest was 2.36 million in 1960 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.46% per year.
Puerto Rico (US) ranks 134 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 62%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.18 million, so Puerto Rico (US) sits level with it. It peaked in 2004 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 10%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 21 of 42 economies; Jamaica (2.84 million) is just below it. That is 4% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 150 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 109th of 216 in 1960 → 113th of 216 in 1970 → 115th of 216 in 1980 → 121st of 217 in 1990 → 123rd of 217 in 2000 → 128th of 217 in 2010 → 135th of 217 in 2020 → 134th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,184,835 | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,202,521 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,203,794 | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 3,220,148 | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 3,262,731 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 3,281,591 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,302,691 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 3,290,690 | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 3,410,837 | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 3,480,432 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 3,535,167 | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 3,585,017 | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 3,631,427 | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 3,661,045 | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 3,693,464 | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 3,724,465 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 3,740,410 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 3,760,866 | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 3,782,995 | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 3,805,214 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 3,821,362 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 3,826,878 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3,826,095 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 3,823,701 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 3,818,774 | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 3,810,605 | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 3,800,081 | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 3,781,101 | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 3,759,430 | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 3,724,655 | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 3,683,103 | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 3,649,237 | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 3,615,497 | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 3,585,176 | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 3,562,110 | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 3,537,000 | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 3,505,650 | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 3,473,898 | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 3,441,850 | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 3,409,554 | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 3,377,000 | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 3,344,190 | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 3,311,138 | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 3,277,453 | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 3,242,552 | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 3,206,000 | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 3,168,088 | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 3,129,421 | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 3,088,690 | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 3,043,854 | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 2,994,000 | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 2,939,299 | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 2,878,786 | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 2,817,256 | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 2,762,190 | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 2,718,000 | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 2,684,150 | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 2,662,064 | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 2,645,674 | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 2,624,995 | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 2,594,000 | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 2,554,066 | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 2,504,530 | +2.2% |
| 1962 | 2,450,322 | +2.1% |
| 1961 | 2,399,722 | +1.8% |
| 1960 | 2,358,000 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Puerto Rico (US)’s Population in 1961?
2,399,722 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Puerto Rico (US)’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Puerto Rico (US)’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +35.1% in total — about 0.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3,184,835; 2024: 3,202,521; 2023: 3,203,794; 2022: 3,220,148; 2021: 3,262,731. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.