COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Puerto Rico (US) Population
Puerto Rico (US) population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1980, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,18 m | -17.686 |
| 2024 | 3,20 m | -1.273 |
| 2023 | 3,20 m | -16.354 |
| 2022 | 3,22 m | -42.583 |
| 2021 | 3,26 m | -18.860 |
| 2020 | 3,28 m | -21.100 |
| 2019 | 3,30 m | 12.001 |
| 2018 | 3,29 m | -120.147 |
| 2017 | 3,41 m | -69.595 |
| 2016 | 3,48 m | 6.432 |
| 2015 | 3,47 m | -61.000 |
| 2014 | 3,54 m | -58.000 |
| 2013 | 3,59 m | -41.000 |
| 2012 | 3,63 m | -45.000 |
| 2011 | 3,68 m | -43.000 |
| 2010 | 3,72 m | -18.000 |
| 2009 | 3,74 m | -21.000 |
| 2008 | 3,76 m | -22.000 |
| 2007 | 3,78 m | -22.000 |
| 2006 | 3,81 m | -16.000 |
| 2005 | 3,82 m | -6.000 |
| 2004 | 3,83 m | 1.000 |
| 2003 | 3,83 m | 2.000 |
| 2002 | 3,82 m | 5.000 |
| 2001 | 3,82 m | 8.000 |
| 2000 | 3,81 m | 29.000 |
| 1999 | 3,78 m | 34.000 |
| 1998 | 3,75 m | 32.000 |
| 1997 | 3,72 m | 31.000 |
| 1996 | 3,69 m | 30.000 |
| 1995 | 3,66 m | 28.000 |
| 1994 | 3,63 m | 27.000 |
| 1993 | 3,60 m | 25.000 |
| 1992 | 3,58 m | 24.000 |
| 1991 | 3,55 m | 23.000 |
| 1990 | 3,53 m | 36.000 |
| 1989 | 3,49 m | 38.000 |
| 1988 | 3,45 m | 37.000 |
| 1987 | 3,42 m | 35.000 |
| 1986 | 3,38 m | 33.000 |
| 1985 | 3,35 m | 32.000 |
| 1984 | 3,32 m | 31.000 |
| 1983 | 3,29 m | 29.000 |
| 1982 | 3,26 m | 28.000 |
| 1981 | 3,23 m | 26.000 |
| 1980 | 3,20 m | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:16:07. Open original metadata response.
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesPuerto Rico (US) recorded 3,18 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population decreased by 17.686.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 46 observations from 1980 to 2025, the average was 3,53 m; the minimum was 3,18 m in 2025 and the maximum was 3,83 m in 2004.
Puerto Rico (US) ranks 134 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Latin America & Caribbean.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Demographic scale and market size.