Population in Puerto Rico (US)

The population of Puerto Rico (US) was 3,184,835 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1979.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Puerto Rico (US), 2025 3,184,835 People
Change from 2024 −0.6% 2024: 3,202,521 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 134th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Puerto Rico (US) over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period Puerto Rico (US)World
2025 3,184,835 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 3,202,521 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 3,203,794 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 3,220,148 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 3,262,731 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 3,281,591 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 3,302,691 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 3,290,690 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 3,410,837 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 3,480,432 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 3,535,167 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 3,585,017 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 3,631,427 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 3,661,045 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 3,693,464 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 3,724,465 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 3,740,410 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 3,760,866 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 3,782,995 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 3,805,214 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 3,821,362 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 3,826,878 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 3,826,095 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 3,823,701 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 3,818,774 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6% from 3,202,521 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 3,535,167 people, the figure has changed by −9.9%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Puerto Rico (US) has the 134th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Puerto Rico (US)
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects