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Puerto Rico (US)
Population, total

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.

Global rank#134out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

3.8 M3.5 M3.1 M2.7 M2.4 M196019932025Puerto Rico (US) · 2025: 3.18MPuerto Rico (US)

Analytical takeaways

  • Puerto Rico (US) records 3.18M for Population, total in 2025, ranking #134 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Population, total increased from 2.36M in 1960 to 3.18M in 2025, a gain of 826,835.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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