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Puerto Rico (US)
Rural population

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#165out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

1.3 M1.0 M751 K466 K180 K196019932025Puerto Rico (US) · 2025: 180,246Puerto Rico (US)

Analytical takeaways

  • Puerto Rico (US) records 180,246 for Rural population in 2025, ranking #165 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population declined from 1.31M in 1960 to 180,246 in 2025, a decrease of 1.13M.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

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