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Puerto Rico (US)
Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Global rank#21out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

94.481.969.456.844.3196019932025Puerto Rico (US) · 2025: 94Puerto Rico (US)

Analytical takeaways

  • Puerto Rico (US) records 94 for Urban population (% of total population) in 2025, ranking #21 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population (% of total population) increased from 44 in 1960 to 94 in 2025, a gain of 50.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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