Puerto Rico - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Puerto Rico was 3,070,896 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,605,100 in 2003 and a minimum value of 1,050,418 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 1,050,418
1961 1,102,264
1962 1,159,664
1963 1,220,307
1964 1,280,251
1965 1,336,533
1966 1,389,174
1967 1,436,971
1968 1,482,823
1969 1,532,032
1970 1,585,355
1971 1,636,045
1972 1,693,932
1973 1,756,462
1974 1,819,309
1975 1,879,334
1976 1,937,017
1977 1,991,958
1978 2,044,764
1979 2,096,577
1980 2,174,790
1981 2,327,244
1982 2,471,396
1983 2,606,230
1984 2,731,668
1985 2,847,385
1986 2,953,935
1987 3,051,544
1988 3,140,855
1989 3,222,218
1990 3,287,359
1991 3,316,538
1992 3,343,786
1993 3,377,742
1994 3,414,883
1995 3,452,136
1996 3,496,557
1997 3,534,616
1998 3,560,323
1999 3,583,400
2000 3,596,716
2001 3,602,364
2002 3,604,909
2003 3,605,100
2004 3,603,694
2005 3,596,360
2006 3,579,032
2007 3,555,977
2008 3,533,033
2009 3,511,647
2010 3,491,721
2011 3,449,657
2012 3,406,460
2013 3,366,210
2014 3,310,445
2015 3,251,779
2016 3,188,713
2017 3,112,035
2018 2,988,277
2019 2,988,531
2020 3,070,896

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Puerto Rico was 93.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 94.39 in 2000, while its lowest value was 44.55 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 44.55
1961 45.93
1962 47.33
1963 48.72
1964 50.13
1965 51.52
1966 52.92
1967 54.31
1968 55.70
1969 57.08
1970 58.33
1971 59.23
1972 60.13
1973 61.01
1974 61.90
1975 62.77
1976 63.64
1977 64.49
1978 65.34
1979 66.18
1980 67.84
1981 71.77
1982 75.41
1983 78.71
1984 81.68
1985 84.32
1986 86.64
1987 88.66
1988 90.41
1989 91.92
1990 92.94
1991 93.11
1992 93.27
1993 93.42
1994 93.58
1995 93.73
1996 93.88
1997 94.02
1998 94.16
1999 94.30
2000 94.39
2001 94.33
2002 94.28
2003 94.22
2004 94.17
2005 94.11
2006 94.06
2007 94.00
2008 93.94
2009 93.88
2010 93.83
2011 93.77
2012 93.73
2013 93.69
2014 93.65
2015 93.62
2016 93.60
2017 93.59
2018 93.58
2019 93.58
2020 93.58

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization