Puerto Rico - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Puerto Rico was 3,978,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,978,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 2,358,000 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2,358,000
1961 2,399,722
1962 2,450,322
1963 2,504,530
1964 2,554,066
1965 2,594,000
1966 2,624,995
1967 2,645,674
1968 2,662,064
1969 2,684,151
1970 2,718,000
1971 2,762,191
1972 2,817,256
1973 2,878,786
1974 2,939,299
1975 2,994,000
1976 3,043,855
1977 3,088,690
1978 3,129,421
1979 3,168,088
1980 3,206,000
1981 3,242,552
1982 3,277,453
1983 3,311,138
1984 3,344,191
1985 3,377,000
1986 3,409,554
1987 3,441,850
1988 3,473,898
1989 3,505,650
1990 3,537,000
1991 3,562,110
1992 3,585,176
1993 3,615,497
1994 3,649,237
1995 3,683,103
1996 3,724,655
1997 3,759,430
1998 3,781,101
1999 3,800,081
2000 3,814,413
2001 3,837,768
2002 3,858,272
2003 3,876,637
2004 3,893,931
2005 3,910,722
2006 3,926,744
2007 3,941,235
2008 3,954,553
2009 3,967,288
2010 3,978,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Puerto Rico was 51.91 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 51.98 in 2005, while its lowest value was 50.56 in 1960.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 50.56
1961 50.67
1962 50.78
1963 50.89
1964 50.98
1965 51.03
1966 51.05
1967 51.05
1968 51.02
1969 51.00
1970 50.99
1971 51.00
1972 51.01
1973 51.04
1974 51.07
1975 51.11
1976 51.16
1977 51.22
1978 51.27
1979 51.31
1980 51.31
1981 51.29
1982 51.23
1983 51.18
1984 51.14
1985 51.14
1986 51.19
1987 51.28
1988 51.38
1989 51.49
1990 51.57
1991 51.63
1992 51.67
1993 51.70
1994 51.72
1995 51.74
1996 51.77
1997 51.79
1998 51.81
1999 51.83
2000 51.86
2001 51.88
2002 51.91
2003 51.94
2004 51.96
2005 51.98
2006 51.98
2007 51.96
2008 51.95
2009 51.93
2010 51.91

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population