Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Puerto Rico

Total fertility rate in Puerto Rico in 2024 — 0.92 births. Ranked 214 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 80.8%.

2024 0.92 births +0% vs 2023
World rank 214of 217
Period maximum 4.8 births1960
Period minimum 0.91 births2021

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Puerto Rico, 1960–2024024619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.8 births1962: 4.36 births1964: 4.11 births1966: 3.82 births1968: 3.38 births1970: 3.24 births1972: 3.06 births1974: 2.88 births1976: 2.86 births1978: 2.9 births1980: 2.82 births1982: 2.61 births1984: 2.35 births1986: 2.36 births1988: 2.31 births1990: 2.38 births1992: 2.29 births1994: 2.28 births1996: 1.94 births1998: 1.9 births2000: 2.05 births2002: 1.83 births2004: 1.78 births2006: 1.71 births2008: 1.65 births2010: 1.62 births2012: 1.54 births2014: 1.43 births2016: 1.24 births2018: 1.04 births2020: 0.92 births2022: 0.91 births2024: 0.92 births
Change over the period: −3.88 (−80.82%) Average annual rate: -2.55 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico 0.92 births
World 2.19 births
Caribbean computed 1.93 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 0.92 +0 +0%
2023 0.92 +0.01 +0.66%
2022 0.91 +0.01 +0.77%
2021 0.91 −0.02 −1.63%
2020 0.92 −0.06 −6.11%
2019 0.98 −0.05 −5.12%
2018 1.04 −0.07 −5.99%
2017 1.1 −0.14 −11.39%
2016 1.24 −0.09 −7.03%
2015 1.34 −0.1 −6.67%
2014 1.43 −0.04 −2.59%
2013 1.47 −0.07 −4.7%
2012 1.54 −0.05 −3.38%
2011 1.6 −0.03 −1.66%
2010 1.62 −0.03 −1.77%
2009 1.65 +0 +0.07%
2008 1.65 +0 +0.07%
2007 1.65 −0.06 −3.61%
2006 1.71 −0.06 −3.27%
2005 1.77 −0.01 −0.67%
2004 1.78 +0.02 +1.12%
2003 1.76 −0.07 −3.78%
2002 1.83 −0.1 −5.32%
2001 1.93 −0.11 −5.56%
2000 2.05 +0.05 +2.43%
1999 2 +0.1 +5.26%
1998 1.9 +0 +0%
1997 1.9 −0.04 −2.06%
1996 1.94 −0.31 −13.7%
1995 2.25 −0.03 −1.32%
1994 2.28 −0.03 −1.26%
1993 2.31 +0.02 +0.74%
1992 2.29 −0.01 −0.52%
1991 2.3 −0.08 −3.2%
1990 2.38 −0.01 −0.34%
1989 2.39 +0.08 +3.42%
1988 2.31 −0.02 −0.9%
1987 2.33 −0.03 −1.15%
1986 2.36 +0 +0.17%
1985 2.35 −0 −0.08%
1984 2.35 −0.1 −4.19%
1983 2.46 −0.16 −6.01%
1982 2.61 −0.1 −3.61%
1981 2.71 −0.1 −3.69%
1980 2.82 −0.03 −1.09%
1979 2.85 −0.05 −1.86%
1978 2.9 −0.02 −0.79%
1977 2.92 +0.06 +2.1%
1976 2.86 +0.09 +3.28%
1975 2.77 −0.11 −3.82%
1974 2.88 −0.05 −1.64%
1973 2.93 −0.13 −4.19%
1972 3.06 −0.23 −7.08%
1971 3.29 +0.05 +1.48%
1970 3.24 −0.07 −2.17%
1969 3.32 −0.07 −1.95%
1968 3.38 −0.19 −5.27%
1967 3.57 −0.25 −6.5%
1966 3.82 −0.23 −5.61%
1965 4.04 −0.06 −1.56%
1964 4.11 −0.42 −9.22%
1963 4.53 +0.17 +3.81%
1962 4.36 −0.15 −3.35%
1961 4.51 −0.29 −5.96%
1960 4.8

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.