Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Puerto Rico

Urban population share in Puerto Rico in 2025 — 94.3%. Ranked 21 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 50 pp.

2025 94.3% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 21of 217
Period maximum 94.4%2000
Period minimum 44.3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Puerto Rico, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 44.3%1962: 46.1%1964: 48.6%1966: 51.4%1968: 54.3%1970: 56.8%1972: 58.9%1974: 60.8%1976: 62.8%1978: 64.8%1980: 67.1%1982: 69.8%1984: 73%1986: 76.6%1988: 80.3%1990: 83.9%1992: 87.3%1994: 90.2%1996: 92.5%1998: 94%2000: 94.4%2002: 94.3%2004: 94.2%2006: 94%2008: 93.8%2010: 93.8%2012: 93.8%2014: 93.8%2016: 93.8%2018: 93.9%2020: 94%2022: 94.1%2024: 94.3%2025: 94.3%
Change over the period: +50 pp Annual average: 0.77 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Puerto Rico 94.3%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 94.3 +0.1 pp
2024 94.3 +0.1 pp
2023 94.2 +0.1 pp
2022 94.1 +0.1 pp
2021 94.1 +0 pp
2020 94 +0.1 pp
2019 94 +0.1 pp
2018 93.9 +0 pp
2017 93.9 +0 pp
2016 93.8 +0 pp
2015 93.8 +0 pp
2014 93.8 +0 pp
2013 93.8 +0 pp
2012 93.8 +0 pp
2011 93.8 +0 pp
2010 93.8 −0 pp
2009 93.8 −0 pp
2008 93.8 −0.1 pp
2007 93.9 −0.1 pp
2006 94 −0.1 pp
2005 94.1 −0.1 pp
2004 94.2 −0.1 pp
2003 94.2 −0.1 pp
2002 94.3 −0.1 pp
2001 94.4 −0 pp
2000 94.4 +0.1 pp
1999 94.3 +0.4 pp
1998 94 +0.6 pp
1997 93.4 +0.8 pp
1996 92.5 +1.1 pp
1995 91.5 +1.2 pp
1994 90.2 +1.4 pp
1993 88.8 +1.5 pp
1992 87.3 +1.6 pp
1991 85.7 +1.7 pp
1990 83.9 +1.8 pp
1989 82.1 +1.8 pp
1988 80.3 +1.9 pp
1987 78.4 +1.8 pp
1986 76.6 +1.8 pp
1985 74.8 +1.8 pp
1984 73 +1.7 pp
1983 71.4 +1.6 pp
1982 69.8 +1.4 pp
1981 68.4 +1.3 pp
1980 67.1 +1.2 pp
1979 65.9 +1.1 pp
1978 64.8 +1 pp
1977 63.8 +1 pp
1976 62.8 +1 pp
1975 61.8 +1 pp
1974 60.8 +1 pp
1973 59.9 +1 pp
1972 58.9 +1 pp
1971 57.8 +1.1 pp
1970 56.8 +1.2 pp
1969 55.6 +1.3 pp
1968 54.3 +1.4 pp
1967 52.9 +1.5 pp
1966 51.4 +1.5 pp
1965 50 +1.4 pp
1964 48.6 +1.3 pp
1963 47.2 +1.2 pp
1962 46.1 +1 pp
1961 45.1 +0.8 pp
1960 44.3

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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