Puerto Rico (US) - Birth Rate 1998
15.7
−0.5 from 1997
Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate was 15.7 in 1998, decreased +0.5 from 16.2 in 1997. This was the 68th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Latvia | 7.6 | -1.3% |
| 2nd | Bulgaria | 7.9 | 2.6% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 8.1 | -11.0% |
| 4th | Ukraine | 8.4 | -4.8% |
| 5th | Czechia | 8.8 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Estonia | 8.8 | -2.2% |
| 7th | Russian Federation | 8.8 | 2.3% |
| 8th | Slovenia | 9.0 | -1.1% |
| 9th | Spain | 9.1 | -1.1% |
| 10th | Belarus | 9.2 | 3.4% |
| 11th | Italy | 9.3 | -1.1% |
| 12th | Greece | 9.4 | -2.1% |
| 13th | Hungary | 9.5 | -3.1% |
| 14th | Germany | 9.6 | -3.0% |
| 15th | Japan | 9.6 | 1.1% |
| 16th | Serbia | 10.1 | -3.8% |
| 17th | Sweden | 10.1 | -1.0% |
| 18th | Austria | 10.2 | -2.9% |
| 19th | Poland | 10.2 | -4.7% |
| 20th | European Union | 10.3 | -1.4% |
| 21st | Croatia | 10.4 | -14.8% |
| 22nd | Lithuania | 10.4 | -1.9% |
| 23rd | Macao SAR, China | 10.5 | -13.2% |
| 24th | Romania | 10.5 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Slovak Republic | 10.7 | -2.7% |
| 26th | San Marino | 11.0 | 0.6% |
| 27th | Switzerland | 11.1 | -2.6% |
| 28th | Finland | 11.1 | -3.5% |
| 29th | Belgium | 11.2 | -1.8% |
| 30th | Portugal | 11.2 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Canada | 11.4 | -2.6% |
| 32nd | Monaco | 11.8 | 2.4% |
| 33rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.0 | -3.6% |
| 34th | Channel Islands | 12.0 | -1.6% |
| 35th | Malta | 12.1 | -4.7% |
| 36th | United Kingdom | 12.3 | -1.6% |
| 37th | Denmark | 12.5 | -2.3% |
| 38th | Liechtenstein | 12.6 | -9.4% |
| 39th | Armenia | 12.6 | -4.7% |
| 40th | Moldova | 12.6 | -7.2% |
| 41st | British Virgin Islands | 12.6 | -25.8% |
| 42nd | Luxembourg | 12.7 | -3.1% |
| 43rd | Netherlands | 12.7 | 3.3% |
| 44th | France | 12.8 | 0.8% |
| 45th | Isle of Man | 12.9 | -1.3% |
| 46th | Andorra | 13.0 | 1.3% |
| 47th | Barbados | 13.1 | -3.2% |
| 48th | Singapore | 13.1 | -9.7% |
| 49th | Georgia | 13.1 | -1.7% |
| 50th | Bermuda | 13.2 | 6.1% |
| 51st | Norway | 13.2 | -2.9% |
| 52nd | Australia | 13.3 | -2.2% |
| 53rd | Cyprus | 13.3 | -5.3% |
| 54th | Cuba | 13.7 | -0.9% |
| 55th | Korea | 13.7 | -5.5% |
| 56th | Faroe Islands | 14.1 | -7.2% |
| 57th | United States | 14.3 | 0.7% |
| 58th | Ireland | 14.5 | 0.7% |
| 59th | New Zealand | 14.5 | -4.7% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 14.6 | -1.4% |
| 61st | Aruba | 14.9 | -11.9% |
| 62nd | Gibraltar | 15.0 | -1.9% |
| 63rd | Montenegro | 15.1 | 4.9% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.1 | -2.4% |
| 65th | Iceland | 15.2 | -0.7% |
| 66th | China | 15.6 | -5.6% |
| 67th | Azerbaijan | 15.7 | -6.5% |
| 68th | Puerto Rico (US) | 15.7 | -3.1% |
| 69th | Palau | 16.0 | -8.7% |
| 70th | United Arab Emirates | 16.0 | -1.3% |
| 71st | Cayman Islands | 16.2 | -1.9% |
| 72nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16.2 | -2.5% |
| 73rd | Thailand | 16.3 | -3.3% |
| 74th | Kazakhstan | 16.3 | -1.2% |
| 75th | Uruguay | 16.6 | -2.7% |
| 76th | Mauritius | 16.7 | -4.0% |
| 77th | Curaçao | 17.1 | -4.3% |
| 78th | Chile | 17.4 | -3.2% |
| 79th | Qatar | 17.5 | -2.8% |
| 80th | Greenland | 17.5 | -10.7% |
| 81st | Tunisia | 17.7 | -5.2% |
| 82nd | Sri Lanka | 17.8 | -3.4% |
| 83rd | Seychelles | 17.9 | -6.3% |
| 84th | Virgin Islands (US) | 18.0 | 4.7% |
| 85th | Dominica | 18.2 | -4.9% |
| 86th | Viet Nam | 18.3 | -6.7% |
| 87th | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.3 | -8.2% |
| 88th | Grenada | 18.5 | -12.8% |
| 89th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 18.9 | -2.7% |
| 90th | Bahamas, The | 19.1 | -3.5% |
| 91st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 19.5 | -0.1% |
| 92nd | Algeria | 19.6 | -5.5% |
| 93rd | Albania | 19.6 | -5.6% |
| 94th | Northern Mariana Islands | 19.7 | -20.6% |
| 95th | Argentina | 19.7 | -1.3% |
| 96th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.8 | -4.2% |
| 97th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 20.0 | -3.9% |
| 98th | French Polynesia | 20.6 | -4.0% |
| 99th | St. Lucia | 20.9 | -12.2% |
| 100th | Bahrain | 20.9 | -0.7% |
| 101st | Brunei Darussalam | 21.0 | -2.8% |
| 102nd | Costa Rica | 21.0 | -2.0% |
| 103rd | Brazil | 21.2 | -1.7% |
| 104th | Mongolia | 21.4 | -3.8% |
| 105th | New Caledonia | 21.6 | -3.7% |
| 106th | Libya | 21.6 | 0.0% |
| 107th | Kyrgyz Republic | 21.7 | 0.5% |
| 108th | Kosovo | 21.7 | 9.1% |
| 109th | Lebanon | 21.8 | -1.1% |
| 110th | Israel | 21.9 | 2.3% |
| 111th | Jamaica | 22.2 | -4.1% |
| 112th | Indonesia | 23.0 | -2.7% |
| 113th | Maldives | 23.0 | -7.9% |
| 114th | South Africa | 23.2 | -3.2% |
| 115th | Türkiye | 23.3 | -1.2% |
| 116th | Kuwait | 23.3 | -3.3% |
| 117th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23.5 | -1.5% |
| 118th | Colombia | 23.6 | -1.4% |
| 119th | Myanmar | 23.8 | -2.0% |
| 120th | Uzbekistan | 24.1 | -6.8% |
| 121st | Guam | 24.1 | -1.2% |
| 122nd | Panama | 24.1 | -1.1% |
| 123rd | Malaysia | 24.4 | -4.0% |
| 124th | Morocco | 24.5 | -2.6% |
| 125th | Turkmenistan | 24.9 | -3.3% |
| 126th | Peru | 24.9 | -2.7% |
| 127th | Mexico | 25.1 | -2.5% |
| 128th | Fiji | 25.2 | -2.2% |
| 129th | Oman | 25.3 | -3.2% |
| 130th | Dominican Republic | 25.3 | -3.1% |
| 131st | Suriname | 25.6 | -0.4% |
| 132nd | St. Martin (French part) | 26.4 | 0.7% |
| 133rd | Ecuador | 26.6 | -1.8% |
| 134th | Botswana | 27.7 | -0.6% |
| 135th | Guyana | 28.1 | -2.4% |
| 136th | India | 28.2 | -1.7% |
| 137th | Bhutan | 28.3 | -4.6% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 28.3 | 0.3% |
| 139th | Tuvalu | 28.4 | -2.2% |
| 140th | Nauru | 28.7 | -1.0% |
| 141st | Paraguay | 28.8 | -2.7% |
| 142nd | Nicaragua | 29.2 | -2.7% |
| 143rd | Lesotho | 29.2 | -3.3% |
| 144th | El Salvador | 29.4 | -0.6% |
| 145th | Saudi Arabia | 29.5 | -2.5% |
| 146th | Tonga | 29.7 | -0.3% |
| 147th | American Samoa | 29.8 | -1.4% |
| 148th | Cabo Verde | 30.1 | -3.2% |
| 149th | Bangladesh | 30.2 | -0.6% |
| 150th | Philippines | 30.2 | -1.9% |
| 151st | Cambodia | 30.4 | -4.1% |
| 152nd | Belize | 30.9 | 1.1% |
| 153rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 31.0 | -1.5% |
| 154th | Jordan | 31.1 | -5.0% |
| 155th | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.0 | -1.5% |
| 156th | Eswatini | 32.2 | -0.7% |
| 157th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 32.2 | -0.1% |
| 158th | Nepal | 32.7 | -3.0% |
| 159th | Vanuatu | 32.8 | -1.7% |
| 160th | Namibia | 32.9 | 0.4% |
| 161st | Haiti | 32.9 | -1.8% |
| 162nd | Tajikistan | 33.1 | 0.7% |
| 163rd | Kiribati | 33.4 | -2.2% |
| 164th | Djibouti | 33.5 | -0.5% |
| 165th | Samoa | 33.5 | -1.3% |
| 166th | Gabon | 33.7 | -0.6% |
| 167th | Zimbabwe | 34.5 | 3.3% |
| 168th | Papua New Guinea | 34.8 | -0.3% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | 35.1 | -3.0% |
| 170th | Honduras | 35.1 | -1.5% |
| 171st | Ghana | 35.5 | -0.4% |
| 172nd | Guatemala | 35.9 | -1.6% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 36.3 | -1.2% |
| 174th | Comoros | 36.4 | -2.2% |
| 175th | Iraq | 37.0 | -0.9% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 37.4 | -1.8% |
| 177th | Congo, Republic of | 37.5 | -2.2% |
| 178th | Togo | 38.1 | -0.4% |
| 179th | Marshall Islands | 38.4 | -0.4% |
| 180th | Mauritania | 38.6 | -2.0% |
| 181st | São Tomé and Principe | 39.2 | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Senegal | 39.2 | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Eritrea | 39.9 | -3.2% |
| 184th | Kenya | 40.6 | 0.2% |
| 185th | Timor-Leste | 40.7 | -0.8% |
| 186th | Cameroon | 41.0 | 0.1% |
| 187th | Sudan | 41.2 | -1.2% |
| 188th | Burundi | 41.4 | -2.0% |
| 189th | Yemen, Republic of | 41.9 | -1.8% |
| 190th | West Bank and Gaza | 42.1 | -1.4% |
| 191st | Tanzania | 42.1 | 0.2% |
| 192nd | Rwanda | 42.2 | 4.1% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | 42.3 | -1.2% |
| 194th | Gambia, The | 42.5 | -1.5% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | 42.6 | -1.1% |
| 196th | Guinea | 42.8 | -2.6% |
| 197th | Benin | 43.0 | -0.9% |
| 198th | Guinea-Bissau | 43.2 | -0.9% |
| 199th | Nigeria | 43.2 | -0.7% |
| 200th | Liberia | 43.2 | 3.6% |
| 201st | Mozambique | 44.0 | -0.5% |
| 202nd | Madagascar | 44.1 | -0.8% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 44.2 | 0.2% |
| 204th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 44.9 | -2.3% |
| 205th | Burkina Faso | 45.6 | -0.7% |
| 206th | Malawi | 45.9 | -0.3% |
| 207th | Zambia | 46.2 | -0.3% |
| 208th | Sierra Leone | 46.3 | 0.1% |
| 209th | Mali | 46.4 | 0.7% |
| 210th | Angola | 47.2 | -0.8% |
| 211th | Uganda | 48.8 | -1.5% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.7 | -0.3% |
| 213th | South Sudan | 51.2 | -0.8% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 51.5 | -1.3% |
| 215th | Chad | 52.2 | -0.3% |
| 216th | Niger | 54.0 | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate in 1998?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate in 1998 was 15.7. This ranked 68th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate change in 1998?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate decreased by 3.1% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1998?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 1998 at 54.0.
What is the birth rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 1998?▾
The birth rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 1998 was 15.7. This ranked 68th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate went from 16.2 in 1997 to 15.7 in 1998, a 3.1% decrease.
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