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Puerto Rico (US) - Birth Rate 2021

Name: Puerto Rico (US) Birth Rate 2021
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

5.9 −0.1 from 2020 Global rank: 3rd

Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate was 5.9 in 2021, decreased +0.1 from 6.0 in 2020. This was the 3rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Birth Rate by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Hong Kong SAR, China	5.0	-13.8%
2nd	Korea	5.1	-3.8%
3rd	Puerto Rico (US)	5.9	-1.7%
4th	San Marino	6.2	-3.1%
5th	Japan	6.6	-2.9%
6th	Italy	6.8	0.0%
7th	Andorra	6.8	0.0%
8th	Ukraine	7.0	-7.7%
9th	Spain	7.1	-1.4%
10th	Macao SAR, China	7.4	-8.6%
11th	China	7.5	-11.7%
12th	Portugal	7.6	-6.2%
13th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.0	-4.1%
14th	Greece	8.1	2.5%
15th	Channel Islands	8.2	0.0%
16th	Bermuda	8.2	-5.4%
17th	Lithuania	8.3	-1.2%
18th	British Virgin Islands	8.4	2.7%
19th	Malta	8.5	-1.2%
20th	Isle of Man	8.5	-1.6%
21st	Thailand	8.5	-2.8%
22nd	Curaçao	8.6	-1.1%
23rd	Singapore	8.6	1.2%
24th	Belarus	8.6	-2.9%
25th	Monaco	8.7	-10.8%
26th	Cuba	8.8	-4.8%
27th	Bulgaria	9.0	0.0%
28th	Finland	9.0	7.1%
29th	Poland	9.0	-5.3%
30th	Slovenia	9.0	1.1%
31st	Chile	9.1	-10.2%
32nd	Serbia	9.1	2.2%
33rd	European Union	9.2	0.6%
34th	Latvia	9.2	0.0%
35th	United Arab Emirates	9.3	-11.3%
36th	Croatia	9.4	5.6%
37th	Aruba	9.5	-2.3%
38th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	9.5	-2.8%
39th	Qatar	9.6	-4.9%
40th	Austria	9.6	2.1%
41st	Germany	9.6	3.2%
42nd	Liechtenstein	9.6	5.5%
43rd	Russian Federation	9.6	-2.0%
44th	Canada	9.7	2.1%
45th	Hungary	9.8	1.0%
46th	Estonia	10.0	1.0%
47th	Uruguay	10.1	-3.3%
48th	Romania	10.1	-1.9%
49th	Belgium	10.2	3.0%
50th	North Macedonia	10.2	10.9%
51st	Netherlands	10.2	5.2%
52nd	United Kingdom	10.2	0.4%
53rd	Switzerland	10.3	4.0%
54th	Mauritius	10.3	-2.8%
55th	Norway	10.4	6.1%
56th	Slovak Republic	10.4	0.0%
57th	Luxembourg	10.5	2.9%
58th	Albania	10.5	-0.2%
59th	Costa Rica	10.5	-7.2%
60th	Czechia	10.6	2.9%
61st	Denmark	10.8	3.8%
62nd	France	10.9	0.0%
63rd	Sweden	11.0	0.9%
64th	United States	11.0	0.9%
65th	Bahamas, The	11.0	-0.8%
66th	Azerbaijan	11.1	-11.2%
67th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.2	-4.1%
68th	Cyprus	11.2	0.8%
69th	Dominica	11.3	-1.3%
70th	Barbados	11.3	-0.4%
71st	Trinidad and Tobago	11.3	-3.1%
72nd	Montenegro	11.3	0.0%
73rd	Palau	11.4	-2.1%
74th	French Polynesia	11.4	-3.0%
75th	New Zealand	11.5	1.4%
76th	Moldova	11.5	-4.6%
77th	St. Lucia	11.6	-1.2%
78th	Argentina	11.7	-1.0%
79th	Maldives	11.7	-3.5%
80th	Ireland	11.8	6.3%
81st	Virgin Islands (US)	11.8	-2.5%
82nd	Jamaica	12.0	-0.5%
83rd	Gibraltar	12.0	0.1%
84th	Australia	12.1	5.2%
85th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.1	-0.4%
86th	Grenada	12.1	-1.5%
87th	Kuwait	12.2	4.6%
88th	St. Kitts and Nevis	12.3	-2.4%
89th	Malaysia	12.4	-7.5%
90th	Armenia	12.4	0.8%
91st	Kosovo	12.5	1.7%
92nd	Cabo Verde	12.6	-4.4%
93rd	Cayman Islands	12.6	-1.1%
94th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	12.6	-1.5%
95th	Brazil	12.8	-1.9%
96th	Georgia	12.9	-1.3%
97th	Bhutan	12.9	-0.5%
98th	Sri Lanka	12.9	-6.5%
99th	Türkiye	12.9	-3.7%
100th	Faroe Islands	13.0	-0.8%
101st	Bahrain	13.0	1.8%
102nd	Iceland	13.1	6.5%
103rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	13.3	-0.9%
104th	Greenland	13.4	-9.5%
105th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.7	-2.3%
106th	Colombia	13.9	-1.1%
107th	Tunisia	14.0	-11.3%
108th	Brunei Darussalam	14.1	-1.6%
109th	Viet Nam	14.7	-3.3%
110th	New Caledonia	14.7	-1.0%
111th	Northern Mariana Islands	14.8	-4.3%
112th	American Samoa	15.6	-0.1%
113th	Ecuador	15.9	-3.1%
114th	Saudi Arabia	15.9	-4.4%
115th	Philippines	16.1	-5.3%
116th	El Salvador	16.2	-0.9%
117th	Mexico	16.4	-1.3%
118th	Peru	16.4	-1.3%
119th	Panama	16.4	-1.9%
120th	Indonesia	16.4	-1.5%
121st	India	16.5	-1.5%
122nd	Belize	16.5	-9.9%
123rd	Lebanon	16.6	-2.0%
124th	Seychelles	16.8	6.3%
125th	Myanmar	17.2	-1.5%
126th	Morocco	17.5	-2.2%
127th	St. Martin (French part)	17.5	-0.3%
128th	Suriname	17.6	-0.7%
129th	Libya	18.2	-3.0%
130th	Guam	18.3	-1.7%
131st	Oman	18.3	-2.8%
132nd	Fiji	18.6	-1.5%
133rd	Dominican Republic	18.6	-2.0%
134th	South Africa	19.4	-0.9%
135th	Nepal	19.7	-2.4%
136th	Israel	19.7	2.6%
137th	Nicaragua	20.0	-2.0%
138th	Bangladesh	20.4	0.6%
139th	Paraguay	20.7	-1.6%
140th	Guyana	21.0	-1.4%
141st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	21.2	-3.9%
142nd	Syrian Arab Republic	21.2	2.6%
143rd	Djibouti	21.3	-1.3%
144th	Jordan	21.3	-1.9%
145th	Algeria	21.4	-4.6%
146th	Guatemala	21.4	-2.9%
147th	Mongolia	21.6	-7.7%
148th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	21.8	-0.9%
149th	Cambodia	21.9	-2.2%
150th	Lao PDR	22.1	-2.1%
151st	Kyrgyz Republic	22.4	-6.7%
152nd	Honduras	22.5	-1.2%
153rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.7	0.0%
154th	Timor-Leste	22.7	-2.7%
155th	Haiti	22.9	-1.8%
156th	Marshall Islands	23.2	-1.1%
157th	Kazakhstan	23.3	3.1%
158th	Turkmenistan	23.3	-3.2%
159th	Tonga	23.5	-0.5%
160th	Tuvalu	24.4	-1.1%
161st	Lesotho	24.9	-2.9%
162nd	Eswatini	25.0	-1.7%
163rd	Botswana	25.4	-0.4%
164th	Papua New Guinea	25.6	-2.0%
165th	Iraq	26.4	-1.5%
166th	Uzbekistan	26.5	3.2%
167th	Samoa	26.9	-2.0%
168th	Kiribati	26.9	-1.6%
169th	Namibia	27.0	-2.4%
170th	Ghana	27.0	-1.4%
171st	Kenya	27.6	-0.6%
172nd	Solomon Islands	27.7	-1.0%
173rd	Tajikistan	27.7	-2.2%
174th	Nauru	27.8	-3.1%
175th	West Bank and Gaza	28.2	-2.3%
176th	Pakistan	28.4	-0.8%
177th	São Tomé and Principe	28.5	-0.4%
178th	Eritrea	28.8	-0.2%
179th	Gabon	28.9	-2.0%
180th	Vanuatu	29.3	-2.0%
181st	Rwanda	29.4	-2.1%
182nd	Comoros	29.5	-1.6%
183rd	South Sudan	29.7	0.9%
184th	Senegal	29.7	-0.7%
185th	Equatorial Guinea	30.7	-2.1%
186th	Zimbabwe	30.9	-0.2%
187th	Guinea-Bissau	31.0	-1.4%
188th	Gambia, The	31.2	-1.1%
189th	Congo, Republic of	31.4	-1.1%
190th	Liberia	31.5	-1.2%
191st	Sierra Leone	31.6	-1.7%
192nd	Togo	32.0	-1.4%
193rd	Malawi	32.1	-1.4%
194th	Burkina Faso	32.4	-1.0%
195th	Madagascar	32.9	-1.2%
196th	Côte d'Ivoire	33.1	-1.7%
197th	Nigeria	33.5	-0.6%
198th	Sudan	33.9	-1.6%
199th	Zambia	33.9	-1.4%
200th	Cameroon	34.8	-1.9%
201st	Benin	34.8	-1.6%
202nd	Guinea	35.0	-1.5%
203rd	Burundi	35.1	-2.2%
204th	Mauritania	35.3	-1.1%
205th	Yemen, Republic of	35.7	-0.6%
206th	Tanzania	36.0	-1.2%
207th	Afghanistan	36.3	-0.7%
208th	Uganda	36.3	-1.3%
209th	Mozambique	38.4	-0.9%
210th	Angola	38.7	-1.2%
211th	Mali	40.7	-0.6%
212th	Niger	41.9	-1.6%
213th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	41.9	-0.6%
214th	Chad	43.3	-1.1%
215th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	44.1	-1.0%
216th	Central African Republic	45.2	1.7%

FAQ

What was Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate in 2021?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate in 2021 was 5.9. This ranked 3rd globally.

How did Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate change in 2021?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate decreased by 1.7% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest birth rate in 2021?▾

Central African Republic had the highest birth rate in 2021 at 45.2.

What is the birth rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 2021?▾

The birth rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 2021 was 5.9. This ranked 3rd globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s birth rate went from 6.0 in 2020 to 5.9 in 2021, a 1.7% decrease.

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