Puerto Rico (US) - Fertility Rate 1968
3.38
−0.19 from 1967
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate was 3.38 in 1968, decreased +0.19 from 3.57 in 1967. This was the 57th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1968▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Latvia | 1.83 | 1.7% |
| 2nd | Czechia | 1.84 | -3.7% |
| 3rd | Russian Federation | 1.99 | -2.5% |
| 4th | Serbia | 2.01 | -0.7% |
| 5th | Croatia | 2.03 | -3.6% |
| 6th | Estonia | 2.03 | 6.8% |
| 7th | Ukraine | 2.03 | -0.4% |
| 8th | Hungary | 2.06 | 2.5% |
| 9th | Sweden | 2.07 | -9.2% |
| 10th | Denmark | 2.12 | -9.8% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 2.12 | -5.4% |
| 12th | Malta | 2.12 | -5.4% |
| 13th | Japan | 2.13 | -4.5% |
| 14th | Finland | 2.14 | -7.8% |
| 15th | Channel Islands | 2.21 | -3.1% |
| 16th | Liechtenstein | 2.22 | -10.5% |
| 17th | Belarus | 2.22 | -1.8% |
| 18th | Lithuania | 2.24 | 0.4% |
| 19th | Poland | 2.24 | -3.9% |
| 20th | Slovenia | 2.25 | -4.9% |
| 21st | Bulgaria | 2.27 | 12.4% |
| 22nd | Switzerland | 2.29 | -4.2% |
| 23rd | San Marino | 2.30 | -0.3% |
| 24th | Belgium | 2.31 | -4.1% |
| 25th | Germany | 2.38 | -4.0% |
| 26th | Canada | 2.39 | -5.6% |
| 27th | Slovak Republic | 2.39 | -3.6% |
| 28th | Greece | 2.42 | -1.2% |
| 29th | Isle of Man | 2.45 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 2.45 | -4.5% |
| 31st | Italy | 2.46 | -1.6% |
| 32nd | United States | 2.46 | -3.7% |
| 33rd | European Union | 2.52 | -2.4% |
| 34th | Monaco | 2.57 | -1.0% |
| 35th | Austria | 2.58 | -1.5% |
| 36th | Moldova | 2.59 | -1.0% |
| 37th | United Kingdom | 2.60 | -3.0% |
| 38th | Macao SAR, China | 2.61 | -13.5% |
| 39th | Georgia | 2.69 | -2.0% |
| 40th | France | 2.69 | -2.2% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 2.72 | -3.2% |
| 42nd | Norway | 2.75 | -2.1% |
| 43rd | Andorra | 2.77 | -0.4% |
| 44th | Uruguay | 2.77 | -0.5% |
| 45th | Montenegro | 2.80 | -4.0% |
| 46th | Spain | 2.87 | -2.4% |
| 47th | Australia | 2.89 | 1.4% |
| 48th | Gibraltar | 2.98 | -6.4% |
| 49th | Argentina | 3.01 | 1.0% |
| 50th | Iceland | 3.06 | -6.7% |
| 51st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.08 | -4.4% |
| 52nd | Portugal | 3.12 | -1.3% |
| 53rd | North Macedonia | 3.22 | -3.4% |
| 54th | Cyprus | 3.27 | -1.7% |
| 55th | Aruba | 3.28 | -5.1% |
| 56th | New Zealand | 3.34 | -0.3% |
| 57th | Puerto Rico (US) | 3.38 | -5.3% |
| 58th | Singapore | 3.53 | -9.7% |
| 59th | Barbados | 3.57 | -0.7% |
| 60th | Armenia | 3.62 | -2.9% |
| 61st | Kazakhstan | 3.63 | -3.7% |
| 62nd | Romania | 3.63 | -0.8% |
| 63rd | Ireland | 3.77 | -1.8% |
| 64th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.78 | -8.2% |
| 65th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.78 | -4.0% |
| 66th | Israel | 3.79 | -0.1% |
| 67th | Curaçao | 3.83 | -5.7% |
| 68th | Faroe Islands | 3.86 | -3.1% |
| 69th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.87 | -4.4% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 3.88 | -0.9% |
| 71st | Cayman Islands | 3.99 | -1.3% |
| 72nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.01 | -3.9% |
| 73rd | Chile | 4.03 | -2.9% |
| 74th | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.11 | -5.6% |
| 75th | Cuba | 4.19 | -2.3% |
| 76th | Guam | 4.35 | -6.5% |
| 77th | Tuvalu | 4.36 | -3.0% |
| 78th | Korea | 4.51 | -2.3% |
| 79th | Bahamas, The | 4.56 | -2.8% |
| 80th | Mauritius | 4.60 | -0.6% |
| 81st | Sri Lanka | 4.66 | -2.7% |
| 82nd | Grenada | 4.84 | -4.1% |
| 83rd | Greenland | 4.93 | -11.1% |
| 84th | Virgin Islands (US) | 4.95 | -4.7% |
| 85th | Gabon | 4.98 | 1.3% |
| 86th | Costa Rica | 5.03 | -7.2% |
| 87th | New Caledonia | 5.06 | -1.8% |
| 88th | Fiji | 5.11 | -4.1% |
| 89th | Nauru | 5.14 | -2.9% |
| 90th | Brazil | 5.17 | -3.2% |
| 91st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 5.17 | -5.4% |
| 92nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.18 | -1.4% |
| 93rd | Azerbaijan | 5.22 | -2.9% |
| 94th | Malaysia | 5.29 | -2.6% |
| 95th | Albania | 5.32 | 0.1% |
| 96th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.40 | 0.0% |
| 97th | Panama | 5.41 | -2.2% |
| 98th | Lebanon | 5.45 | -2.2% |
| 99th | Indonesia | 5.57 | -0.3% |
| 100th | Jamaica | 5.58 | -1.6% |
| 101st | Dominica | 5.59 | -2.6% |
| 102nd | Seychelles | 5.61 | -4.8% |
| 103rd | Lesotho | 5.73 | -0.3% |
| 104th | Colombia | 5.74 | -3.7% |
| 105th | Guyana | 5.75 | -2.3% |
| 106th | India | 5.76 | -1.1% |
| 107th | South Africa | 5.78 | -1.2% |
| 108th | Timor-Leste | 5.79 | -1.2% |
| 109th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.79 | 0.3% |
| 110th | Myanmar | 5.80 | -0.8% |
| 111th | Kosovo | 5.81 | -1.1% |
| 112th | Suriname | 5.86 | -2.9% |
| 113th | French Polynesia | 5.90 | -0.9% |
| 114th | Thailand | 5.93 | -2.5% |
| 115th | Nepal | 5.94 | -0.2% |
| 116th | Türkiye | 5.96 | -1.6% |
| 117th | Paraguay | 5.97 | -2.1% |
| 118th | Kiribati | 5.98 | -2.1% |
| 119th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.01 | 0.2% |
| 120th | Haiti | 6.01 | -0.7% |
| 121st | Viet Nam | 6.03 | 2.5% |
| 122nd | Cameroon | 6.04 | 1.5% |
| 123rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.10 | -0.5% |
| 124th | Central African Republic | 6.10 | 0.4% |
| 125th | Cambodia | 6.17 | -0.6% |
| 126th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.19 | -0.9% |
| 127th | Brunei Darussalam | 6.20 | -2.6% |
| 128th | Guinea | 6.21 | 0.2% |
| 129th | Gambia, The | 6.22 | 0.2% |
| 130th | Tonga | 6.23 | -1.1% |
| 131st | Papua New Guinea | 6.25 | 0.2% |
| 132nd | St. Martin (French part) | 6.26 | -0.6% |
| 133rd | American Samoa | 6.28 | -2.8% |
| 134th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.29 | 0.3% |
| 135th | Lao PDR | 6.30 | -0.1% |
| 136th | Congo, Republic of | 6.33 | 0.6% |
| 137th | Belize | 6.34 | -0.3% |
| 138th | Ecuador | 6.35 | -1.3% |
| 139th | Sierra Leone | 6.39 | 0.0% |
| 140th | El Salvador | 6.39 | -1.6% |
| 141st | St. Lucia | 6.39 | -1.9% |
| 142nd | Qatar | 6.39 | -1.1% |
| 143rd | Uzbekistan | 6.39 | -2.6% |
| 144th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.42 | -1.8% |
| 145th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.42 | 0.4% |
| 146th | Nigeria | 6.42 | 0.3% |
| 147th | Chad | 6.43 | 0.6% |
| 148th | Philippines | 6.45 | -1.9% |
| 149th | Vanuatu | 6.46 | -0.7% |
| 150th | Namibia | 6.50 | 0.3% |
| 151st | Eritrea | 6.50 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | China | 6.51 | 12.1% |
| 153rd | Peru | 6.51 | -1.3% |
| 154th | United Arab Emirates | 6.53 | 0.3% |
| 155th | Dominican Republic | 6.55 | -3.1% |
| 156th | Turkmenistan | 6.56 | -1.1% |
| 157th | Botswana | 6.58 | -0.2% |
| 158th | Mauritania | 6.60 | 0.5% |
| 159th | Burkina Faso | 6.65 | 0.9% |
| 160th | Mozambique | 6.65 | 0.6% |
| 161st | Liberia | 6.66 | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Bhutan | 6.66 | -0.1% |
| 163rd | Benin | 6.67 | 0.4% |
| 164th | Guatemala | 6.70 | -0.8% |
| 165th | Mexico | 6.71 | -0.7% |
| 166th | Bahrain | 6.71 | -2.0% |
| 167th | Palau | 6.71 | -1.8% |
| 168th | Eswatini | 6.76 | -0.1% |
| 169th | Morocco | 6.79 | -0.9% |
| 170th | Bangladesh | 6.79 | 0.0% |
| 171st | Pakistan | 6.80 | 0.0% |
| 172nd | Tunisia | 6.81 | -2.1% |
| 173rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.84 | 0.4% |
| 174th | Djibouti | 6.88 | 0.1% |
| 175th | Nicaragua | 6.89 | -0.8% |
| 176th | Ghana | 6.89 | 0.0% |
| 177th | Tanzania | 6.90 | 0.5% |
| 178th | Tajikistan | 6.91 | 0.4% |
| 179th | Sudan | 6.95 | 0.5% |
| 180th | Solomon Islands | 6.95 | -0.4% |
| 181st | Cabo Verde | 6.97 | -0.2% |
| 182nd | Togo | 6.97 | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 7.05 | 0.4% |
| 184th | Iraq | 7.06 | 0.4% |
| 185th | Zimbabwe | 7.11 | -0.6% |
| 186th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.12 | -1.0% |
| 187th | Uganda | 7.13 | 0.4% |
| 188th | Madagascar | 7.13 | -0.2% |
| 189th | Mali | 7.16 | 0.3% |
| 190th | Burundi | 7.18 | 0.3% |
| 191st | Zambia | 7.18 | 0.4% |
| 192nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.23 | -0.2% |
| 193rd | Senegal | 7.25 | 0.2% |
| 194th | Malawi | 7.26 | 0.7% |
| 195th | South Sudan | 7.26 | 0.1% |
| 196th | Kuwait | 7.28 | -0.7% |
| 197th | Maldives | 7.28 | 0.7% |
| 198th | Honduras | 7.30 | -0.9% |
| 199th | Angola | 7.33 | 0.9% |
| 200th | Afghanistan | 7.36 | 0.3% |
| 201st | Mongolia | 7.37 | -0.2% |
| 202nd | Oman | 7.46 | 0.3% |
| 203rd | Niger | 7.50 | 0.1% |
| 204th | Samoa | 7.50 | -0.7% |
| 205th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.57 | 0.2% |
| 206th | Saudi Arabia | 7.63 | -0.4% |
| 207th | Algeria | 7.71 | 0.0% |
| 208th | Northern Mariana Islands | 7.74 | 35.8% |
| 209th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.91 | 0.2% |
| 210th | Kenya | 7.95 | -0.1% |
| 211th | Libya | 7.97 | 0.5% |
| 212th | Jordan | 8.14 | 0.9% |
| 213th | Marshall Islands | 8.14 | -0.3% |
| 214th | Rwanda | 8.19 | -0.3% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.19 | 0.2% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate in 1968?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate in 1968 was 3.38. This ranked 57th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate change in 1968?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate decreased by 5.3% in 1968 compared to 1967.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1968?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1968 at 8.19.
What is the fertility rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 1968?▾
The fertility rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 1968 was 3.38. This ranked 57th globally.
How does 1968 compare to 1967 for Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate went from 3.57 in 1967 to 3.38 in 1968, a 5.3% decrease.
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