Puerto Rico (US) - Fertility Rate 1973
2.93
−0.13 from 1972
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate was 2.93 in 1973, decreased +0.13 from 3.06 in 1972. This was the 60th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1973▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.49 | -5.7% |
| 2nd | Germany | 1.54 | -9.9% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | 1.58 | -9.7% |
| 4th | Malta | 1.65 | -17.9% |
| 5th | Channel Islands | 1.66 | -5.7% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.81 | -5.2% |
| 7th | Macao SAR, China | 1.84 | -5.0% |
| 8th | Sweden | 1.87 | -2.1% |
| 9th | United States | 1.88 | -6.5% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.89 | -4.5% |
| 11th | Netherlands | 1.90 | -11.6% |
| 12th | Denmark | 1.92 | -5.4% |
| 13th | Hungary | 1.93 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Liechtenstein | 1.94 | -2.4% |
| 15th | Austria | 1.94 | -6.7% |
| 16th | Serbia | 1.94 | -0.6% |
| 17th | Belgium | 1.95 | -6.7% |
| 18th | Latvia | 1.98 | -1.0% |
| 19th | Russian Federation | 2.01 | -1.5% |
| 20th | Croatia | 2.01 | 0.3% |
| 21st | United Kingdom | 2.04 | -7.3% |
| 22nd | Ukraine | 2.04 | -3.9% |
| 23rd | Estonia | 2.06 | -3.3% |
| 24th | Japan | 2.14 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Bermuda | 2.14 | -3.7% |
| 26th | Bulgaria | 2.15 | 5.9% |
| 27th | European Union | 2.15 | -3.3% |
| 28th | Slovenia | 2.20 | 1.8% |
| 29th | Lithuania | 2.22 | -5.1% |
| 30th | San Marino | 2.23 | -2.6% |
| 31st | Norway | 2.23 | -6.3% |
| 32nd | Belarus | 2.25 | -1.3% |
| 33rd | Poland | 2.26 | 0.9% |
| 34th | Greece | 2.27 | -2.2% |
| 35th | France | 2.28 | -4.2% |
| 36th | Italy | 2.30 | -2.1% |
| 37th | Czechia | 2.31 | 10.5% |
| 38th | Isle of Man | 2.36 | -3.7% |
| 39th | Cyprus | 2.40 | -19.6% |
| 40th | Monaco | 2.41 | -1.3% |
| 41st | Romania | 2.44 | -4.3% |
| 42nd | Australia | 2.49 | -9.2% |
| 43rd | Montenegro | 2.51 | -3.8% |
| 44th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.54 | -5.0% |
| 45th | Slovak Republic | 2.56 | 2.8% |
| 46th | Moldova | 2.57 | 0.1% |
| 47th | Georgia | 2.62 | -2.1% |
| 48th | Aruba | 2.66 | -3.6% |
| 49th | Gibraltar | 2.67 | -4.2% |
| 50th | North Macedonia | 2.72 | -5.1% |
| 51st | Greenland | 2.74 | -9.1% |
| 52nd | New Zealand | 2.76 | -8.0% |
| 53rd | Portugal | 2.77 | -3.1% |
| 54th | Singapore | 2.79 | -8.2% |
| 55th | Andorra | 2.83 | -2.7% |
| 56th | Spain | 2.84 | -1.0% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 2.86 | 2.6% |
| 58th | Barbados | 2.87 | -9.1% |
| 59th | Curaçao | 2.87 | -4.0% |
| 60th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.93 | -4.2% |
| 61st | Iceland | 2.94 | -4.9% |
| 62nd | Mauritius | 3.07 | -9.9% |
| 63rd | Armenia | 3.08 | -3.7% |
| 64th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.11 | -3.8% |
| 65th | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.13 | -4.9% |
| 66th | Argentina | 3.17 | 1.1% |
| 67th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.18 | -4.2% |
| 68th | Faroe Islands | 3.22 | -1.1% |
| 69th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.35 | -13.8% |
| 70th | Cuba | 3.40 | -5.8% |
| 71st | Chile | 3.41 | -3.4% |
| 72nd | British Virgin Islands | 3.43 | -3.2% |
| 73rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.47 | -2.4% |
| 74th | Kazakhstan | 3.51 | -1.3% |
| 75th | Cayman Islands | 3.56 | -27.1% |
| 76th | Israel | 3.70 | -1.9% |
| 77th | Ireland | 3.71 | -3.4% |
| 78th | Tuvalu | 3.71 | -2.5% |
| 79th | Bahamas, The | 3.73 | -4.1% |
| 80th | Guam | 3.89 | -3.9% |
| 81st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.97 | -4.7% |
| 82nd | Costa Rica | 3.99 | -4.0% |
| 83rd | Sri Lanka | 4.00 | -3.7% |
| 84th | Grenada | 4.05 | -3.1% |
| 85th | Korea | 4.07 | -1.2% |
| 86th | Fiji | 4.16 | -3.7% |
| 87th | Nauru | 4.19 | -3.7% |
| 88th | Virgin Islands (US) | 4.23 | -11.5% |
| 89th | Dominica | 4.28 | -8.5% |
| 90th | Azerbaijan | 4.45 | -3.6% |
| 91st | Brazil | 4.64 | -2.0% |
| 92nd | Colombia | 4.68 | -3.6% |
| 93rd | China | 4.73 | -7.6% |
| 94th | Malaysia | 4.73 | -2.0% |
| 95th | Panama | 4.74 | -3.4% |
| 96th | Seychelles | 4.78 | -7.2% |
| 97th | Lebanon | 4.79 | -2.5% |
| 98th | Albania | 4.83 | -3.0% |
| 99th | Thailand | 4.85 | -4.6% |
| 100th | Guyana | 4.87 | -4.2% |
| 101st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.91 | -2.3% |
| 102nd | New Caledonia | 4.93 | -2.3% |
| 103rd | Jamaica | 5.00 | -1.3% |
| 104th | Suriname | 5.01 | -3.3% |
| 105th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.02 | -2.2% |
| 106th | French Polynesia | 5.09 | -3.4% |
| 107th | Kiribati | 5.20 | -3.3% |
| 108th | Indonesia | 5.25 | -1.3% |
| 109th | Gabon | 5.29 | 1.0% |
| 110th | American Samoa | 5.30 | -4.0% |
| 111th | Paraguay | 5.35 | -2.0% |
| 112th | Brunei Darussalam | 5.36 | -2.6% |
| 113th | Timor-Leste | 5.39 | -1.8% |
| 114th | India | 5.40 | -1.5% |
| 115th | Türkiye | 5.41 | -2.5% |
| 116th | South Africa | 5.41 | -1.4% |
| 117th | Kosovo | 5.42 | -1.3% |
| 118th | Myanmar | 5.44 | -1.7% |
| 119th | Cambodia | 5.56 | -6.5% |
| 120th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.59 | -3.2% |
| 121st | Palau | 5.59 | -5.2% |
| 122nd | St. Martin (French part) | 5.64 | -3.4% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 5.67 | -3.0% |
| 124th | St. Lucia | 5.69 | -2.2% |
| 125th | Lesotho | 5.69 | -0.1% |
| 126th | Nepal | 5.70 | -1.7% |
| 127th | Ecuador | 5.73 | -2.5% |
| 128th | Philippines | 5.79 | -2.5% |
| 129th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.80 | -0.1% |
| 130th | Tonga | 5.80 | -1.0% |
| 131st | Haiti | 5.81 | -0.6% |
| 132nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.84 | -1.5% |
| 133rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.85 | -0.6% |
| 134th | Central African Republic | 5.93 | -0.6% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 5.93 | -1.7% |
| 136th | Bahrain | 5.97 | -2.8% |
| 137th | Peru | 5.97 | -2.0% |
| 138th | Qatar | 6.01 | -1.1% |
| 139th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.06 | -3.1% |
| 140th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.10 | 0.3% |
| 141st | Viet Nam | 6.11 | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Tunisia | 6.12 | -1.1% |
| 143rd | Mexico | 6.12 | -2.5% |
| 144th | Vanuatu | 6.15 | -1.2% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 6.15 | -0.8% |
| 146th | Papua New Guinea | 6.16 | -0.6% |
| 147th | Uzbekistan | 6.16 | -1.3% |
| 148th | Lao PDR | 6.28 | 0.0% |
| 149th | Belize | 6.29 | 0.0% |
| 150th | Guinea | 6.31 | 0.4% |
| 151st | Cameroon | 6.33 | 0.5% |
| 152nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.39 | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 6.40 | -5.6% |
| 154th | Gambia, The | 6.41 | 0.6% |
| 155th | Congo, Republic of | 6.42 | -0.4% |
| 156th | Kuwait | 6.43 | -3.1% |
| 157th | United Arab Emirates | 6.46 | -0.6% |
| 158th | Sierra Leone | 6.47 | 0.4% |
| 159th | Morocco | 6.48 | -1.0% |
| 160th | Guatemala | 6.49 | -0.4% |
| 161st | São Tomé and Principe | 6.53 | 0.2% |
| 162nd | Namibia | 6.54 | 0.1% |
| 163rd | Eritrea | 6.55 | 0.2% |
| 164th | Nicaragua | 6.59 | -1.0% |
| 165th | Botswana | 6.59 | 0.4% |
| 166th | Bhutan | 6.63 | -0.1% |
| 167th | Nigeria | 6.63 | 0.8% |
| 168th | Liberia | 6.65 | 0.8% |
| 169th | Mozambique | 6.70 | 0.0% |
| 170th | Eswatini | 6.72 | -0.1% |
| 171st | Mauritania | 6.72 | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Burkina Faso | 6.77 | 0.8% |
| 173rd | Bangladesh | 6.80 | -0.2% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 6.81 | 0.0% |
| 175th | Benin | 6.81 | 0.1% |
| 176th | Djibouti | 6.82 | -0.5% |
| 177th | Tajikistan | 6.84 | -0.8% |
| 178th | Cabo Verde | 6.86 | -0.5% |
| 179th | Chad | 6.87 | 0.3% |
| 180th | Ghana | 6.87 | -0.6% |
| 181st | Samoa | 6.91 | -2.3% |
| 182nd | Sudan | 6.94 | -0.6% |
| 183rd | Zimbabwe | 6.94 | 0.0% |
| 184th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.97 | 0.1% |
| 185th | Honduras | 6.99 | -1.0% |
| 186th | Iraq | 6.99 | -0.5% |
| 187th | Solomon Islands | 7.00 | 0.1% |
| 188th | Madagascar | 7.01 | -0.4% |
| 189th | Tanzania | 7.06 | 0.1% |
| 190th | Togo | 7.08 | 0.2% |
| 191st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.09 | -0.4% |
| 192nd | Comoros | 7.17 | 0.3% |
| 193rd | Uganda | 7.19 | 0.1% |
| 194th | Burundi | 7.22 | 0.1% |
| 195th | Mali | 7.22 | 0.1% |
| 196th | Mongolia | 7.24 | -0.5% |
| 197th | Senegal | 7.26 | 0.0% |
| 198th | South Sudan | 7.31 | 0.0% |
| 199th | Malawi | 7.34 | 0.2% |
| 200th | Zambia | 7.34 | 0.5% |
| 201st | Maldives | 7.40 | 0.3% |
| 202nd | Saudi Arabia | 7.48 | -0.7% |
| 203rd | Afghanistan | 7.49 | 0.5% |
| 204th | Angola | 7.50 | 0.1% |
| 205th | Niger | 7.53 | 0.1% |
| 206th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.55 | -0.3% |
| 207th | Algeria | 7.59 | -0.6% |
| 208th | Oman | 7.63 | 0.5% |
| 209th | Kenya | 7.86 | -0.4% |
| 210th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.94 | 0.0% |
| 211th | Marshall Islands | 7.95 | -0.5% |
| 212th | Libya | 8.05 | -0.3% |
| 213th | Jordan | 8.06 | -0.7% |
| 214th | Rwanda | 8.09 | 0.0% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.29 | 0.2% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate in 1973?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate in 1973 was 2.93. This ranked 60th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate change in 1973?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate decreased by 4.2% in 1973 compared to 1972.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1973?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1973 at 8.29.
What is the fertility rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 1973?▾
The fertility rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 1973 was 2.93. This ranked 60th globally.
How does 1973 compare to 1972 for Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate went from 3.06 in 1972 to 2.93 in 1973, a 4.2% decrease.
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