Puerto Rico (US) - Fertility Rate 2003
1.76
−0.07 from 2002
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate was 1.76 in 2003, decreased +0.07 from 1.83 in 2002. This was the 57th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 0.84 | 3.0% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.90 | -4.3% |
| 3rd | Ukraine | 1.17 | 4.1% |
| 4th | Andorra | 1.18 | -6.7% |
| 5th | Czechia | 1.18 | 0.9% |
| 6th | Korea | 1.19 | 1.1% |
| 7th | Slovak Republic | 1.20 | 0.8% |
| 8th | Slovenia | 1.20 | -0.8% |
| 9th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.22 | -1.0% |
| 10th | Poland | 1.22 | -2.4% |
| 11th | Belarus | 1.23 | -0.6% |
| 12th | Bulgaria | 1.26 | 2.4% |
| 13th | Lithuania | 1.26 | 2.4% |
| 14th | Hungary | 1.27 | -2.3% |
| 15th | Singapore | 1.27 | -7.3% |
| 16th | Greece | 1.29 | 0.8% |
| 17th | Italy | 1.29 | 1.6% |
| 18th | Japan | 1.29 | -2.3% |
| 19th | San Marino | 1.30 | -9.5% |
| 20th | Armenia | 1.30 | 8.3% |
| 21st | Spain | 1.30 | 4.0% |
| 22nd | Romania | 1.30 | 2.4% |
| 23rd | British Virgin Islands | 1.31 | 5.0% |
| 24th | Russian Federation | 1.32 | 2.6% |
| 25th | Latvia | 1.32 | 4.8% |
| 26th | Germany | 1.34 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Liechtenstein | 1.36 | -7.5% |
| 28th | Estonia | 1.37 | 0.7% |
| 29th | Austria | 1.38 | -0.7% |
| 30th | Switzerland | 1.39 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Croatia | 1.41 | -0.7% |
| 32nd | European Union | 1.43 | 0.8% |
| 33rd | Portugal | 1.44 | -1.4% |
| 34th | Moldova | 1.48 | 2.1% |
| 35th | Malta | 1.48 | 2.1% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 1.51 | 0.5% |
| 37th | Channel Islands | 1.51 | 2.7% |
| 38th | Canada | 1.55 | 2.0% |
| 39th | Georgia | 1.55 | -1.2% |
| 40th | China | 1.57 | 0.3% |
| 41st | Serbia | 1.59 | 1.3% |
| 42nd | Luxembourg | 1.62 | -0.6% |
| 43rd | Cuba | 1.63 | -1.1% |
| 44th | Gibraltar | 1.63 | -2.9% |
| 45th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.65 | -1.4% |
| 46th | Belgium | 1.67 | 1.2% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 1.67 | -0.5% |
| 48th | Thailand | 1.67 | -0.9% |
| 49th | United Kingdom | 1.70 | 4.3% |
| 50th | Sweden | 1.71 | 3.6% |
| 51st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.74 | -3.7% |
| 52nd | North Macedonia | 1.75 | -2.3% |
| 53rd | Australia | 1.75 | -0.5% |
| 54th | Netherlands | 1.75 | 1.2% |
| 55th | Denmark | 1.76 | 2.3% |
| 56th | Finland | 1.76 | 2.3% |
| 57th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.76 | -3.8% |
| 58th | Bermuda | 1.79 | -1.4% |
| 59th | Norway | 1.80 | 2.9% |
| 60th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.80 | -1.9% |
| 61st | Montenegro | 1.80 | -0.5% |
| 62nd | Aruba | 1.81 | 0.4% |
| 63rd | Isle of Man | 1.84 | -1.2% |
| 64th | Barbados | 1.86 | -0.3% |
| 65th | Mauritius | 1.87 | -3.6% |
| 66th | Chile | 1.89 | -2.5% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.89 | -2.7% |
| 68th | France | 1.89 | 0.5% |
| 69th | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.89 | 12.8% |
| 70th | Azerbaijan | 1.90 | 5.6% |
| 71st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.91 | -0.5% |
| 72nd | Monaco | 1.91 | -4.6% |
| 73rd | New Zealand | 1.93 | 2.1% |
| 74th | St. Lucia | 1.94 | -4.6% |
| 75th | Tunisia | 1.96 | 0.8% |
| 76th | Ireland | 1.96 | -0.5% |
| 77th | Palau | 1.96 | 2.0% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 1.97 | -0.7% |
| 79th | Iceland | 1.99 | 3.1% |
| 80th | Viet Nam | 2.00 | -0.3% |
| 81st | Mongolia | 2.00 | -4.8% |
| 82nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.00 | -1.7% |
| 83rd | Albania | 2.01 | 0.2% |
| 84th | Brazil | 2.01 | -3.6% |
| 85th | United States | 2.05 | 1.3% |
| 86th | Seychelles | 2.06 | 1.0% |
| 87th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.07 | -6.3% |
| 88th | Dominica | 2.08 | -3.9% |
| 89th | Kazakhstan | 2.08 | 6.1% |
| 90th | Costa Rica | 2.08 | -3.6% |
| 91st | Uruguay | 2.12 | -2.0% |
| 92nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.14 | -3.4% |
| 93rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.18 | -2.9% |
| 94th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.19 | -3.5% |
| 95th | Curaçao | 2.19 | -4.7% |
| 96th | Türkiye | 2.20 | -2.9% |
| 97th | Jamaica | 2.24 | -1.2% |
| 98th | French Polynesia | 2.26 | -6.8% |
| 99th | New Caledonia | 2.27 | -3.4% |
| 100th | Sri Lanka | 2.30 | -0.4% |
| 101st | Grenada | 2.33 | -1.9% |
| 102nd | Maldives | 2.34 | -3.4% |
| 103rd | South Africa | 2.36 | 1.5% |
| 104th | Greenland | 2.37 | -7.6% |
| 105th | Indonesia | 2.41 | -1.1% |
| 106th | Colombia | 2.45 | -1.6% |
| 107th | Argentina | 2.45 | -1.7% |
| 108th | Algeria | 2.45 | 0.9% |
| 109th | Lebanon | 2.46 | -2.6% |
| 110th | United Arab Emirates | 2.49 | -2.0% |
| 111th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.50 | 4.2% |
| 112th | Uzbekistan | 2.50 | -2.8% |
| 113th | Faroe Islands | 2.54 | -0.6% |
| 114th | Mexico | 2.58 | -2.1% |
| 115th | Malaysia | 2.60 | -2.1% |
| 116th | Morocco | 2.61 | -0.4% |
| 117th | El Salvador | 2.64 | -5.0% |
| 118th | Guam | 2.66 | 2.9% |
| 119th | Peru | 2.66 | -1.2% |
| 120th | Turkmenistan | 2.67 | -1.6% |
| 121st | Kosovo | 2.67 | -4.3% |
| 122nd | Panama | 2.68 | -0.7% |
| 123rd | Myanmar | 2.68 | -3.1% |
| 124th | Dominican Republic | 2.70 | -2.2% |
| 125th | Guyana | 2.75 | -3.3% |
| 126th | Kuwait | 2.77 | -0.9% |
| 127th | Bahrain | 2.78 | 2.9% |
| 128th | Libya | 2.80 | -1.2% |
| 129th | Nicaragua | 2.83 | -2.1% |
| 130th | Suriname | 2.84 | -4.0% |
| 131st | Bhutan | 2.87 | -4.9% |
| 132nd | St. Martin (French part) | 2.87 | -0.8% |
| 133rd | Ecuador | 2.91 | -2.1% |
| 134th | Qatar | 2.93 | -2.9% |
| 135th | Israel | 2.95 | 2.1% |
| 136th | Fiji | 2.96 | -0.4% |
| 137th | Bangladesh | 3.03 | -3.1% |
| 138th | Cabo Verde | 3.03 | -5.0% |
| 139th | Botswana | 3.11 | -2.2% |
| 140th | India | 3.12 | -3.0% |
| 141st | Paraguay | 3.12 | -3.4% |
| 142nd | Belize | 3.34 | -2.8% |
| 143rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.35 | -1.8% |
| 144th | Oman | 3.37 | -4.0% |
| 145th | Nauru | 3.39 | -0.4% |
| 146th | Tajikistan | 3.42 | -1.4% |
| 147th | Cambodia | 3.43 | -3.9% |
| 148th | Nepal | 3.44 | -4.6% |
| 149th | Saudi Arabia | 3.47 | -6.6% |
| 150th | Tuvalu | 3.58 | -1.6% |
| 151st | Namibia | 3.58 | -3.1% |
| 152nd | Philippines | 3.59 | -1.6% |
| 153rd | Lesotho | 3.62 | -1.7% |
| 154th | Kiribati | 3.70 | -2.9% |
| 155th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.72 | -2.1% |
| 156th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.76 | -2.6% |
| 157th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.79 | -3.8% |
| 158th | Eswatini | 3.80 | -1.5% |
| 159th | Jordan | 3.82 | 0.3% |
| 160th | Honduras | 3.84 | -3.9% |
| 161st | Zimbabwe | 3.86 | -1.6% |
| 162nd | American Samoa | 3.91 | 1.1% |
| 163rd | Lao PDR | 4.02 | -2.6% |
| 164th | Haiti | 4.05 | -1.9% |
| 165th | Tonga | 4.18 | 0.9% |
| 166th | Guatemala | 4.25 | -2.8% |
| 167th | Vanuatu | 4.29 | -2.0% |
| 168th | Djibouti | 4.30 | -2.6% |
| 169th | Gabon | 4.30 | -1.4% |
| 170th | Papua New Guinea | 4.36 | -1.3% |
| 171st | Samoa | 4.39 | -1.2% |
| 172nd | Marshall Islands | 4.42 | -1.6% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 4.54 | -1.4% |
| 174th | Iraq | 4.58 | -1.9% |
| 175th | Ghana | 4.60 | -1.9% |
| 176th | Congo, Republic of | 4.70 | 0.0% |
| 177th | Pakistan | 4.89 | -2.4% |
| 178th | Kenya | 4.94 | -1.8% |
| 179th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.01 | -1.0% |
| 180th | Togo | 5.05 | -0.9% |
| 181st | West Bank and Gaza | 5.06 | -3.0% |
| 182nd | Comoros | 5.12 | -0.8% |
| 183rd | Eritrea | 5.14 | -1.7% |
| 184th | Senegal | 5.25 | -1.0% |
| 185th | Madagascar | 5.33 | -1.5% |
| 186th | Mauritania | 5.36 | -0.2% |
| 187th | Cameroon | 5.43 | -0.1% |
| 188th | Sudan | 5.49 | -0.8% |
| 189th | Liberia | 5.55 | -1.9% |
| 190th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.57 | -1.2% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 5.58 | -1.0% |
| 192nd | Tanzania | 5.58 | 0.1% |
| 193rd | Mozambique | 5.60 | -1.2% |
| 194th | Gambia, The | 5.66 | 0.0% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.68 | -1.0% |
| 196th | Zambia | 5.71 | -1.1% |
| 197th | Rwanda | 5.74 | -1.4% |
| 198th | Guinea | 5.74 | -0.6% |
| 199th | Benin | 5.76 | -0.5% |
| 200th | Central African Republic | 5.80 | 0.2% |
| 201st | Yemen, Republic of | 5.84 | -2.2% |
| 202nd | Timor-Leste | 5.85 | -0.9% |
| 203rd | Malawi | 5.88 | -0.5% |
| 204th | Sierra Leone | 6.09 | -2.3% |
| 205th | Nigeria | 6.10 | -0.3% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 6.28 | -0.9% |
| 207th | South Sudan | 6.35 | -2.5% |
| 208th | Angola | 6.53 | -0.5% |
| 209th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.55 | -0.9% |
| 210th | Uganda | 6.67 | -1.0% |
| 211th | Mali | 6.78 | -0.5% |
| 212th | Burundi | 6.79 | -0.5% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 7.17 | -2.0% |
| 214th | Chad | 7.18 | -0.3% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.60 | -0.3% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.79 | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate in 2003?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate in 2003 was 1.76. This ranked 57th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate change in 2003?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate decreased by 3.8% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2003?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2003 at 7.79.
What is the fertility rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 2003?▾
The fertility rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 2003 was 1.76. This ranked 57th globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate went from 1.83 in 2002 to 1.76 in 2003, a 3.8% decrease.
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