Puerto Rico (US) - Fertility Rate 2019
0.98
−0.05 from 2018
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate was 0.98 in 2019, decreased +0.05 from 1.04 in 2018. This was the 4th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 0.90 | -1.7% |
| 2nd | Korea | 0.92 | -6.0% |
| 3rd | British Virgin Islands | 0.94 | 4.0% |
| 4th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.98 | -5.1% |
| 5th | Andorra | 1.05 | -0.8% |
| 6th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.06 | -1.5% |
| 7th | San Marino | 1.10 | 1.8% |
| 8th | Malta | 1.14 | -7.3% |
| 9th | Singapore | 1.14 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Ukraine | 1.22 | -1.2% |
| 11th | Spain | 1.23 | -2.4% |
| 12th | United Arab Emirates | 1.25 | -3.2% |
| 13th | Italy | 1.27 | -3.1% |
| 14th | Thailand | 1.29 | -2.9% |
| 15th | Cyprus | 1.33 | 0.8% |
| 16th | Greece | 1.34 | -0.7% |
| 17th | Luxembourg | 1.34 | -2.9% |
| 18th | North Macedonia | 1.34 | -5.6% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 1.35 | -1.5% |
| 20th | Finland | 1.35 | -4.3% |
| 21st | Japan | 1.36 | -4.2% |
| 22nd | Belarus | 1.38 | -4.6% |
| 23rd | Bermuda | 1.38 | 0.7% |
| 24th | Jamaica | 1.39 | -0.7% |
| 25th | Albania | 1.40 | -1.4% |
| 26th | Bahamas, The | 1.40 | -0.5% |
| 27th | Mauritius | 1.40 | -0.7% |
| 28th | St. Lucia | 1.42 | -0.8% |
| 29th | Chile | 1.43 | -7.3% |
| 30th | Lithuania | 1.43 | -6.5% |
| 31st | Poland | 1.44 | -1.4% |
| 32nd | Portugal | 1.44 | 1.4% |
| 33rd | Bhutan | 1.45 | -4.5% |
| 34th | Austria | 1.46 | -0.7% |
| 35th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.47 | 7.1% |
| 36th | Canada | 1.47 | -2.6% |
| 37th | Croatia | 1.47 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Switzerland | 1.48 | -2.6% |
| 39th | Liechtenstein | 1.48 | -6.3% |
| 40th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.48 | -2.7% |
| 41st | China | 1.50 | -2.8% |
| 42nd | Dominica | 1.50 | -0.9% |
| 43rd | Russian Federation | 1.50 | -4.7% |
| 44th | Cayman Islands | 1.51 | 18.1% |
| 45th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.51 | 0.3% |
| 46th | Serbia | 1.52 | 2.0% |
| 47th | European Union | 1.53 | -1.3% |
| 48th | Norway | 1.53 | -1.9% |
| 49th | Cuba | 1.54 | -4.2% |
| 50th | Germany | 1.54 | -1.9% |
| 51st | Grenada | 1.54 | 0.8% |
| 52nd | Hungary | 1.55 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | French Polynesia | 1.57 | -4.7% |
| 54th | Uruguay | 1.57 | -6.8% |
| 55th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.57 | -1.2% |
| 56th | Netherlands | 1.57 | -1.3% |
| 57th | Slovak Republic | 1.57 | 1.9% |
| 58th | Kosovo | 1.58 | -0.4% |
| 59th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.58 | -0.6% |
| 60th | Armenia | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| 61st | Belgium | 1.60 | -1.2% |
| 62nd | Costa Rica | 1.60 | -6.2% |
| 63rd | Curaçao | 1.60 | -5.9% |
| 64th | Isle of Man | 1.61 | -1.8% |
| 65th | Latvia | 1.61 | 0.6% |
| 66th | Slovenia | 1.61 | 0.6% |
| 67th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.62 | -3.6% |
| 68th | United Kingdom | 1.63 | -2.9% |
| 69th | Maldives | 1.64 | -4.1% |
| 70th | Australia | 1.66 | -4.8% |
| 71st | Estonia | 1.66 | -0.6% |
| 72nd | Cabo Verde | 1.70 | -5.9% |
| 73rd | Denmark | 1.70 | -1.7% |
| 74th | Aruba | 1.70 | -1.8% |
| 75th | Brazil | 1.71 | -2.2% |
| 76th | United States | 1.71 | -1.4% |
| 77th | Colombia | 1.71 | -0.3% |
| 78th | Czechia | 1.71 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Ireland | 1.71 | -2.3% |
| 80th | Sweden | 1.71 | -2.8% |
| 81st | Barbados | 1.72 | -0.3% |
| 82nd | New Zealand | 1.72 | 0.6% |
| 83rd | Qatar | 1.73 | -1.4% |
| 84th | Iceland | 1.74 | 1.8% |
| 85th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.77 | -8.0% |
| 86th | Romania | 1.77 | 0.6% |
| 87th | Malaysia | 1.78 | -3.3% |
| 88th | Moldova | 1.78 | -1.7% |
| 89th | Bulgaria | 1.79 | 3.5% |
| 90th | Montenegro | 1.80 | 0.0% |
| 91st | Azerbaijan | 1.81 | 4.6% |
| 92nd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.82 | -1.6% |
| 93rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.83 | -0.5% |
| 94th | El Salvador | 1.84 | -0.6% |
| 95th | Bahrain | 1.84 | -3.6% |
| 96th | France | 1.86 | -0.5% |
| 97th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.86 | -1.9% |
| 98th | Argentina | 1.88 | -9.0% |
| 99th | Türkiye | 1.89 | -5.5% |
| 100th | Gibraltar | 1.91 | -0.5% |
| 101st | Viet Nam | 1.94 | 3.4% |
| 102nd | Palau | 1.98 | 0.7% |
| 103rd | Mexico | 2.02 | -0.5% |
| 104th | Georgia | 2.02 | -3.4% |
| 105th | Sri Lanka | 2.02 | -0.5% |
| 106th | Ecuador | 2.04 | -3.6% |
| 107th | New Caledonia | 2.05 | 0.4% |
| 108th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.05 | -0.5% |
| 109th | Greenland | 2.08 | 4.0% |
| 110th | Nepal | 2.08 | -1.9% |
| 111th | Kuwait | 2.08 | -1.7% |
| 112th | Peru | 2.09 | -1.5% |
| 113th | Tunisia | 2.10 | -1.5% |
| 114th | India | 2.12 | -2.9% |
| 115th | Belize | 2.14 | -8.6% |
| 116th | Bangladesh | 2.18 | -0.6% |
| 117th | Indonesia | 2.21 | -0.6% |
| 118th | Myanmar | 2.21 | -1.0% |
| 119th | Philippines | 2.22 | -6.9% |
| 120th | South Africa | 2.26 | -0.3% |
| 121st | Panama | 2.29 | -4.7% |
| 122nd | Nicaragua | 2.32 | -1.1% |
| 123rd | Lebanon | 2.33 | -0.9% |
| 124th | Morocco | 2.34 | -0.5% |
| 125th | Suriname | 2.35 | -1.4% |
| 126th | Seychelles | 2.36 | -2.1% |
| 127th | Dominican Republic | 2.37 | -1.3% |
| 128th | Fiji | 2.39 | -1.4% |
| 129th | Monaco | 2.40 | -3.3% |
| 130th | American Samoa | 2.40 | -3.6% |
| 131st | Faroe Islands | 2.43 | -3.1% |
| 132nd | Saudi Arabia | 2.49 | -6.7% |
| 133rd | Guyana | 2.52 | -1.3% |
| 134th | Paraguay | 2.53 | -1.4% |
| 135th | Libya | 2.54 | -1.6% |
| 136th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.56 | -3.2% |
| 137th | Lao PDR | 2.59 | -1.7% |
| 138th | Guatemala | 2.59 | -5.5% |
| 139th | Honduras | 2.61 | -1.3% |
| 140th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.69 | -1.5% |
| 141st | Oman | 2.70 | -4.1% |
| 142nd | Cambodia | 2.73 | 0.0% |
| 143rd | St. Martin (French part) | 2.79 | 2.4% |
| 144th | Djibouti | 2.80 | -2.1% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 2.83 | -1.4% |
| 146th | Jordan | 2.86 | -2.3% |
| 147th | Haiti | 2.86 | -2.1% |
| 148th | Uzbekistan | 2.87 | 5.8% |
| 149th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.87 | -5.0% |
| 150th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.88 | -1.8% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.88 | -1.3% |
| 152nd | Kazakhstan | 2.89 | 1.6% |
| 153rd | Botswana | 2.91 | -1.2% |
| 154th | Lesotho | 2.92 | -3.1% |
| 155th | Eswatini | 2.93 | -1.5% |
| 156th | Guam | 2.94 | -1.9% |
| 157th | Algeria | 3.00 | -0.7% |
| 158th | Mongolia | 3.00 | 3.4% |
| 159th | Israel | 3.01 | -2.6% |
| 160th | Marshall Islands | 3.01 | -0.9% |
| 161st | Timor-Leste | 3.12 | -3.9% |
| 162nd | Tonga | 3.27 | -1.6% |
| 163rd | Tajikistan | 3.28 | -0.4% |
| 164th | Kiribati | 3.29 | -0.8% |
| 165th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.30 | 0.0% |
| 166th | Papua New Guinea | 3.32 | -1.8% |
| 167th | Tuvalu | 3.33 | 0.1% |
| 168th | Namibia | 3.40 | -1.7% |
| 169th | Kenya | 3.43 | -2.9% |
| 170th | Iraq | 3.48 | -1.9% |
| 171st | Nauru | 3.53 | -4.1% |
| 172nd | West Bank and Gaza | 3.59 | -2.3% |
| 173rd | Ghana | 3.59 | -1.6% |
| 174th | Zimbabwe | 3.75 | 0.1% |
| 175th | Vanuatu | 3.79 | -1.1% |
| 176th | Solomon Islands | 3.80 | -3.3% |
| 177th | Pakistan | 3.81 | -1.2% |
| 178th | Gabon | 3.88 | -0.6% |
| 179th | São Tomé and Principe | 3.90 | -1.9% |
| 180th | Malawi | 3.95 | -1.7% |
| 181st | Rwanda | 3.99 | -1.5% |
| 182nd | Eritrea | 4.00 | -1.5% |
| 183rd | Samoa | 4.06 | -1.8% |
| 184th | Senegal | 4.10 | -4.5% |
| 185th | Comoros | 4.14 | -1.7% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 4.15 | -2.1% |
| 187th | Sierra Leone | 4.19 | -2.4% |
| 188th | Madagascar | 4.22 | -0.6% |
| 189th | Liberia | 4.26 | -1.8% |
| 190th | South Sudan | 4.26 | -2.5% |
| 191st | Gambia, The | 4.33 | -2.0% |
| 192nd | Congo, Republic of | 4.38 | -1.4% |
| 193rd | Zambia | 4.42 | -1.6% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.43 | -1.9% |
| 195th | Togo | 4.45 | -1.4% |
| 196th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.52 | -1.6% |
| 197th | Guinea | 4.58 | -2.0% |
| 198th | Yemen, Republic of | 4.60 | -0.1% |
| 199th | Sudan | 4.62 | -1.4% |
| 200th | Cameroon | 4.65 | -1.9% |
| 201st | Burkina Faso | 4.68 | -4.9% |
| 202nd | Uganda | 4.74 | -2.5% |
| 203rd | Nigeria | 4.86 | -3.2% |
| 204th | Tanzania | 4.87 | -1.3% |
| 205th | Benin | 4.90 | -2.6% |
| 206th | Mauritania | 4.98 | -1.2% |
| 207th | Mozambique | 5.02 | -1.1% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 5.24 | -1.7% |
| 209th | Burundi | 5.27 | -2.0% |
| 210th | Angola | 5.44 | -1.4% |
| 211th | Mali | 5.89 | -3.7% |
| 212th | Central African Republic | 6.09 | -0.3% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.25 | -0.8% |
| 214th | Chad | 6.41 | -0.8% |
| 215th | Niger | 6.54 | -2.5% |
| 216th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.56 | -1.5% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate in 2019?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate in 2019 was 0.98. This ranked 4th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate change in 2019?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate decreased by 5.1% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2019?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest fertility rate in 2019 at 6.56.
What is the fertility rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 2019?▾
The fertility rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 2019 was 0.98. This ranked 4th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s fertility rate went from 1.04 in 2018 to 0.98 in 2019, a 5.1% decrease.
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